WBC 2023--We'll Be Seeing You Later

[Frayed Knot]

Three hours plus and they're only in top 8th !!!

OTOH, grand slams [Trea Turner] that bring you from down two to up two are kinda cool.

[Frayed Knot]

btw, Pete's PH Single currently sits as the go-ahead run.



9 - 7 USA heading to bottom 8

[bmfc1]

Pete was 0 for 9 before that so he must be very relieved.

Jeff's 1 for 8.

[bmfc1]

Escobar returns to PSL after going 1 for 10.

Narvarez returns after going 1 for 4. Perhaps he can use the last 10 days of ST to learn more about the pitching staff of his employer.

[Frayed Knot]

Frayed Knot wrote: Daniel Bard obviously hates America. Get him out of there. Also, it looks like he may have broken Jose Altuve's hand.

Yup. Broken thumb, prolly out two months.

[kcmets]

Is no one watching tonight?



USA kicking some butt.



(I know, everyone here hates the USA thing)

[Edgy MD]

Oh, no. I'm delighted and impressed. USA has scored in every inning. Alonso is in the lineup. McNeil has come off the bench, walked twice and scored twice. Terrific.



I wish there there was a Céspedes element in the Cuba lineup, but you can't have everything.

[Frayed Knot]

I'm watching, although less intently now the the U.S. has a multi-touchdown lead.

[MFS62]

The Mets have signed righty reliever Bubby Rossman (his 99 mph fastball and his orchestra) off the roster of Team Israel.



https://metsmerizedonline.com/team-israels-bubby-rossman-signs-with-mets/https://metsmerizedonline.com/team-israels-bubby-rossman-signs-with-mets/



Later

[kcmets]

Haven't been to metsmerized in awhile. Holy pop-up inundation, Batman!

[Benjamin Grimm]

I didn't see anything in that article that said how old Bubby is.

[MFS62]

=kcmets post_id=120164 time=1679323942 user_id=53]
Haven't been to metsmerized in awhile. Holy pop-up inundation, Batman!

[MFS62]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I didn't see anything in that article that said how old Bubby is.

Baseball-Reference says he's 30.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rossmbu01.shtmlhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rossmbu01.shtml



Later

[kcmets]

He's played pretty much all outfield positions and some first base too!



Charles Irvin Rossman, c'mon down!!

[kcmets]

=MFS62 post_id=120166 time=1679325458 user_id=60]I get NO popups when I go there. Must be your popup blocker.

[metirish]

Bubby Rossman is a great name

[metirish]

Jeez, Sasaki throws an easy 100+

[Frayed Knot]

So it seems that one of Cuba's catchers didn't make it onto the flight back to Havana this morning. Wasn't sure that defecting from Cuba was still a thing.

[metirish]

Wow , Joe Davis tels us that the grandparents and father of Sasaki were killed in the devastating tsunami in Japan back in March 2011, he was only 9.

[metirish]

Urias just took him deep for a three run HR

[metirish]

John Smoltz loves talking about...... John Smoltz

[kcmets]

Watching. Muted, listening to music.

[Frayed Knot]

Safe to say that Randy Arozarena us enjoying himself tonight.

[metirish]

Unreal , Yoshida with a three run hooking bomb ties it up

[A Boy Named Seo]

What an incredible game.



And posting this for all to revel in

[A Boy Named Seo]

Holy shit, Japan! What a game!!

[Frayed Knot]

Terrific game. Sets up what could be an exciting final.

[Edgy MD]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: What an incredible game. And posting this for all to revel in https://twitter.com/talkinbaseball_/status/1637977136777633794

That's what they mean by acting like you've been there before.

[metirish]

I watched Japan tie it up, then Mexico take the lead again, went to bed and was stunned to see Japan had won , it really was a great game , Japan had their chances all game

[A Boy Named Seo]

Bottom 8 was so tense for Mexico. Japan loaded em up and they were trying to somehow escape without facing Ohtani. And they did!



Then he just leads off the 9th with a double anyway.