7 mlb all-stars on the US team alone and the stadium...
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Time to get out of Canada. Expos failed in Montreal, and the Blue Jays probably wont last much longer, even if they do well. I think Major League Baseball doesnt need to be in Canada. Move them to Tennessee or Indianapolis or some other big city, but get them out of Canada.
mstatefan88 said:
Put one of those teams in Austin or San Antonio and it would do much better, especially Austin. 1.5 mill metro population and no pro team? The folks here would go crazy for it and it would not cut into UT football.
it has worked pretty well. The games in Tokyo were huge. Team Japan drew 40,000 to a practice. That's almost as much for Alabama football. USA/Canada was played before 42,000, and was a great game, to say the least. The games in San Juan and Mexico City have done pretty well also. What about the Netherlands beating the mighty Dominican Republic? And now it looks like Australia is going to beat Mexico.
Most of the players that have participated have been very positive about the WBC.
Baseball has people around the world paying attention, and it's going to help popularize the sport around the world. It also is a good barometer for some of these countries like South Africa to see where they are and how far they have to go to be competitive. The WBC is going to cause youth programs to start around the world and you're going to see people like Mike Piazza going overseas to help teach the players and the coaches.
It has been nothing but successful.
Most of the players that have participated have been very positive about the WBC.
Baseball has people around the world paying attention, and it's going to help popularize the sport around the world. It also is a good barometer for some of these countries like South Africa to see where they are and how far they have to go to be competitive. The WBC is going to cause youth programs to start around the world and you're going to see people like Mike Piazza going overseas to help teach the players and the coaches.
It has been nothing but successful.
wish the US would quit with the playing people to not upset their feelings. last night we pulled j roll just to put jeter in...for no reason. rollins was playing damn good up until that point and i jeter didn't do **** the rest of the game
that wasn't the original plan. They were going to alternate starts.
Johnson and Barry Larkin, one of Team USA's coaches, said that they weren't going to treat it like an All-Star Game where they try to make sure that everyone gets in the game, and then they do just the opposite. It's puzzling.
Also, expecting Oswalt to go five was unrealistic at this point in time. Three should have been his max.
I will say one thing about the Jeter/Rollins position sharing plan- and I know that this was "That's baseball"- but Rollins made a huge play to get the first out of the ninth inning against Canada. I don't know if Jeter could have made that play. He may have though, he can find that extra gear that makes him a HOF when he needs it. Good thing that the baseball gods are American.
Johnson and Barry Larkin, one of Team USA's coaches, said that they weren't going to treat it like an All-Star Game where they try to make sure that everyone gets in the game, and then they do just the opposite. It's puzzling.
Also, expecting Oswalt to go five was unrealistic at this point in time. Three should have been his max.
I will say one thing about the Jeter/Rollins position sharing plan- and I know that this was "That's baseball"- but Rollins made a huge play to get the first out of the ninth inning against Canada. I don't know if Jeter could have made that play. He may have though, he can find that extra gear that makes him a HOF when he needs it. Good thing that the baseball gods are American.
pounded like that by the Australians was unreal. When you consider Australia had 4 runs and 9 hits in all their games combined the last time they played in a tournament like this. To 10 run Mexico on their home field with 17 runs is fantastic. They were teeing off on major league pitchers too.
I was about to post the exact same thing. I don't see how anyone can label this anything but a success so farTodd4State said: