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Wednesday, March 06, 2013
The WBC really gets going with four games across three countries!
3:00 PM- Mexico vs. Italy, Pool D
6:30 PM- Dominican Republic vs. Venezuela, Pool C
10:00 PM- Cuba vs. Netherlands, Pool 1 (2nd round)
5 AM (March 8th)- Taipei vs. Japan, Pool 1 (2nd round)
All games on MLB Network and ESPN Deportes (or wherever you find it in your country).
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Also, I think folks in the US tend to not get what a nuke actually means to countries without one, if we're able to take a survey in Iran I think you'll probably be surprised at the portion of folks who actually think going all in for a nuke is worth it, and lets face it, it's not like Iran is going North Korean all in.
In the middle east world, the fact that the US blatantly allows Israel to live by a completely different set of rules to the their neighbors (or, any countries in the world for that matter.) in those regards obviously also don't help matters at all.
Lets face it, if Iran today say they'll totally actively give up nuke and cooperate to the fullest UN extend and then some, but demands that the UN actively investigate and applies non-profliferation act to Israel? (aka force them to sign it, follow it, or get out of the UN) . I'll bet you the house that it's not going to be China / Russia that veto the bill, it's gonna be the US. and it is precisely these sort of issue that give a ton of credence to many messed up regimes around the world to keep doing their thing
Yeah.
Or.. just out score them, since they're kinda like the Rockets of baseball right now ;)
Almost certainly I'd think , the DR team to an extend too.
but the beautiful thing is that they're by no means given to win this thing
Makes me wonder how many games the "Dream Team" USA with Verlander, Kershaw, Trout, Harper, Posey etc. would win...
yeah but in practice, it also means the teams are a lot less likely to lose due to those fringe reliever / sucky utility players blowing it.
120 is obviously not likely in practice, but over 100 seems quite likely.
Yeah, but for all we know Robinson Cano has been taught the arcane art of the Cutter by Mariano Rivera.
Kyle Lohse overlooked again.
I'd say that the answer to this problem is clearly Ichiro, except Seattle freaked out the last time he was talking about doing that for team Japan, and I can't imagine what Cashman's reaction would be given the offseason he's had.
Lol. Not quite, but pretty close.
Ha, you're right.
Tschingsch, while I do not know exactly, I heard that there are parts of the internet where... y'know. Just... y'know.
yeah but..
1. it's a day game on a working day
2. in a few hours the same stadium will host a game that EVERYONE in Japan (and Taiwan) probably will watch
It would be super super interesting if Dutch can beat Cuba
Hugo isn't even in his grave yet to roll over...
Sweet DP started by Reyes.
I checked and saw that the USA-Mexico game is basically sold out save for the highest deck, so I'm guessing this is more a ploy to make sure Canada-Italy has a good crowd.
Live all the time like it is Honkbal time.
Edit: oh, come on.
Edit: for ####'s sake. Hive mind, disengage!
She seems to be taking it in stride:
edit: That was a comment on #196, not another sign of the BTF hive mind.
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