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Post by Just Another Shem on Feb 28, 2017 12:26:05 GMT -5
Anyone here plan on watching a single pitch of the WBC?
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Post by billythekid on Feb 28, 2017 12:38:10 GMT -5
Anyone here plan on watching a single pitch of the WBC? I probably will catch a few innings for no other reason that its just some live baseball. |
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Post by The Bag on Feb 28, 2017 12:47:17 GMT -5
Anyone here plan on watching a single pitch of the WBC? Baseball fans will watch the USA lose again. |
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Post by Chappion on Feb 28, 2017 12:48:49 GMT -5
Anyone here plan on watching a single pitch of the WBC? I will, for sure. Those games are better than normal preseason baseball and I don't watch NHL or NBA. |
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Post by Chappion on Feb 28, 2017 12:50:43 GMT -5
Anyone here plan on watching a single pitch of the WBC? Baseball fans will watch the USA lose again. It would be nice if the USA actually cared about winning as much as everyone else does. Would love to see Kershaw & Scherzer etc... pitching for the US instead of the 2nd rate guys they usually get. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2017 12:59:40 GMT -5
Baseball fans will watch the USA lose again. It would be nice if the USA actually cared about winning as much as everyone else does. Would love to see Kershaw & Scherzer etc... pitching for the US instead of the 2nd rate guys they usually get. Most of the guys on Team USA, Team DR, and Team Venezuela, are only participating to avoid the daily grind of spring training. The only teams that truly want to win/brings the most passion, are team Japan and Team South Korea. If the American players brought the same passion to the tournament as the Asian players, a team from the Americas would win it every time. |
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Post by MoonDriven on Feb 28, 2017 13:05:00 GMT -5
Anyone here plan on watching a single pitch of the WBC? I plan on going |
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Post by Just Another Shem on Feb 28, 2017 13:29:04 GMT -5
Anyone here plan on watching a single pitch of the WBC? Baseball fans will watch the USA lose again. Must not be a lot of baseball fans in this country, as the WBC gets putrid tv ratings... Roughly a third of what your average Sunday NASCAR sports race gets... |
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Post by The Bag on Feb 28, 2017 13:32:29 GMT -5
Baseball fans will watch the USA lose again. Must not be a lot of baseball fans in this country, as the WBC gets putrid tv ratings... Roughly a third of what your average Sunday NASCAR sports race gets... USA isn't a top team, so of course billy ray will be more interested in NASCAR. Now if the USA was a favorite, ratings would be through the roof. When was the last time you heard people talk about women's soccer? Remember how high the ratings were when they won? |
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Post by Chappion on Feb 28, 2017 13:48:20 GMT -5
It would be nice if the USA actually cared about winning as much as everyone else does. Would love to see Kershaw & Scherzer etc... pitching for the US instead of the 2nd rate guys they usually get. Most of the guys on Team USA, Team DR, and Team Venezuela, are only participating to avoid the daily grind of spring training. The only teams that truly want to win/brings the most passion, are team Japan and Team South Korea. If the American players brought the same passion to the tournament as the Asian players, a team from the Americas would win it every time. The guys from DR, Puerto Rico and Venezuela take it VERY seriously. The Asian countries, as well. Only the US treats it as a chore. |
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Post by Chappion on Feb 28, 2017 13:49:42 GMT -5
Baseball fans will watch the USA lose again. Must not be a lot of baseball fans in this country, as the WBC gets putrid tv ratings... Roughly a third of what your average Sunday NASCAR sports race gets... It would do better if they could play it in July, but the logistics don't work. It's bigger everywhere EXCEPT the US. |
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Post by Just Another Shem on Feb 28, 2017 13:56:20 GMT -5
Must not be a lot of baseball fans in this country, as the WBC gets putrid tv ratings... Roughly a third of what your average Sunday NASCAR sports race gets... It would do better if they could play it in July, but the logistics don't work. It's bigger everywhere EXCEPT the US. Oh I completely agree. Baseball is much more popular in several other countries than it is in this day and age in America. |
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Post by pr0t0cl0wn on Feb 28, 2017 13:56:55 GMT -5
FYI - I'll be watching the WBC, I just love baseball
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Post by tigertowner 68 on Feb 28, 2017 13:58:59 GMT -5
Anyone here plan on watching a single pitch of the WBC? I probably will catch a few innings for no other reason that its just some live baseball. I just got MLB TV and its on there, so I'll take a look here or there... Maybe see some "Caracas Tigers"...Miggy, V Mart, Frankie Rodriguez, King Felix (the outlier...). |
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Post by Chappion on Feb 28, 2017 14:00:15 GMT -5
It would do better if they could play it in July, but the logistics don't work. It's bigger everywhere EXCEPT the US. Oh I completely agree. Baseball is much more popular in several other countries than it is in this day and age in America. It's still #2 in the USA in revenues. Nobody is touching the NFL, but MLB is second. It has DOUBLE the revenues of the NBA. Rumors of MLB's demise have been greatly exaggerated. |
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Post by Just Another Shem on Feb 28, 2017 14:02:26 GMT -5
Oh I completely agree. Baseball is much more popular in several other countries than it is in this day and age in America. It's still #2 in the USA in revenues. Nobody is touching the NFL, but MLB is second. It has DOUBLE the revenues of the NBA. Rumors of MLB's demise have been greatly exaggerated. It has double the revenues because they play double the amount of games in stadiums twice the size. Its easily the 3rd most popular sport in the country and dropping further every year. |
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Post by Chappion on Feb 28, 2017 14:08:22 GMT -5
It's still #2 in the USA in revenues. Nobody is touching the NFL, but MLB is second. It has DOUBLE the revenues of the NBA. Rumors of MLB's demise have been greatly exaggerated. It has double the revenues because they play double the amount of games in stadiums twice the size. Its easily the 3rd most popular sport in the country and dropping further every year. Based on what? Can you back that up with anything? MLB averaged 30,000+ fans for 2425 games last year and World Series ratings were through the roof. I think they will be OK. |
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Post by Just Another Shem on Feb 28, 2017 14:37:34 GMT -5
It has double the revenues because they play double the amount of games in stadiums twice the size. Its easily the 3rd most popular sport in the country and dropping further every year. Based on what? Can you back that up with anything? MLB averaged 30,000+ fans for 2425 games last year and World Series ratings were through the roof. I think they will be OK. TV ratings. Premium basketball games crush premium baseball games in terms of TV ratings. The NBA Finals has tea-bagged the World Series about 85% of the time for the past 15 or so years. And then just take a look at any of these Q ratings in terms of popularity of athletes. I don't have the exact figures in front of me but I would be shocked if of the top 20 most popular athletes in this country that a singular baseball player was among them. Soccer players like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are more popular in this country then Mike Trout or Clayton Kershaw. |
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Post by Chappion on Feb 28, 2017 14:54:14 GMT -5
Based on what? Can you back that up with anything? MLB averaged 30,000+ fans for 2425 games last year and World Series ratings were through the roof. I think they will be OK. TV ratings. Premium basketball games crush premium baseball games in terms of TV ratings. The NBA Finals has tea-bagged the World Series about 85% of the time for the past 15 or so years. And then just take a look at any of these Q ratings in terms of popularity of athletes. I don't have the exact figures in front of me but I would be shocked if of the top 20 most popular athletes in this country that a singular baseball player was among them. Soccer players like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are more popular in this country then Mike Trout or Clayton Kershaw. And, yet, game 7 of the World Series last year was the 2nd most watched TV event of 2016. I do agree on the marketing side. Once Jeter and Papi retired, there really wasn't any recognizable face out there like a Lebron James. Trout really SHOULD be that guy, but he isn't. |
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Post by Just Another Shem on Feb 28, 2017 14:56:52 GMT -5
TV ratings. Premium basketball games crush premium baseball games in terms of TV ratings. The NBA Finals has tea-bagged the World Series about 85% of the time for the past 15 or so years. And then just take a look at any of these Q ratings in terms of popularity of athletes. I don't have the exact figures in front of me but I would be shocked if of the top 20 most popular athletes in this country that a singular baseball player was among them. Soccer players like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are more popular in this country then Mike Trout or Clayton Kershaw. And, yet, game 7 of the World Series last year was the 2nd most watched TV event of 2016. I do agree on the marketing side. Once Jeter and Papi retired, there really wasn't any recognizable face out there like a Lebron James. Trout really SHOULD be that guy, but he isn't. That's wonderful. I freely admit that if every game has the drama the Cubs in game 7 of the World Series that goes to Extra Innings? Then baseball's ratings would surpass basketballs. |
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Post by lemiwinks on Mar 1, 2017 13:01:02 GMT -5
2 reasons why the USA may not win....
1. their best players don't play,
2. its single elimination. Baseball isn't meant to be a single elimination sport.....
3. the better US players don't play over the winter and therefore, are not baseball ready in early march.
if you had 7 game series and the USA had a in baseball shape rotation of Kershaw, Scherzer, Sale, & Bumgarner....(or Kluber, or Lester, or Syndergaard, or Verlander..etc) and your lineup includes guys like Trout, Bryant, Rizzo, Seager etc etc etc.....
Its going to be tough for anyone to compete with that.
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Post by dyhard on Mar 6, 2017 5:02:59 GMT -5
anybody watching the first action of the WBC ? Korea-Israel. top 2nd.
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Post by dyhard on Mar 7, 2017 6:25:08 GMT -5
supposed to be Korea vs Netherlands...instead, it's Japan-Cuba right now. anybody else catching any early morning action?
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Post by dyhard on Mar 7, 2017 8:05:34 GMT -5
Japan is collapsing. another hit scores two to bring the score to 7-4 in the top of the 7th. 4 straight hits
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Post by Chappion on Mar 10, 2017 12:57:06 GMT -5
Team USA plays the DR tomorrow at 6:30EST. The lineup that then DR is rolling out is absurd!
SS-Jose Reyes
3B-Manny Machado
2B-Robinson Cano
DH-Adrian Beltre
LF-Jose Bautista
1B-Carlos Santana
RF-Nelson Cruz
CF-Starling Marte/Gregory Polanco
C-Welington Castillo
I wish the US cared that much!
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Post by BGKO on Mar 10, 2017 12:59:02 GMT -5
Team USA plays the DR tomorrow at 6:30EST. The lineup that then DR is rolling out is absurd! SS-Jose Reyes 3B-Manny Machado 2B-Robinson Cano DH-Adrian Beltre LF-Jose Bautista 1B-Carlos Santana RF-Nelson Cruz CF-Starling Marte/Gregory Polanco C-Welington Castillo I wish the US cared that much! Pretty impressive |
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Post by tigertowner 68 on Mar 10, 2017 13:01:23 GMT -5
Team USA plays the DR tomorrow at 6:30EST. The lineup that then DR is rolling out is absurd! SS-Jose Reyes 3B-Manny Machado 2B-Robinson Cano DH-Adrian Beltre LF-Jose Bautista 1B-Carlos Santana RF-Nelson Cruz CF-Starling Marte/Gregory Polanco C-Welington Castillo I wish the US cared that much! Given the right pitching, that's a team that could win a World Series! |
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Post by Chappion on Mar 10, 2017 13:10:56 GMT -5
Team USA plays the DR tomorrow at 6:30EST. The lineup that then DR is rolling out is absurd! SS-Jose Reyes 3B-Manny Machado 2B-Robinson Cano DH-Adrian Beltre LF-Jose Bautista 1B-Carlos Santana RF-Nelson Cruz CF-Starling Marte/Gregory Polanco C-Welington Castillo I wish the US cared that much! Given the right pitching, that's a team that could win a World Series! I think they would have a shot! It's too bad the US treats it like a chore. The starting OF for the US should be Trout, Harper, Betts(none of whom are on the team). Josh Donaldson and Anthony Rizzo aren't on the team, either. The pitching is even worse. Instead of Kershaw, Scherzer, Arrieta, Lester, Sale & others, the "aces" are Archer and Stroman. Pretty weak. |
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Post by MoonDriven on Mar 10, 2017 13:13:08 GMT -5
Jose Reyes lol
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Post by lemiwinks on Mar 10, 2017 13:25:34 GMT -5
Team USA plays the DR tomorrow at 6:30EST. The lineup that then DR is rolling out is absurd! SS-Jose Reyes 3B-Manny Machado 2B-Robinson Cano DH-Adrian Beltre LF-Jose Bautista 1B-Carlos Santana RF-Nelson Cruz CF-Starling Marte/Gregory Polanco C-Welington Castillo I wish the US cared that much! How bout a lineup of:
CF Mike Trout 1B Joey Votto 3B Kris Bryant DH Anthony Rizzo SS Manny Machado LF Ryan Braun 2B Corey Seager RF Mookie Betts C Buster Posey
might suffer a little defensively moving seager to 2B and Machado to SS(but you can have Addison Russell on the bench for defense at both positions)......but with my rotation of Kershaw, Sale, Scherzer, Arietta and Lester....or Syndergaard..or Bumgarner...or Verlander..or Kluber.etc....I think USA will be OK.
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