BBTF.org/m/wbc : WBC Day 4 OMNICHATTER

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Freeman was set to play for Canada

(www.torontosun.com)

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 ...

Reader Comments and Retorts

Go to end of page

Statements posted here are those of our readers and do not represent the BaseballThinkFactory. Names are provided by the poster and are not verified. We ask that posters follow our submission policy. Please report any inappropriate comments.

Page 2 of 4 pages < 1 2 3 4 >

51. Meatwads stronger now, ready for the house posted on March 05, 2013 at 02:04 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

new pitcher next inning for the honkballers because of pitch count correct?

52. Good cripple hitter posted on March 05, 2013 at 02:05 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

That's correct.

53. Meatwads stronger now, ready for the house posted on March 05, 2013 at 02:06 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

well he had a solid outing. seemed to make quick work of aus.

54. Bitter Calculus Instructor posted on March 05, 2013 at 02:10 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

They probably won't need the extra runs, but double plays are killing the Honkballers.

55. Fenderbelly is a leaf on the wind posted on March 05, 2013 at 02:18 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Self (BTF-level) high-five for ######' baseball. (AUS v NED).

56. Gamingboy posted on March 05, 2013 at 02:18 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

LOOK AT THE ORANGE PEOPLE IN THE BACKGROUND!

57. Fenderbelly is a leaf on the wind posted on March 05, 2013 at 02:23 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Announcer just said - literally - this.

58. Gamingboy posted on March 05, 2013 at 02:24 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Oxspring single-handedly keeping them in this game. He must be the most popular man in Korea.

59. Fenderbelly is a leaf on the wind posted on March 05, 2013 at 02:25 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

To clarify, and he did say it as a reference...

"I was told there'd be no math."

60. Good cripple hitter posted on March 05, 2013 at 02:27 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Announcer just said - literally - this.

So many possible options:

"There's no point to any of this. It's all just a... a random lottery of meaningless tragedy and a series of near escapes. So I take pleasure in the details."

or

"You can't navigate me. I may do mean things, and I may hurt you, and I may run away without your permission, and you may hate me forever, and I know that scares the living #### outta you 'cause you know I'm the only real thing you got."

or

"I'm bursting with fruit flavor."

The first one actually sounds like something the Alan Ashby might say now that he's with the Astros.

Edit: damnit, got clarified before I finished copying and pasting.

61. Fenderbelly is a leaf on the wind posted on March 05, 2013 at 02:28 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Edit - what - nothing.

62. Gamingboy posted on March 05, 2013 at 02:31 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

"I'm bursting with fruit flavor."

We need to get either Long or Magrane to say this. For America.

63. Tschingsch posted on March 05, 2013 at 02:33 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

I figured it would be "Don't Boegarts that can, man..."

64. Gamingboy posted on March 05, 2013 at 02:36 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

"Daddy, what'd you do during the 2013 WBC?"
"I dotted a guy in the back."

65. Meatwads stronger now, ready for the house posted on March 05, 2013 at 02:37 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

1 pitch 1 hit batter, and out of the game.

66. Gamingboy posted on March 05, 2013 at 02:39 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

If memory serves, Boyd got a brief stint in the minors after the '09 WBC. Now he plays in a top amateur league in BC.

67. Good cripple hitter posted on March 05, 2013 at 02:40 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

There really should be a word for one-pitch relief appearances. Using 'Yount' as a verb might work except Larry didn't even throw a pitch before he was hooked.

68. The Clarence Thomas of BBTF (scott) posted on March 05, 2013 at 02:40 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Tying runner at bat.

69. Good cripple hitter posted on March 05, 2013 at 02:41 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Snelling! He's not in a hospital somewhere!

70. Bitter Calculus Instructor posted on March 05, 2013 at 02:42 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

And the Aussies have begun to rally.

Edit: And he strikes out as soon as I post that.

71. The Clarence Thomas of BBTF (scott) posted on March 05, 2013 at 02:43 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

That was a short rally.

72. Gamingboy posted on March 05, 2013 at 02:43 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Snelling now can be returned to his protective bubble.

73. Good cripple hitter posted on March 05, 2013 at 02:44 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

From lookout landing "This season in the Australian Baseball League, the average OPS was right around .715, with twice as many strikeouts as walks. After not playing for about three years, Snelling hit .273/.492/.398, with 32 walks and 12 strikeouts. The next-best OBP in the league was .423."

74. morineko posted on March 05, 2013 at 02:46 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

it is being widely reported that the MLB crew is completely messed up in Taiwan in quite a few ways , one of it is the messed up guns. the Miles gun is anywhere between 3 to even 5+ miles slower than the local KM gun or the guns the MLB scouts are bringing. interview with the scouts says they're seeing a lot of 90mph + and some mid 90s pitch from Kuo / Yang / Chen. so essentially, add at least 4 to what you see on screen .

I haven't even been paying attention to the gun, just noticing the sound and the look of the pitches. The velocity indeed is coming out of the Taiwan pitching staff, with the occasional exciting Korean pitcher.

75. Bitter Calculus Instructor posted on March 05, 2013 at 02:54 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

[66] According to BB-Ref, he played in the Blue Jays' organization in '09. It also has his Honkbal stats, though for whatever reason bb-ref only has 2007 and '08 Dutch League stats. It has rosters for some other years but only has stats for those two years.

76. Gamingboy posted on March 05, 2013 at 02:55 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

If the Dutch advance to Tokyo, do the Japanese mistake Loek Van Mil for a Kaiju?

77. Bitter Calculus Instructor posted on March 05, 2013 at 02:56 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

4 outs to go

78. Gamingboy posted on March 05, 2013 at 03:04 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Wait, did they just say that it's a win-and-your-in thing for the Dutch now? Did they score enough or something?

79. The Clarence Thomas of BBTF (scott) posted on March 05, 2013 at 03:05 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Bogaerts looks bonafide. If the Dutch can develop some pitching over the next 4-8 years, they're gonna have a dark horse chance at the 2017 or 2021 games.

80. Gamingboy posted on March 05, 2013 at 03:10 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Bogaerts looks bonafide. If the Dutch can develop some pitching over the next 4-8 years, they're gonna have a dark horse chance at the 2017 or 2021 games.

Hell, they are a dark horse NOW. If Profar and some more of the pitchers had shown up, I'd be willing to outright say they were a legitimate title threat.

81. The Clarence Thomas of BBTF (scott) posted on March 05, 2013 at 03:15 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Tying run at the plate!

82. Meatwads stronger now, ready for the house posted on March 05, 2013 at 03:15 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

rally?

83. Gamingboy posted on March 05, 2013 at 03:16 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

TYING RUN AT THE PLATE! GO-AHEAD ON DECK! WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO OUR HONKBAL HEROES?

84. The Clarence Thomas of BBTF (scott) posted on March 05, 2013 at 03:19 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Well, that would have been a showstopper.

85. Tschingsch posted on March 05, 2013 at 03:19 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Phew.

86. RollingWave posted on March 05, 2013 at 03:19 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

GAME TYING HOME RUN PLZ

87. Fenderbelly is a leaf on the wind posted on March 05, 2013 at 03:20 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Yeah, that was very close, I though that it would go out.

88. Gamingboy posted on March 05, 2013 at 03:20 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

"The groan was audible."

The Korean broadcast team is a bunch of homers. They probably were about to yell "YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE BOAAAAARD" in Korean.

89. Bitter Calculus Instructor posted on March 05, 2013 at 03:21 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

And the Netherlands joins Japan and Cuba in the second round! It'll be a tough task for Korea; they have to beat Taipei by at least 5 runs to advance.

90. Meatwads stronger now, ready for the house posted on March 05, 2013 at 03:21 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

honk!

91. The Clarence Thomas of BBTF (scott) posted on March 05, 2013 at 03:21 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Going to be do or die for Korea. See y'all in four hours!

92. RollingWave posted on March 05, 2013 at 03:22 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO,

Arragh, I guess that makes tonight's game all the more intense. Great for enterntainment, bad for your heart / stomach

I hope for a complete and utter smack down on the Koreans of course.

93. Fenderbelly is a leaf on the wind posted on March 05, 2013 at 03:22 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Congrats!

But "sending the Dutch to round two" means something different around here.

94. Gamingboy posted on March 05, 2013 at 03:22 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Honkbal heroes!

95. Tschingsch posted on March 05, 2013 at 03:25 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

OK, I'm confused here... after all that talk about tiebreakers based on runs scores / allowed, how are the Flying Honkbalers automatically advancing? I can understand it being hard for Korea to beat Taipei by enough runs, but... I'm sure I'm missing something obvious here...

96. RollingWave posted on March 05, 2013 at 03:26 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

I'm all confused as well, lets hope that Taiwan wins so we don't need to figure it out ;)

97. Gamingboy posted on March 05, 2013 at 03:28 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

I think it has to do with the amount of runs the Dutch scored, I believe. Maybe. Tiebreakers hurt my head.

Of course, Korea will have to have a big game at the plate, although they likely would have had to do that no matter what happened with the Dutch, so long as the Dutch won.

98. Tschingsch posted on March 05, 2013 at 03:29 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

I agree. Honkbal is like cowbell, you always need more Honkbal.

99. Gamingboy posted on March 05, 2013 at 03:29 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

I'm going to go to bed for a few hours so that I can wake up by 6:30...

100. Bitter Calculus Instructor posted on March 05, 2013 at 03:30 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

[95] The tiebreaker is a formula that can be very closely approximated by run differential in games against tied opponents. The Netherlands is even on run differential, meaning they can't have the worst run differential of the three, since if somebody is positive, somebody else would be negative. It is possible that all three teams will be even, if Korea wins by exactly five runs, in which case I'm not sure who the odd team out is.

Page 2 of 4 pages < 1 2 3 4 >

You must be Registered and Logged In to post comments.

/m/wbc

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Freeman was set to play for Canada

Reader Comments and Retorts

Wbc Think Factory