Saturday, March 23, 2013
Freeman was set to play for Canada
(www.torontosun.com)
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 2 3 4 5 >Oh, the pitching matchups:
Andre Rienzo (Brazil) vs. Ismel Jimenez (Cuba)
Tom Stuifbergen (Netherlands) vs. Yao-Lin Wang (Taipei)
Xia Luo (China) vs. Kenta Maeda (Japan)
I'll probably stay up for the first two and then hit the sack... unlike Japan-Brazil, I doubt there is even the slightest chance of the PRC giving Japan a fight, especially after the Samurai got their wake-up call last night.
I think unless if they were going to have two games in Japan on day one (which would have led to even more overlaps and tape delays), there was going to have to be a team that this would happen to.
It'll be interesting to see how the attendance for the non-Japanese games will be in Tokyo. I mean, in Asia it seems like the attendance plummets without the "home" team far more than even in North America.
I mean, look at it:
Taipei-Australia: 20K+ (sellout)
Japan-Brazil: 28K+ (close to sellout)
Netherlands-Korea: 1K+ (would sellout a DIII ballpark)
I think Japan will have more in the non home-team games than Taichung will. In the '09 WBC, for example, the games without Japan had the crowds in the 12K+ range. Pretty small, but not the essentially-empty stadium that Taiwan has had in both the qualifiers and Netherlands-Korea. Although it is a little hard to compare between the round robin of the 2013 WBC round 1 and double-elimination of WBC '09 and the qualifiers....
I feel as if, in the future, whether it might be wise if the WBC has something like "dynamic pricing". Have tickets for non-marquee games be a bit cheaper than games featuring either the home team or big-name teams.
One would think so based on what happened in the last tournament, although who knows, it's possible they might change the criteria, especially if Korea, say, goes 1-2 and is last only due to tiebreakers.
Arruebarruena sounds like a magic word.
Or, what #13 said.
Huh? What do you mean?
That Miami-Duke game was good.
Probably, though it's almost impossible that they don't win the qualifier round, Taiwan won without even giving up a single run in all 3 game. Baseball is unpredictable if the two teams are within a reasonable margin of ability, but not if they're in completely different class
Yeah, the difference between Taiwan and Thailand was far, far, greater than the amount between Panama and Brazil... obviously.
What are the ticket prices? Seems like there should be a few more people there. Looks like less than a Marlins game.
I have no idea, but I think they should be having dynamic pricing or something.
I'm considering going to bed if Cuba scores a few runs here. That error doesn't help my will to stay awake.
And Barry Larkin unleashing his inner LaRussa is also not very helpful.
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