MLB: World Baseball Classic

[Bret44]

Anyone else excited about this? I do enjoy it a lot.

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/2...rs-posey-stanton-mccutchen-headline-team-usa/

Team USA looks like it may have it's best team yet, but I don't see how you beat that team from the DR.

 

[Bret44]

Also, Eric Gange and Ryan Dempster are pitching for Canada. Awesome

 

[SerenityNow]

They will start each extra inning with a runner on 2nd base, trying to speed up the game. Not sure how I feel about that if it got implemented at the major league level.

 

[BBHMagic]

I'm a baseball fan, but I've never followed this. I didn't realize their was baseball outside of the America's and east Asia. Israel, Netherlands, Italy, and Australia surprise me.

 

[stormchaser2014]

Also, Eric Gange and Ryan Dempster are pitching for Canada. Awesome

Gagne sucks. At least he did when we had him.

 

[CloneinWDSM]

They will start each extra inning with a runner on 2nd base, trying to speed up the game. Not sure how I feel about that if it got implemented at the major league level.

That'd be ******* stupid.

 

[riceville98]

They will start each extra inning with a runner on 2nd base, trying to speed up the game. Not sure how I feel about that if it got implemented at the major league level.

They use this for all games on the constellation side of the bracket for State Tournament Softball games (Baseball does not use it) to keep the schedule in Fort Dodge close to the published game times I always spend some time at state softball every summer and have seen this used in person. While I understand the reason for it, I don't like it, It feels awkward to watch and it doesn't make it feel like the team earned it's run if they score. It feels too easy.

I don't want to see it in MLB That's for sure

 

[Rabbuk]

Gagne and Dempster I gotta assume will be pretty rusty.