3/13 WBC: Dom Rep (Odalis Perez) v Cuba (?) 1pm CT-ESPN

[stitchface]

Cuba with two in the ninth and still batting - now 7-3. these runs could be very costly if they end up in a 3 way tie.

 

And Alou looking as clumsy as ever.

 

alou may be the worst fundamental baseball player ever.

[Diffusion]

And the fans, have been no more intense than your average playoff crowd, which is what you should compare these games to in the majors and not a mundane regular season game. Frankly, I'd say I've seen much more excitement from fans in regular season games against many rivals.

 

I completely disagree. Not only do I think more of the intensity, excitement and atmosphere down there on an absolute scale, the DR-Puerto Rico game last night being simply unreal, unlike anything I've really seen before, but when you consider things in per person terms, remembering that the Hiram Bithorn stadium holds just 19,000, I think it blows anything you'll see from an American crowd out of the water.

[goonys evil twin]

And the fans, have been no more intense than your average playoff crowd, which is what you should compare these games to in the majors and not a mundane regular season game. Frankly, I'd say I've seen much more excitement from fans in regular season games against many rivals.

 

I completely disagree. Not only do I think more of the intensity, excitement and atmosphere down there on an absolute scale, the DR-Puerto Rico game last night being simply unreal, unlike anything I've really seen before, but when you consider things in per person terms, remembering that the Hiram Bithorn stadium holds just 19,000, I think it blows anything you'll see from an American crowd out of the water.

 

This is nothing but hyperbole following the momentum of story after story about how much more they love baseball than Americans. Todays' crowd was barely half full. So, from time to time they've gone ballistic. Well, I was at the Wood/Clemens game in Wrigley and I bet that atmosphere matches up, and it was a regular season game. I don't think randomly banging on drums and blowing horns makes the crowd more intense. It's just noice, not energy or enthusiasm.

[Jon]

And the fans, have been no more intense than your average playoff crowd, which is what you should compare these games to in the majors and not a mundane regular season game. Frankly, I'd say I've seen much more excitement from fans in regular season games against many rivals.

 

I completely disagree. Not only do I think more of the intensity, excitement and atmosphere down there on an absolute scale, the DR-Puerto Rico game last night being simply unreal, unlike anything I've really seen before, but when you consider things in per person terms, remembering that the Hiram Bithorn stadium holds just 19,000, I think it blows anything you'll see from an American crowd out of the water.

 

This is nothing but hyperbole following the momentum of story after story about how much more they love baseball than Americans. Todays' crowd was barely half full. So, from time to time they've gone ballistic. Well, I was at the Wood/Clemens game in Wrigley and I bet that atmosphere matches up, and it was a regular season game. I don't think randomly banging on drums and blowing horns makes the crowd more intense. It's just noice, not energy or enthusiasm.

Today's game wasn't that close to the DR/Venezuela game last week or what the Venezuela/Puerto Rico game should be tonight. We haven't seen that many close WBC games yet, so blowouts have also had an effect. It has been better than support for the US on average, although a large part of that is the ballpark.

[Chocolate Milk]

I saw Big Papi's homer this morning. I'm suprised the ball wasn't just vaporized when it hit the bat. :shock: