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Yeah...that was pretty rugged. They do have a lot to prove, got off to the right start. I'm torn....I wanna cheer for the underdog, but I want the World Series played at Fenway...

Unless I missed something...there's no thread for it yet...so here it is.... Go AL! That first half of the inning was pretty quick...

Nice.

God dammit! :damon:

Awwwwww MAN.

Nice base hit Nixon.

It's nice to hope tho. o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0!

C'mon Papi hit a homer and tie it up.

Wheeeeeeee

Woah!!! Nice one Youk!!!!!!

That fall he put on his hand was RUGGED. I cringed watching that.

OOooooooooh. OK. That makes sense. Thanks.

Dammit. Here's a question. Does anybody know what that square grate looking thing is on the pither's mound near the rosin bag? :dunno: It's driving me nuts not knowing what it is.

w00t w00t! http://www.theforumsite.com/images/smilies/rock.gif I love when the scoreboard reads 14-3 in favor of the Sox! It sweetens the deal even more when it's the Pinholes we're wiping the floor with.

Your signature just made me laugh.

Geez! They scored already!

Ew. Loretta! Man....runners at the corners already.....

Oh, nevermind I figured it out....

Well......hopefully the USA can beat Mexico tonight....I haven't been keeping up the last couple of days....do we automatically advance to the semi finals if we win tonight? Or is there a point margin? :dunno:

I love the All-Star game. I also think I like the WBC being played before the start of the actual season. It's like having competitive baseball a month early.

Yeah! I was pissed about this! They were playing it live in Mexico....but not in the USA. WTF.

That's your opinion, which obviously differs from mine.

I gotta reiterate what I said, although I don't think those comments about the meaningless baseball were directed at me.... I don't think it's meaningless. Far from. In my opinion, NO baseball is meaningless. It's a love of the game...and how can anyone ever say that something like the WBC is meaningless????? It's not a World Series....but the two events have different meaning...I don't think they're really comparable. I've had an absolute blast watching the way different countries play. It's been great. Anyone who says this is meaningless obviously has a different concept of the meaning to baseball.

I think the players would want both - a ring and a WBC trophy...but perhaps for different reasons. A WBC trophy, this year, the first year of the classic, I would think would be pretty big. It is hard to compare that to a World Series win...as MC Hammer said..the WS has history..and the WBC doesn't have that yet. Sure, I bet if you asked any of those players in the classic, they'd be psyched to win the WBC trophy. But I don't think it's comparative to the WS ring....definately not equal..like MC said...these players grow up wanting that World Series...it's embedded. A win in the WBC will be great, as it in their competitive nature, but I wouldn't think it would be revered as much as that ring. As for that game against Japan....that was a really good game. It was refreshing to see a game that didn't invoke the mercy rule. That first replay I saw of the contraversial call....it looked like that runner left the bag early...and Buck knew the rules of the game, and the ump rotation...so I guess the USA just lucked out. I don't have an opinion either way...those replays were tough to judge on, but I'm certainly glad it went in the USA's favor. It's certainly different for me to be hoping A-rod and Jeter do good....