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EdwardDrayton
03-21-2023, 09:22 PM
Kyle Schwarber takes the Darvish splitter deep; USA closes to 3-2 bottom of the 8th.
EdwardDrayton
03-21-2023, 09:44 PM
Ohtani strikes out Trout to end it. Japan wins 3-2. Great game.
mparkerfd20
03-21-2023, 09:45 PM
Ohtani is the greatest player in today's game.
Quaoarsking
03-21-2023, 09:46 PM
The World Baseball Classic was awesome. They should do this every year.
KB21
03-21-2023, 09:53 PM
Ohtani?s slider had 17 inches of horizontal break. Nasty pitch.
Commercecomet24
03-21-2023, 09:55 PM
I just wish ohtani would've thrown nothing but heaters to Trout. Would've loved to just see that strength on strength til last pitch.
Commercecomet24
03-21-2023, 09:56 PM
The World Baseball Classic was awesome. They should do this every year.

I agree. Intense!
EdwardDrayton
03-21-2023, 10:20 PM
Kudos to FoxSports on the postgame coverage with ARod, Papi and Ohtani. Can't get enough. More WBC please; such an awesome sports experience!!
CaptainObvious
03-21-2023, 10:28 PM
Maybe our next baseball coach will recruit Japan.😳
Commercecomet24
03-21-2023, 10:31 PM
Kudos to FoxSports on the postgame coverage with ARod, Papi and Ohtani. Can't get enough. More WBC please; such an awesome sports experience!!

Yep 100%!
Todd4State
03-21-2023, 11:52 PM
The WBC is one of the best things to ever happen for baseball.

For decades MLB looked down on anything that wasn't MLB. The past 20 years you're starting to see both college baseball and now international baseball emerge. Baseball needs the game to be international for the health of the sport.

This version of the WBC is what I envisioned it becoming when it started in 2006.

I think the US may win it in 2026. We'll be hungry and the interest is finally there from not only the best players but I fully expect the better pitchers in the game to become involved for the US. Back in 2006 Team USA was mostly star players that were older at the time. Imagine tonight if it was Sasaki vs Max Scherzer or Verlander instead Merrill Kelly? That's another great storyline.

This kind of emotion has been happening in the Carribbean World Series for years. The best teams in the winter leagues competing against each other from 6-8 countries. That's going to be held in Miami in February and I'm hoping to go. MLB Network has been missing out on not paying any attention to the Carribbean Leagues which are full of MLB players. The difference is the WBC gets the US and the Asian counties involved too.

Basically this is baseball's World Cup. And this is also the only way to get MLB players in the Olympics down the road.

And I think you are going to see American kids wanting to play in the WBC for Team USA in the future.