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Taiwan vs. Japan was an absolute classic.
For not being a double play attempt, this sounds strange.
Edit: ground ball tipped by Hill, fielded by Orr?
Yes we'll rally round the plate, boys, we'll rally once again,
Shouting the battle cry of victory,
We will rally from the cities, we'll gather from the plain,
Shouting the battle cry of victory!
The pastime forever! Hurrah, boys, hurrah!
Down with the pitcher, hit the ball far;
While we rally round the plate, boys, rally once again,
Shouting the battle cry of victory!
I agree. Without Lawrie, Martin and any major-league pitchers, Canada isn't that loaded. It seems like the 2009 edition was stronger. And then lost to Italy.
If memory serves, the Canadians greatly underestimated Italy, and didn't start Scott Richmond (who was the best MLB starter they had at the time), hoping to save him for a game against the loser of USA-Venezuela.
He has been since 2009. The Jays signed him and tried to rehab him as a batter. Spent a year in high A (.236/.340/.355) a year in AA (.246/.351/.412), and 2011 in AAA (.306/.377/.508 in Las Vegas) and a brief stint in Toronto as a September callup (.188/.297/.313 in 32 ABs over 14 games). Last year he played with the Mets AAA team (.227/.328/.391, primarily at 1B), and now he's back in the Jays organization.
Toronto would have loved for that 2011 to be anything other than a desert mirage, but right now it looks like he's stalled out and there's certainly no space for him with the big league team.
They didn't even get a single inning out of Richmond. Whitt got blasted for his managing that year, but he's still got his job.
Victor Mesa FTW.
But with the ringers... and, well, look at what's going on.
I feel like in the future, though, as some of these countries get better and better, they either remove or limit them. It'd be a good sign if in the 2033 WBC the Italian national team was mostly made up of people who were actually Italian or were at the very least very close to it (like having a parent from Italy, instead of somebody three or four generations ago who was Italian).
IIRC, Loewen's got chronic injuries, I'm not sure he'd be better than a random OFer.
In both cases, teams would likely prefer to use a utility infielder who just threw the ball over the middle over them.
But, yeah, I highly dislike Spain's way of it. They didn't even pretend to try and find Spanish players (I think they only have one). And, unlike the Italians, I highly doubt the Spanish ringers have even the slightest appreciation of the culture they are representing. At least the Italians and the Israelis were probably being harangued by grandparents and such, and may well have even visited the countries they were representing.
What's really sad is that apparently Spain actually once had a pretty robust Baseball culture, but they got so frustrated getting their asses whipped by the Netherlands and Italy that they basically have been trying to use as many ringers as possible since then, at the expense of actually giving the actual Spaniards experience.
As for Spain, some of the Cubans now have real a connection to the country, right? Also, the Braves have an academy in Tenerife, iirc ... the infrastructure is making baby steps.
Yeah, some of the Cubans- usually the ones who aren't good enough to go to the majors- move to Spain or play in the semi-pro league there or in other countries.
Still better than the sac bat earlier in the game.
When Venditte was drafted, they had to come up with a rule that he could not switch during an at-bat... mainly because he and a switch-hitter kept switching from side to side.
Thanks GB.
Edit: too soon, call overturned
Especially with pitching, I think.
And maybe I'm just a bitter Canadian fan, but I agree with WJ. Cinderellas are fine, but that's not really what Italy is.
I stepped away for a bit. Did Italy really just mercy rule Canada?
Not quite. It's still possible that Italy and two other teams could finish 2-1, with the fourth team 0-3. Tie-breakers are based on "Team Quality Balance" (basically net runs per inning, explained here), so if they get blown out by the USA, they could be in danger. But, yeah, they're almost assured a spot in the second round now. Forza Italia!
To be fair, Spain's ringers (with maybe three or four exceptions) are nowhere near as good as Italy's.
However, there is also a rule where it can depend on the country's rule for example, where if you'd be able to be a citizen of that country OR your parents or grandparents could have been able to be citizens of that country, it counts. So, for example, basically any Jewish person could play for Team Israel.
Arredondo CF
Pena 2B
Cruz 3B
A. Gonzalez 1B
Cantu DH
K. Garcia RF
E. Gonzalez
LF Felix C
Velazquez SS
Starting Pitcher: Yovani Gallardo
I'd guess Tex was going to hit 6th and they're too lazy to change it.
I'm pretty sure that's why Taylor Green was hitting second for Canada today.
Well, you could lose to the Yanks in Hockey... oh wait.
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