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Kimbrel gives up another hit, this time to Jose Reyes, 3-1 Dominican Republic.
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Going to the bottom of the 9th, USA is down 3-1.
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The Dominican Republic moves on, USA has to beat Puerto Rico tomorrow night.
I don't know why exactly you want to have Shane Victorino represent your final out there, Joe Torre has not done a good job of managing this team. But then again it is still spring training and he is treating it like that. The other countries aren't. |
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That strike-call on Aybar I think motivated him.
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Exciting game. That Saturday game seems pretty pointless. Just give the DR the top seed from this group since they went undefeated.
Because of the Saturday game, the Final will be on Tuesday instead of Sunday, the day of the last 2 Finals. Weird scheduling. No need to burn any arms on that seeding game.
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I've really enjoyed this WBC so far- lots of memorable and unique games-
I do think MLB has to rethink how they make this tournament more accessible on TV and radio- all the US based games during the week should be played in primetime, at a minimum all team USA games should be on MLB radio, and maybe find a way to mix ESPN more- so this tournament gets more exposure. As an earlier poster mentioned- find a way to have the semis on Friday/Saturday- championship should be Sunday night.
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I also wondered why the Netherlands gets to use players from their territories but there are separate US and Puerto Rican teams? I don't really care on that point, just find it odd. |
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At least until recently, the Dutch Caribbean was just as much a part of the Kingdom as the mainland, obviously the PR-US connection is less strong.
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No it's not, Puerto Ricans are full US citizens. The difference is Puerto Rico on its own is strong enough to compete and the Netherlands isn't.
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Well, for whom should players from the ABC islands compete? Officially now, there are four countries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands: Aruba, Curacao, Sint Maarten, and the Netherlands. I see no reason why Aruba should compete separately.
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The U.S. World Cup team is full of players who play overseas- but then play for the U.S. for the Cup. Immigration FROM the U.S. to other countries is no where near the level of immigration to the U.S. from other countries- so I'm not sure how many 3rd generation Italians, Brazilians, etc. there are that have their original roots in the U.S. |
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Is Puerto Rico a state? Because if it isn't then they're not as closely tied to the US as Aruba, Cucacao, and Sint Maarten are to the KotN.
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