"It's not fair of you to be happy when you beat me" is my least favorite unwritten rule.

Wohoo messaging repoz on fb to get this posted quick worked!

Really though, I find it funny that team USA's players were upset or annoyed by the DR's antics (which I didn't see anything wrong with) maybe next time they play to win instead of playing like its a normal spring training game and the aura f be the USA will automatically win them the game.

It's almost as if the game actually mattered to them. How bizarre.

Is it just me, or is this year's WBC descending into B*tchfest '13?

"It's not fair of you to be happy when you beat me" is my least favorite unwritten rule.

Right next to "If you do anything I don't like, I have the right to throw a hard, spherical object at your head at 95 mph."

Is it just me, or is this year's WBC descending into B*tchfest '13?

Athletes are the biggest bunch of babies in the world. Even bigger than babies!

I think Twitter is a big part of this. It is too easy for people to comment and the medium doesn't allow for nuance.

I think Twitter is a big part of this. It is too easy for people to comment and the medium doesn't allow for nuance.

Hey, 116 characters! Well done.

Twitter...doesn't allow for nuance.

You are speaking on behalf of the unwashed, illiterate masses of course.

At least we now have conclusive proof that Facebook provides near-instant posting opportunities to BTF.

The actual article itself doesn't really show a strong reaction to the Dominican celebration, they just say that it was kind of over the top. I agree that the unwritten rule of not showing up your opponent is dumb, but in this case the players quoted aren't really complaining as saying "we probably wouldn't have done some of those things." And frankly, I find it amusing that people who haven't watched the WBC games think that the players are treating this as an exhibition when pretty much every single close game has had players as or more fired up than I see them in the first game or two of playoff series.

Athletes are the biggest bunch of babies in the world. Even bigger than babies!

Crybabies petition Supreme Court demanding to be stopped referred to as "little baseball players".

At least Phillips comes off well here. I like the self awareness.

At least Phillips comes off well here. I like the self awareness.

Phillips is pure awesomeness, that some people(many Cardinal fans) can't handle. The more often he speaks, the more I like him. He doesn't do the cliche crap, and at the same time is very aware of his own persona and how people view him.

Here's the solution to the USA displaying its backside every 4 years.

Don't field a team. Or stipulate the US is ineligible for the trophy and is in it for exhibition purposes only - with the clear understanding that on field antics by the other team will not be tolerated.

This in another one of Selig's fiascos, with respect to the US involvement anyway. Has utterly no understanding of how competition and tools relates to excellence and vice-versa. Don't ask a world class violin player to play with a violin picked up out of the jump yard. Don't ask an Einstein to attend the first grade. The achievement ofexcellence is rarified air that cannot be messed with by throwing mediocrity at it.

After defeating a small country's one moderately good player in a Davis Cup match, Agassi was asked to play against a total unknown in another match. Refused. Rightly. This is not prima donna stuff. This is protecting and maintaining the achievement of excellence. Did tip his wing on his private jet on the way out of town. The crowd was pissed. But this is not about the crowd.

Nothing wrong with the US renting a jet, filling it with MLB players, and tipping its wing in the direction of the first game.

Calhounite is an idiot.

Calhounite is an idiot.

I don't know, I think he's right.

Take the elimination game for example. It's clearly beneath Ryan Vogelsong's dignity to pitch to scrubs like Angel Pagan, Yadier Molina, Carlos Beltran, and Alex Rios. The Giants would never insult him by asking him to pitch to that calibre of hitter. The fact that he let such bums beat him just goes to prove that a major league pitcher will always play down to mediocrity when he is dishonourably forced to face it.