2009 world baseball classic Stories - Red Reporter
Is The World Baseball Classic To Blame?
The World Baseball Classic seemed like a good idea at the time. The goals of the tournament have been modest: to ostensibly bring together the best players the world over in an effort to a) promote baseball around the globe, and b) establish national pride in the sport and its players, in some ways...
Omedetou Gozaimasu!
Congrats to Japan for repeating as World Baseball Classic champions! Japan played well and well earned their title after a very exciting 5-3 victory over South Korea in 10 innings. The game kept me up way too late, but it was totally worth it. Also, I love me some Ichiro.
WBC Pitch Speeds Revisited
After round one in Toronto, I found that each pitcher who played in a WBC game there was throwing the ball slower than a previous outing in the same park. Depending on which game you picked, you could find some pitchers moved a little bit, or even showed a little better velocity at the WBC. So,...
Monday Rockpile: Chris Iannetta to return today
Now that the United States has been eliminated from the World Baseball Classic we can all look forward to the Korea-Japan championship. Oh, and Chris Iannetta's return to Tucson. Here's a suggestion from our very own catcher on the WBC: "The schedule needs to be condensed," said Team USA catcher...
Morning Prowl: No Hits, Porcello's Pitch Count, Bell's Beer, and Mauer's Back
It's not that big a deal that the Tigers were no-hit in yesterday's game, is it? Okay, it's embarrassing. Fortunately, with Team USA and Venezuela both losing in the WBC semi-finals, its four best hitters will return to the team tomorrow and see game action on Wednesday. How did Rick...
OT: How Davey Johnson Lost the World Baseball Classic
EDITOR'S NOTE: Every once in a while, I go off into other sports. This is one of those times. If you're not interested in MLB and or the World Baseball Classic, you can skip this one. I have, since it began in 2006, been one of the biggest fans of the World Baseball Classic. I think it's a great...
WBC Game Thread: March 22, 2009
United States vs. Japan, 8:00 PM (ESPN) World Baseball Classic, Semifinal #2 Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California The starting pitchers are Roy Oswalt (USA) and Daisuke Matsuzaka (JPN).
WBC Semifinals: 3/22/09: 2:00 MT
Here is your WBC Update for Sunday THERE ARE NO MORE POOLS VENEZUELA HAS BEEN ELIMINATED Korea: 10, Venezuela: 2 In yet another head-scratcher by Venezuela manager Luis Sojo, Venezuela SP Carlos Silva got tagged 6 runs, 7 earned, on 6 hits, 1 walk, 2 errors, and a pair of home runs, all over...
Washington Nationals Sunday Spotlight...Adam Dunn, Nick Johnson, Jesus Flores and Stephen Strasburg...
DO NOT TRADE NICK JOHNSON... I don't mean to pick on Adam Dunn, the Big Donkey, or Dunn-K, the Bigger Wilkerson or Big Wilky for short, but I do want Nick Johnson to remain on the Washington Nationals' roster, so with that in mind, how about one more review of Dunn's performance at first base, on...
WBC Semi-Final Starter Suk Min Yoon
Suk Min Yoon will face Carlos Silva in the first semi-final of the 2009 World Baseball Classic. Yoon has made one appearance already in a PITCHf/x park (Petco), against Japan on St. Patrick's Day. Yoon has outstanding control and quality stuff. He gives Korea a real chance against Venezuela,...
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