world-baseball-classic-2009 Stories - Talking Chop
WBC Semifinals: 3/22/09: 2:00 MT
Here is your WBC Update for Monday THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN ELIMINATED USA: 4, Japan: 9 I wish there were more good things to say about this game, or at least about our team. I feel as if the USA wasn't beaten so much as outmanaged. For starters, the Japanese play a more...
WBC Recap and Monday's Washington Nationals vs St. Louis Cardinals Game Thread.
Adam Dunn AB's In The WBC... 1st - Japan's starter Daisuke Matsuzaka starts Dunn with a slider at 82mph over the outside edge. Dunn fouls off a fastball inside. Dunn fights off a change outside. 0-2. Fastball inside 1-2. Slider at 81 drops in off the outside edge, strike three with...
WBC Update, 3/21/09, 8:00PM MT
Quick WBC Update boys and girls Korea is destroying Venezuela, 7-0. It's the bottom of the 3rd. I want to know exactly what Luis Sojo was thinking starting Carlos Silva over Felix Hernandez. I'm going to go with Luis Sojo = El Davey Johnson. The Korean team looks fantastic. The fielding is crisp,...
Spring Training: - Game Thread: Washington Nationals at Detroit Tigers
The Washington Nationals Do Not Want Adam Dunn Playing First In The WBC? Washington Post writer Amy Shipley described Adam Dunn's error-filled attempt to play first base for the United States in place of an injured Kevin Youkilis in the WBC the other night in an article Thursday entitled,...
WBC Round 2: 3/16/09: 6:30 MT
Here is your WBC Update for Monday Pool 1 - San Diego, CA, USA: Japan: 6, Cuba: 0 The Japanese handled the Cubans very well, breaking open a scoreless match with a 3 run third and then trickling in 3 more runs over the rest of the game on 12 hits and 4BB. The first several innings looked tough...
WBC Round 2: 3/15/09: 3:30 MT
Here is your WBC Update for Sunday BEFORE I SAY ANYTHING ELSE: ALL WBC GAMES ARE ON ESPN2 TODAY Pool 1 - San Diego, CA, USA: Japan v Cuba is underway already, and the Japanese have taken advantage of a wild inning from Cuban SP Aroldis Chapman has been chased here in the 3rd, having allowed 3...
WBC Day 2: 3/8/09, 1:45PM ET
Pool A (or the While We Were Sleeping Pool): Game 5: Korea (1-1): 14, China (1-1): 0 (elimination game) Both teams fighting for their tournament lives, Korea 2-hit China in a beating that invoked the mercy rule. Up 2-0 after the 1st inning, Korea never let go and continued to pile on runs for 6...
Spring Training: Game 6 Game Thread: The Washington Nationals vs Italy And Mike Piazza.
(ed. note - "SINGLE GAME TICKETS GO ON SALE AT 9:00AM TODAY, 3/3/09!!!!" INCLUDING OPENING DAY IN DC!!") Washington Nationals In The WBC...? The good news about Saul Rivera, Joel Hanrahan and Adam Dunn participating in the World Baseball Classic is that it gives Nationals' fans a reason to...
Somebody let Rickey play in the WBC
New York Post: This is what I love about Rickey, he didn't try to leave the game in his prime, he's trying to play forever. Rickey said if a GM needs him he'll be there. "but if a club came out and said they needed a left fielder, they needed a guy to get on base and steal a few bases, they...
Brian McCann and Chipper Jones to Play in World Baseball Classic
Our All-Star catcher will see live game action a bit earlier than most this spring as he accepted an invitation to play in the World Baseball Classic. Chipper Jones has also elected to play in this year's WBC, he will be a returning member of Team-USA having played in the first WBC three years ago....
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