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    Freeman was set to play for Canada

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    posted on March 23, 2013 at 10:24 AM by The Mighty Quinn to wbc  |  3 comment(s)

    But does he know the lyrics to ” Let’s Go to the Mall” or the “Beaver Song”?

    “LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLA. - How many national teams can boast having a suitable replacement for an MVP winner?

    Had Joey Votto’s knee prevented him from playing in this month’s World Baseball Classic, Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman was ready and willing to wear the maple leaf.

    “I told the players association to make sure they let the WBC know that both my parents were born in Canada,” Freeman ...

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    1. GIANTlhbASS posted on March 15, 2013 at 03:57 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Anyone know of a bar in Oakland/Berkeley likely to show the game?
    2. Gamingboy posted on March 15, 2013 at 03:59 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Zobrist will be 3B tonight. Wright definitely out and could be out until at least Opening Day, which, given the fact he said he was fine yesterday, suggests that the Mets medical staff have once again failed to balance the humours.
    3. Gamingboy posted on March 15, 2013 at 04:12 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    @USABaseball lineup: Rollins SS, Phillips 2B, Braun LF, Mauer C, Stanton RF, Zobrist 3B, Hosmer 1B, Jones CF, Victorino DH, Vogelsong P
    4. JJ1986 posted on March 15, 2013 at 04:23 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Torre must slot Stanton/Hosmer/Jones in order based on something completely random.

    Game 1: Hosmer/Stanton/Jones
    Game 2: Stanton/Hosmer/Jones
    Game 3: (Zobrist)/Jones/Hosmer
    Game 4: Hosmer/Jones/Stanton
    Game 5: Stanton/Hosmer/Jones
    Game 6: Stanton/(Zobrist)/Hosmer/Jones

    5. John Northey posted on March 15, 2013 at 05:22 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Wonder if the US team will wish Puerto Rico was a US state (as it voted to be in 2012) after this game? Which players on Puerto Rico would be on the US team I wonder? Yadier Molina for sure, Carlos Beltran likely, who else?
    6. Gamingboy posted on March 15, 2013 at 05:38 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Wonder if the US team will wish Puerto Rico was a US state (as it voted to be in 2012) after this game? Which players on Puerto Rico would be on the US team I wonder? Yadier Molina for sure, Carlos Beltran likely, who else?


    Uhhhhhhh....... maybe Pagan could play in a Victorinoesque role. Maybe.
    7. Mike Emeigh  posted on March 15, 2013 at 05:47 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I would love to see Puerto Rico win this just for the shock value.

    -- MWE
    8. beer on a stick posted on March 15, 2013 at 06:03 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I would love to see Puerto Rico win this just for the shock value.


    It would be cool, but I want another crack at the DR. Even if its only a seeding game.
    9. Gamingboy posted on March 15, 2013 at 06:10 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0



    It would be cool, but I want another crack at the DR. Even if its only a seeding game.


    So does Brandon Phillips.
    10. Swedish Chef posted on March 15, 2013 at 06:16 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Wonder if the US team will wish Puerto Rico was a US state (as it voted to be in 2012) after this game?

    How would that work? I mean, is it even possible to make a nice symmetric pattern with 51 stars in for the flag?
    11. cardsfanboy  posted on March 15, 2013 at 06:22 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0


    How would that work? I mean, is it even possible to make a nice symmetric pattern with 51 stars in for the flag?


    The Daily Show suggested we kick Delaware out. :)

    Of course 6 rows, alternating between 9 and 8 stars should work.
    12. Biff, highly-regarded young guy posted on March 15, 2013 at 06:24 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    But if we kick Delaware out, where will all the corporations headquarter?
    13. Best Regards, L.M. posted on March 15, 2013 at 06:26 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Wonder if the US team will wish Puerto Rico was a US state (as it voted to be in 2012) after this game? Which players on Puerto Rico would be on the US team I wonder? Yadier Molina for sure, Carlos Beltran likely, who else?
    It didn't actually vote to become a state. They voted against maintaining the status quo, and on the same ballot there was a question as to what they should do if *not* that status quo. Most of the people who voted status quo didn't vote on that one, so in reality, most of the people who voted in Puerto Rico do *not* want Puerto Rico to become a state.
    14. cardsfanboy  posted on March 15, 2013 at 06:26 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    But if we kick Delaware out, where will all the corporations headquarter?


    They are people, they can get in their cars and move to another state.
    15. The Clarence Thomas of BBTF (scott) posted on March 15, 2013 at 06:36 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    51 stars is no problem. It's 69 stars where we'd have to come up with a pattern that hasn't been used before on the flag. For 51 stars we could go with the Wyoming flag layout, which was made the official flag in 1890 after Wyoming had become a state until 1896, or it's successor the 45 star flag layout after Utah joined the union, which was the national flag from 1896 until 1907 when Oklahoma joined. I think it's pretty clear that the 45 star pattern is superior. Of course, I'm also for admitting DC. The Wyoming and 45 patterns work for that, but I'd prefer just taking the current pattern, switching the short and long lines, and adding 1 star to each line.

    Play around yourself. http://img.slate.com/media/19/flag.swf
    16. The Clarence Thomas of BBTF (scott) posted on March 15, 2013 at 06:37 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Also, I really want to beat PR. And you know we're going to hear about how David Wright got hurt in the WBC and how that would never have happened in spring training.
    17. JJ1986 posted on March 15, 2013 at 07:12 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Joe Torre would be bunting after the leadoff single.
    18. RMc and His Roster of Rubbish posted on March 15, 2013 at 07:15 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Re-posted from dying thread:

    The anti-WBC people are letting the perfect be the enemy of the good. And the World Baseball Classic is a damn good tournament. A 'perfect' WBC would probably:

    *Be during the actual baseball season, perhaps around the All-Star break;

    *Run at least a month, with each of the teams playing at least ten games or more, to allow the best-quality teams to rise to the top. Baseball's not like soccer or football, where they play once a week;

    *Strongly encourage the best players to play. (National pride? Lots o' money? Guarantee their MLB contracts if they get hurt? All the redheads they can carry?)

    None of these things are realistic...at the moment. So instead, we've got a lot of really good ballplayers playing for their countries during spring training. And that's more than enough for me.
    19. The Clarence Thomas of BBTF (scott) posted on March 15, 2013 at 07:17 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Well #### me.
    20. Bitter Calculus Instructor posted on March 15, 2013 at 07:19 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    This is what happens when you entrust the national defense to Ryan Vogelsong.
    21. JJ1986 posted on March 15, 2013 at 07:26 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Goddamnit, Braun
    22. Jose Can Still Seabiscuit posted on March 15, 2013 at 07:28 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Rmc - that's really good stuff in #18.

    US just isn't going to make this easy are they?
    23. The Clarence Thomas of BBTF (scott) posted on March 15, 2013 at 07:33 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    That ####### airhorn guy is back. I feel like Theon Greyjoy in the season finale of Game of Thrones.
    24. The Clarence Thomas of BBTF (scott) posted on March 15, 2013 at 07:33 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Also, stunned by the lack of spectators. That's really frustrating.
    25. JJ1986 posted on March 15, 2013 at 07:38 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I think Harold Reynolds is embarrassed by how little attention Vasgersian is paying to the game. He keeps calling things for him.
    26. Gamingboy posted on March 15, 2013 at 07:42 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    If I see one more person declare that the WBC is doomed if Team USA loses today, I might reach through the computer and choke somebody out. The amount of money that MLB is getting from the WBC is not something they will just throw away because some columnists and GMs are complaining.
    27. Jose Can Still Seabiscuit posted on March 15, 2013 at 07:45 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    The WBC ain't going anywhere, MLB loves it even if the teams don't.
    28. Harveys Wallbangers  posted on March 15, 2013 at 07:47 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    braun can stop stinking any time now
    29. Gamingboy posted on March 15, 2013 at 07:47 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    The WBC ain't going anywhere, MLB loves it even if the teams don't.


    Exactly. Not to mention the fact that if they were to ditch the WBC it's quite possible that the Asian and Latin American countries would riot.
    30. Bitter Calculus Instructor posted on March 15, 2013 at 07:52 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    What the? Gameday told me that Pagan struck out swinging and now he's walked.
    31. JJ1986 posted on March 15, 2013 at 07:54 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Can't see it on any camera, but I think he must have been out by about a 30th of a second.
    32. Bitter Calculus Instructor posted on March 15, 2013 at 07:55 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    [29] The Latin American countries need MLB players. You'd wind up with something like a best of 5 or 7 NPB all-stars vs. KBO all-stars.
    33. Gamingboy posted on March 15, 2013 at 08:01 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0


    [29] The Latin American countries need MLB players. You'd wind up with something like a best of 5 or 7 NPB all-stars vs. KBO all-stars.


    I meant the "riot" as being figurative. No Latin American country would cut off the MLB stream, for example, barring some type of Cuba-esque closing.
    34. JJ1986 posted on March 15, 2013 at 08:03 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Maybe next time the USA should send a lineup of AAA hitters. They can fit Figueroa just fine.
    35. Bitter Calculus Instructor posted on March 15, 2013 at 08:04 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    [33] I actually misread your post in 29. For whatever reason I read "not" instead of "riot."
    36. Gamingboy posted on March 15, 2013 at 08:04 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0


    Maybe next time the USA should send a lineup of AAA hitters. They can fit Figueroa just fine.


    Baseball is weird.
    37. RMc and His Roster of Rubbish posted on March 15, 2013 at 08:05 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Hey, remember when everyone worried team USA wouldn't have enough pitching?
    38. Gamingboy posted on March 15, 2013 at 08:06 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Hey, remember when everyone worried team USA wouldn't have enough pitching?


    Again, baseball is weird. At least we can rest easy knowing that Harper has already gone on record on wanting to play in 2017.
    39. JJ1986 posted on March 15, 2013 at 08:08 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Nice inning from Vogelsong.
    40. Bitter Calculus Instructor posted on March 15, 2013 at 08:09 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    [37] Well, to be fair, people were also complaining about guys like Hosmer and Victorino on the roster.
    41. Gamingboy posted on March 15, 2013 at 08:09 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Nice inning from Vogelsong.



    Yeah, now we just need to finish the Space-Jamesque talent transfer of David Wright to whoever USA has up at any given time.
    42. JJ1986 posted on March 15, 2013 at 08:13 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    A hit!
    43. Bitter Calculus Instructor posted on March 15, 2013 at 08:13 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Let's see if Braun can avoid a DP this time!
    44. Gamingboy posted on March 15, 2013 at 08:15 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Somebody needs to get Braun back on steroids. Allegedly.
    45. Weekly Journalist_ posted on March 15, 2013 at 08:24 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Frustrating.
    46. Bitter Calculus Instructor posted on March 15, 2013 at 08:25 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    This game feels a lot like the 2006 game against Mexico that eliminated USA that year.
    47. JJ1986 posted on March 15, 2013 at 08:30 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Someone please just hit a home run.
    48. Gamingboy posted on March 15, 2013 at 08:30 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    And also, this is exhibit A as to why guy like Morosi (and possibly only Morosi) are wrong in saying the WBC is the end-all and be-all of determining what the best baseball country is: it's just too random of a game. Nelson Figueroa is having a great game on the same day Team USA is anemic at the plate. Italy got to the second round but teams like Venezuela, Korea and Mexico didn't because their players happened to have a good streak of games while the other three teams didn't. Panama didn't even qualify because Brazil had the week of their lives. David Wright's back got the Mets trainers attention....

    So many moving parts, to say that the WBC is the sole determiner of the best baseball country is like saying that the lottery determines what the best set of numbers in the world is. It's a fun tournament that goes to whatever team has the best two or three weeks- not the be-all and end-all.
    49. The Clarence Thomas of BBTF (scott) posted on March 15, 2013 at 08:37 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I actually misread your post in 29. For whatever reason I read "not" instead of "riot."


    I did too.

    it's just too random of a game.


    When I'm 80 I hope that every 4th year the pro leagues have a 120 game season instead of a full season so the 16 best countries can have a 30 game regular season and a 2 round seven game series. That gives the WBC 50 years to get to that point.
    50. The Clarence Thomas of BBTF (scott) posted on March 15, 2013 at 08:40 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Rick Sutcliffe agrees with you, RMc.

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