The (Last?) World Baseball Classic Game Thread

[Omar]

Damn Baez

 

Back at it again with the RGIs

 

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[Brian]

Javy rocking a Soler chain

[CaliforniaRaisin]

I find it hard to believe Jim Leyland was ever a good manager. Nice Daniel Murphy, Paul Goldschmidt and Giancarlo Stanton on the bench.

[Brian]

how does the ump miss that

 

for all its fault, stuff like that shows the MLB replay system is way more good than bad

[Derwood]

Baez just got hit by a pitch and I about died.

 

Replay shows that it glanced off his forearm and hit the knob of the bat, so not bad at all, but.....ugh

[Transmogrified Tiger]

The WBC is essentially down to a regular single elimination bracket. USA/DR play today(no tiebreaker shenanigans, winner advances) for the right to play Japan in one semi, Netherlands/Puerto Rico is set as the other.

[Omar]

Baez just got hit by a pitch and I about died.

 

Replay shows that it glanced off his forearm and hit the knob of the bat, so not bad at all, but.....ugh

He also slid hard into 3B and then limped/jumped around

 

Also concerning.

[bcl412]

I'm pretty sure Javy will get banged up doing something throughout the season because how he plays so if it happens now so be it I suppose. I'm sure he's fine though.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Rondon comes in for mop-up duty and gives up a 2r HR to Kennys Vargas

 

Another pitch left up at the letters

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Rondon comes in for mop-up duty and gives up a 2r HR to Kennys Vargas

 

Another pitch left up at the letters

 

Yuck.

[UMFan83]

Could just be one of those inconsistent relievers who gets it and loses it and then 5 years later you think "remember when that Derek turnbow guy was a dominant reliever?"

 

Of course turnbow was never as dominant as Rondon has been, just the first example I could think of.

[imb]

if anyone wants to watch baseball tonight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evH4w6udO9M

[Ding Dong Johnson]

USA USA USA

[Brian]

ADAM JONES

 

oh man if Yelich could have come up with that

[Transmogrified Tiger]

That Jones catch was so similar to Griffey robbing Lou Collins in Little Big League that I had to stop for a second to make sure I hadn't sat on the remote.

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

If Yelich saves that one, does Leyland leave Clippard in to toss meatballs?! Wtf.

[SpongeWorthy]

christ i have never seen bat speed like stanton's

[CaliforniaRaisin]

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[Derwood]

christ i have never seen bat speed like stanton's

 

Barry Bonds says Hi

[Ding Dong Johnson]

christ i have never seen bat speed like stanton's

 

Barry Bonds says Hi

aww, tell him we said hello as well

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Javy Slide Alert

 

Also Javy Adamantly Telling His Manager to Challenge Alert

[Aaron_Kennelly]

https://twitter.com/sung_minkim/status/844019075399405568

[Sammy Sofa]

I like how you can see him choose to engage into Evade-Mode like he's a [expletive] sliding robot.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

I love how upset he gets when the umpires are unable to recognize his brilliance. He's always correct whenever he starts yelling for a challenge, too. It doesn't matter how close to bang-bang it is. And it doesn't matter what kind of play it is. Somehow he knows if he steps on first a split second before the ball lands in the first baseman's mitt, and he knows it with 100% certainty.

[SpongeWorthy]

He just gunned down the go ahead run on a perfect relay throw