2013 World Baseball Classic

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

USA going down. They miss Wright more than the Mets missed Dillon Gee last year.

[metirish]

Mauer at bat, 4-2 Puerto Rico in the 8th.....2 men on

[metirish]

Walk, great at bat by Mauer....bases loaded for Stanton.

Reynolds by the way is great in the booth.

[Ceetar]

metirish wrote: Walk, great at bat by Mauer....bases loaded for Stanton. Reynolds by the way is great in the booth.

sarcasm?

[metirish]

Not at all, I have always liked him.......4-3 now as Cabrera walks in a run.......

This is thrilling

[Guest Kong76]

Down to three outs, down by one.

[Fman99]

metirish wrote: Walk, great at bat by Mauer....bases loaded for Stanton. Reynolds by the way is great in the booth.

I agree, he reminds me of Mex, he's analyzing each pitch the way another major league hitter would.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I like Reynolds, too... as a guy, and a guy explaining the mechanics of defense/hitting. When he's evaluating players and their abilities-- then he's woefully, willfully ill-informed.

Stanton's at-bat was a disappointment. Looked off-balance... like he was being dictated to, rather than having an actual plate approach. A guy like Braun or Wright-- or, frankly, Jeter-- spoils pitches there until he gets one he can do something with.

Hell of a catch by Rollins on the bloop in the ninth, BTW.

[metirish]

Heck of a pitch to Stanton in that count right there though.


Great fun, great baseball.

[Guest Kong76]

Tomorrow or the next day, can we discuss why Puerto Rico has
it's own team?

[metirish]

Kong76 wrote: Tomorrow or the next day, can we discuss why Puerto Rico has it's own team?

Dying


And really, is this such a huge upset like they are trying to paint it?, some good players over there.

Mitch Williams saying it's no coincidence that the USA are out since Wright went down.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Mitch Williams says a lot of things.

That said, Wright would have likely been up with the bases loaded there instead of Stanton.

[Ceetar]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Mitch Williams says a lot of things. That said, Wright would have likely been up with the bases loaded there instead of Stanton.

Not only would Wright have been up, but he would've been up against the pitcher he hit the walk-off hit against in the 2009 classic.

[Ceetar]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: I like Reynolds, too... as a guy, and a guy explaining the mechanics of defense/hitting. When he's evaluating players and their abilities-- then he's woefully, willfully ill-informed.

Maybe that's what rubs me the wrong way about him. I'm not as invested in the hitting/specifics of a player since it's not really my team so I wasn't paying as much attention to that. Just half-paying attention and hearing him say zany things.

Way better than Verducci yesterday though, so much appreciated.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Hup, Honkbal, Hup!

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Maybe the team from Vlissingen, New Netherland should tap into this heretofore undervalued Dutch baseball talent.

[Edgy MD]

Met connections on WBC-winning Dominican team:

[list:1u5bhb4n]Moises Alou, GM
Junior Noboa, coach
Juan Samuel, coach
Octavio Dotel, RP
Francisco Pena, C
Jose Reyes, SS[/list:u:1u5bhb4n]

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Wish they had shown these games on MLB.tv so I could've watched them. I would've even been willing to pay a little extra.