3/18 WBC Semi-Final: Cuba vs. DR - 2 PM CT ESPN

[Shilzzz]

miggy up.

 

he flied out...

 

pujols must have walked, runners on first and second one out and ortiz up.

 

he pops out to right field, two down.

[Shilzzz]

beltre vs lazo

 

beltre smashes a line out to left field. after 8 still 3-1 cuba up.

[Jon]

I really haven't been paying to close attention to the WBC other than the a few US games, but who is in first?

The two games today are the semi-finals. The winners play each other on Monday for the championship.

 

so who do you have winning, mr davis?

 

i really like the way cuba and korea have been playing. that would be a great game

Cuba and Korea would certainly be upsets based on earlier predictions by most people. Regardless, it would certainly be a good game. Pitching dominated, most likely.

[Jon]

And Cuba wins it 3-1. Great pitching. They'll play the winner of the Japan/Korea game.

[Marco4]

It would be an injustice if its anything other than a Korea vs. Cuba final.

 

How many times have Korea beaten Japan in this tournament?

 

:x - Terrible set-up.

[sethuel1]

anyone know who the manager is with the mustache for cuba? i want that as my avatar.

 

Cheech Marin

[Andy]

It would be an injustice if its anything other than a Korea vs. Cuba final.

 

How many times have Korea beaten Japan in this tournament?

 

:x - Terrible set-up.

The semis should have been Pool 1 winner vs Pool 2 runner-up and vice versa instead of this weird setup. I could be wrong, but I believe it would have been Korea/Cuba and Japan/DR under that setup.

[Derwood]

It would be an injustice if its anything other than a Korea vs. Cuba final.

 

How many times have Korea beaten Japan in this tournament?

 

:x - Terrible set-up.

The semis should have been Pool 1 winner vs Pool 2 runner-up and vice versa instead of this weird setup. I could be wrong, but I believe it would have been Korea/Cuba and Japan/DR under that setup.

 

Clearly the entire format was set up by Selig and his cronies for a US vs. DR final that clearly won't happen. But yes, this is dumb. I would rather they do one round of "pool" play then have an 8 team single or double elimination playoff. Seed the teams 1-8 based on run differential from the pool round or something.