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World Baseball Classic: USA v VEN

Ok. NOW more people should be around right? Lets watch this game and comment about it together! NOW on ESPN 2. Winner advances to the next round.

Loser faces the winner of ITA/CAN for their last chance at advancing

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Well

Hopefully this time it doesn’t just end up being me and Zu Long talking.

(lol scutaro)

Roll call...........

Roll USA

Just turned on the game...
USA! USA!

Abreu got a hit in the first. Pedroia missed a bunt that got Rollins picked off second. Not much else to say.

stupid bosux................cant bunt
BTW What is Mark DeRosa doing in this game?
Oswalt......gonna lead me to the 'ship
damn Korea thumped China....14-0.......ouch
Displaced anger

after getting thumped by Japan :o

Seems like it.
Is Taiwan allowed to compete?
All the Mariner guys were saying what the announcers are

That Sojo was a moron to use Hernandez against team Italy. I have to agree.

whoo

nice throw

Rollins has himself an arm, no denying that.
he better playing so lackadasical like he did on that play
He's also the only guy putting a solid bat on it right now.
This umps zone is officially stupid.
I wonder if Pedroia knew how hard he was getting burned in that commercial.
thats a nasty slider........
"That's one thing we've seen with the Boston Red Sox"

They aren’t even trying to hide it anymore.

man Im glad baseball is back........
Me too.

It’s been a long winter.

Tell me about it.......

being a Bills fan is rough……and Stanford disappointed too…….

Titans looked good until the playoffs started... >_>;
yeah caught a couple bad breaks in the playoffs......
Not using Vince Young in some kind of Wildcat configuration was dumb.

A guy like that is practically MADE for that thing, but he sat on the sidelines, even after Johnson went down.

I knew he wasnt gonna make a good pro-style QB.......

Jeff Fisher is too conservative to do anything like that wildcat

I still think he could be a decent pro QB.

He isn’t anything like as bad as some people think he is.

For the number 3 overall pick.......

the name Akili Smith comes to mind with him……..

He's not that bad yet.
It's a re-birth...every spring...

…heading to Mesa in 2 weeks. Can’t wait…

This guy's voice is like razor blades on my ears.
I was just thinking something similar...yeesh!
haha

I was gonna say somethin’ like that too :x

Roy getting smacked around a bit
Needs more DP
DP makes everything better.
Wont be saying this too much this year...........

but Fail Abreu……….fail

Still tagged it pretty good while getting out.

Best possible outcome.

min damage.......

no biggie

1-0 Venezuela in the 4th.
mlb network?
ESPN
nvm

i thought it was televised

Chipper.......

that was a chumper AB

whoa Youk starting fresh with a short goatee this year?
Youk with the single.

Ugh. I can’t believe I have to cheer for these jerks.

Adam Dunn continues to be the man.
Dunn with a big hit.......

playing well

My choice over Abreu……for what its worth

same here

the big man has been playing really well so far.

but i still dig Abreu.

If he could hit that consistently in the regular season, it wouldn't be much of a contest.
How the hell is Mark DeRosa on a team USA?
well that shut me up......................
i think you just saw why!
Random white guy #2 is up.

And comes through with the TRIPLE!!

anyone else in the HH fantasy league that drafted today?

my team is pretty good

You're in two Halo Heaven leagues?

Slut

dude i'm in 4 leagues

and yes, i got into 2 HH leagues.

although I think the ESPN league might be a bit better. XD

I dont have enough time to be in more than one league......

its just too crazy to keep track of that many players

i have no life....

….or just a lot of time in the mornings

well good on you..........

I dont think even if I had the time I’d want to do that………

although I would live draft every day of my life……I love that part

hahaha

yeah thats fun

oh yeah

you’re a slut! :P

Angels mention!
More like an afterthought.

But I am slightly mollified.

"And that's the way the Red Sox have played"

I F###ING HATE THEM.

ahh it's never to early for some ESPN hate
good answer that inning by the boys in red white and blue.....and grey
whats up with the pitch counts exactly........is this little league or something?
There goes Roy's F-bomb for the month.............
Great job by the camera crew.
booooo hugo chavez
ugh..............

a double off a 0-2 count…with many foul balls…that sucks…..

Get it together Roy.
scutaro

hold on to your butts

hate that guy
He only kills the Angels.
I know.......

he’s a turd muncher

Back to 2-2.
good call roy

i totally would have nibbled against scutaro too..

well poop............
youkilis should have had that

stupid red sox idiot

Let's Go Venezuela

get team usa back to CAMP!

don't you mean go usa

then abreau would be back at camp

unless he wants Shields back at camp
Dare we say Tex-esque
Let's go Matty...triple digits
Where did THAT miss?
that was a NASTY breaking ball after a 100 mph FB
that was a NASTY breaking ball after a 100 mph FB
well that was a long half inning
Whew.

Limited the damage.

whew

shaky end there :o

I thought Chipper was going to have a lemonade

while he was on his way up from that grounder

Chipper has looked AWFUL in both games.

Not sure what’s up.

He is old and...

…it is early.

well....yeah he's just old.

Probably rubbing some icy-hot on his knees right now after that.

Yeah, that could be all there is to it.

Seems like it might be more than that though.

Umpires

still in spring training…

rollins been smacking the crap outta the ball
so happy I kept him in my keeper league
Rollins doing better than Jeter yesterday.
you're a filthy whore Pedroia........
Pedroia you SUCK.
Is anyone else pretty impressed

with Gregor Blanco? He looks pretty athletic…

Other than that ball he let get by him in the gap of course.

not used to the turf at Rogers probably.....

so I’d give him a pass on that……but yeah….looks good

Pedroia

I cannot root for DustBin… HA HA HA HA

Team USA needs more Kendrick.
have we heard a time table

on Ervin

Probably won't make opening week.

Estimates range from early April to Mid-May.

wtf?

Jeter in for rollins?

I hate you Davey Johnson

why the hell is rollins out of the game?
Shoulda put Jeter at Second base.....

and take out Pukeroia…….

Abreu's patience is nifty.
he hits the ball hard too
True.

And really the more important part of that equation when you get down to it.

dar we say tex-esque
Abreu's At-BAt

was devoted to Derek Jeter courtesy of ESPEEIN

Sit DOWN sir.
nice breaking ball there
is there anyone good on the netherlands team?

I’m trying to figure out how sidney ponson beat DR

not really...besides Hainley Statia of course...
Great minds...
Hanley Statia

Angels prospect.

And they did it by taking advantage of sloppy DR play + DR guys looking for the long ball.

Cuba looked RIDICULOUS today, anyone else watch that game?
Dude, it was South Africa.

The Angels B-team drubbed those guys 13-2.

Still, I had it on in the background and every other at bat was a home run
Agreed. South Africa is probably the longest shot in the tournament.
nope

2 of the 3 runs were unearned.

bunt single, single, couple errors. thats all they scored

That's right Youkillis.

Wave feebly at Zambrano’s AMAZING stuff… WTF?

got on though
I just want to know how he's so tough on us in the post-season

yet manages to look THAT bad against Victor freaking Zambrano.

more dialed in.......in oct......than he is in March?
Pbobably has a lot to do with accurate scouting reports...
Jeez...*probably*
does anyone NOT like david wright?

he seems pretty spotless so far in his career

bizness picking up
Dunn turned out to be a great late addition to the team
he just looks like will ferell to me
i wonder if this is what adam dunn is like on a good team

good at bats every time.

food for thought

he's the guy I wanted
hell, for the deal we got on abreau

why not both of them

Where would we put them though?
dunn at 1st

abreau in left

Yeah, that could work.

I worry about the hit to our 1B defense though. Kotch/Tex to Dunn would hurt a lot.

Clutch white guy #2 up to bat.
who's worse, australia or south africa?
Well, we'll find out.

But I’m tempted to say South Africa.

Nice patience.
that RISP stat looks like the Angels in the ALDS
this is a clinic on how plate discipline doesnt go in slumps

team cant get the big hit…but theyll take the walks

I'll note that both DeRosa and Ianetta took hacks at the first pitch though.
yeah didnt like that.........but lannetta made up 4 it
back just in time for pedrioa hitting a 2 run double......

after the site crashed during the 3 run triple lol`

Well that was weird.
Oh, and

USA! USA! USA! USA!

that was the pitch...........youk missed it
He's just being a jerk now, fouling off pitches when all the pitchers are on a pitch count.
yeah and putting me to sleep
Worked though.

Kept fouling off pitches till he got the inside one he was looking for.

well that wakes you up......
wow that's patience
This game is kind of a let-down after USA-Canada.
yeah but there is a mercy rule......

thank god

free wings at hooters right?
Free sliders I think.
is it just me or

at the start of this game did our team seem kind of tense like they didn’t know how good they were and now they think they’re numero uno

yeah well there is some pressure on these boys from the USA.........

but now they can relax and just play

yankee doodle dandy?

come on espn

is Rev still around?

Any reasoning on why SB nation went down?

Some tech crap

they fixed it in a hurry. I had fallen asleep during the whole thing!

Man gonna be over 10K comments on here by the time this game is over I think
I mean me personally
way to boost the total
LOL yeah.....well I didnt want someone to get confused.
isnt this Ziegler guy the one from the A's who like almost broke the record for rookie scoreless innings?
yes

and that homer made me smile just a bit

Did break the record I think
oh well either way........
BAHAHAHA!

Ziegler got lit up.

man that was a meatball
guillen looks like he's hitting 50 HR's this yr
Ziegler is just serving em up.........

his location is crap…….

Can't get the ball down.
while i dont enjoy the US losing the lead

i dont mind ziegler sucking

lol they havent lost the lead...........

but yes on the second part

someone tell ziegler

this isn’t spring training. Stop working on pitches

looks more like he's throwing BP or Home run derby pitches
I hope this is a preview of the season.
mmmmmm more DP......

nice

Nice DP turn by Jeter and Pedroia.
And I threw up in my mouth a little after saying that.
ahhh no more Chipper?

bummer

Another nice play.
I wonder how much these guys get paid for the WBC
Are we sure they get paid?
are you kidding?

Im sure they are………I mean why else would they do it……cuz if they get hurt doing this their season/salary is bye bye

Nah, they still get paid. Contracts are guaranteed.

That’s why teams petitioned to hold certain guys out, like Kazmir.

found this

No player will be guaranteed money for participating. While players may receive compensation from shares earned by National Federations, no more than 50% of such shares may be distributed to players. Major League Baseball players will receive their normal spring training per diem during the tournament

oh......interesting find........thanks
im sure its in the stimulus plan somewhere
well played sir
pedroia sucks

(not including that play)

good covering there by Ziegler
is he going to close for oakland or will devine?
Wtf................

that Pedrioa commerical was very very….uh lame

Dayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyum

Dunn KILLED THAT

why didnt we get him?!
BOOM goes the dynamite.
+1 for Family Guy reference
Pow right in the kisser...................
family guy is referencing a youtube viral video

which you have to go watch NOW. wait til about 2 minutes in

just search “boom goes the dynamite” and prepare to get uncomfortable

yeah.........

that kid is um…….well…….special……haha

He actually got a job doing sports casting
is there a fail pic anywhere?

cuz there should be

which one is it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W45DRy7M1no
hahahahaha

thanks.

…andboomgoesthedynamite.

I love the "Reggie Miller is looking good"

And “He passes it to the man”

passes to the man is definitely the best part
you seen the one where the kid goes on the early show and talks to Hannah Storm?

and where he got the “boom goes the dynamite” phrase from

haha ya

mario kart. worst guy ever

Did you see when CBS did the write up they put it as Mario Cards.....

cause that is what they heard….lol

yes i also read deadspin ;)
ah........yes of course :)
i love how

“Hakim” is pronounced “Hack-em”

college sportscast from indiana

its amazing

That WAS awesome...
Rollins and Dunn are a comedy sketch team in the dugout.
I really wish Dunn was an Angel
It'd be interesting to see what he would be like on a competing team.
i think we're seeing that right now
nice soild shot by Granderson
another hit for Abreu

also a good sign

Jeter being lazy.

But I’ll take the hit for Abreu.

How dare you trash "The Captain"
jeter watching the GA instructional DVDs
Tom Emanski just threw up
Broxton has some heat
over-rated clap clap clap clap clap
2.7 Mil divided up.......

for the winners…….nice

does anyone remember the XFL?

where they got paid like 5x more if they won games?

amazing

Loved how they began those games.......

HAHA

HE HATE ME

should get a lifetime achievement award for being awesome

LOL yeah.....ole Vinny Mac floundered that opportunity.......

wonder how much cash he lost on that.

that gives you the incentive to win more.......

i think thats a decent idea

guess they wanted no part of Braun.........
Okay ump, no reason to squeeze the Venezuelans.
does david wrights bat look ridiculously long

to anyone else?

wright playing good
Time for another monster shot from Dunn.
that was his 3rd homer
Broadcast team bagging on Manny right now...
He deserves it.
manny gonna bag on the NL west this year
Agree with both of you...
DeRosa needs to jack it out

End the game.

after I bagged on him lol
He was surprisingly solid last year.

But I thought the same thing when I saw him in the lineup.

mercy rule................w000
who does the US still have to play?
After this?

They play the winner of VEN vs CAN/Italy, but it won’t matter except for seeding.

yeah.......hopefully they play Italy.......

but probably gonna be these guys again

Australia getting it done vs Mexico.

Tied up.

nice..........puttin some tacos on the barbie?
shrimp tacos I guess...
Two more to go.
wont give Ven one more chance?
Maybe so.
arent they the home team?
never mind........doesnt matter.............
that Iannetta kid is good
colorado has some major upside right now

with tulo and ianetta getting a whole season in this yr

Mercy Rule REACH!
Damnit Jeter.

Rollins would have got a hit.

or atleast hit it harder
So we probably arent gonna see Frankie then huh?
Though it would be hysterical if the USA bullpen gave up 10 runs.
as long as Shields didnt
Ofcourse.

Shields would be the one to finally stem the tide.

Idiot

Eating a whole ball of wasabi?!

It's surprisingly tasty.
well...

I like wasabi as much as the next guy… but no way you can take a whole ball of the good stuff :O

Not without something to put it on anyway.
jesus jose lopez
he's such a good bargain in fantasy drafts

write that down

got a good lineup?
ha scutaro.....you fail......

sucker

Does anyone understand why torn hip labrums take far less time to heal than torn shoulder labrums?

Or is it a function of the severity of the tear?

A-Rod is expected to be out 6-9 weeks. Escobar needs about a year.

my understanding:

they are much beefier and have way less wear and tear on them, heal easier and have more and bigger muscles around them making the healing easier. Basically if your scapula was your ass your shoulder would heal faster.

Thanks. Makes more sense than my wild guesses...

I guess we should hope Escobar develops an ass on his right shoulder.

problems can arise from having a large ass too.......

lol

ESPN-

Filled with FAIL

Pedroia got out, just so everyone knows.
Braun homers.
LOL

Hit the foul pole

Green Country NEEDS PITCHING BADLY
Youkillis grounds out.
that braun homer looked foul
Australia leaps ahead of Mexico 8-7!
Make it 9-7.
HAHA

Heath Bell is Kenny Powers

Blanco ripped that.
Venezuela not going quietly.
LOL

The Venezuela fans doing the Angels in the Outfield wave for Abreu.

Man smoked that one too.
Light up the capital Dome!!!
saved this for comment 10K

lite up the liberty bell!

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