Luckily for Team USA, there is a new rule in place for this World Baseball Classic that should help them on the mound. A new "pitcher pool" will let teams add new pitchers to the roster later on in the tournament, so Team USA could conceivably add someone like Clayton Kershaw or Madison Bumgarner late in the tourney for a boost, should they get that far. They already have, confirmed, Chris Archer, Danny Duffy, and Marcus Stroman — Scherzer was supposed to be the true ace of the staff — so a start or two from the likes of Kershaw and Bumgarner would go a long way, especially if they can time it using the pitcher pool. We’ll have to see if they try to get Kershaw for the whole thing now that Scherzer is out, as they’ll have to do something to make up for this loss.
http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/1/10/14223056/max-scherzer-injury-world-baseball-classic-wbc
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 16:41 (seven years ago) link
http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/2/2/14483282/shohei-otani-wont-pitch-in-the-world-baseball-classic
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 2 February 2017 17:09 (seven years ago) link
See you at 4:30 a.m. EST.
― Andy K, Sunday, 5 March 2017 23:43 (seven years ago) link
1-1 in the 8th
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, 6 March 2017 12:42 (seven years ago) link
on to the tenth
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, 6 March 2017 13:25 (seven years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6PlSe_WYAAZwk_.jpg:small
― mookieproof, Monday, 6 March 2017 15:37 (seven years ago) link
the standard is one Jewish grandparent? I heard that, somewhere.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, 6 March 2017 15:41 (seven years ago) link
is it possible to watch these online? i have a legit mlb.com premium account + a non-legit password for some cable television channels
― Karl Malone, Monday, 6 March 2017 17:30 (seven years ago) link
I think the former is all you need.
― scattered, smothered, covered, diced and chunked (WilliamC), Monday, 6 March 2017 18:54 (seven years ago) link
yep
2 games predawn tom'w... i guess Cuba-Japan is the mustwatch
https://www.worldbaseballclassic.com/schedule/
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, 6 March 2017 22:31 (seven years ago) link
dunno why taiwan vs israel is blacked out in Montreal (no game is ever blacked out here).
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 04:05 (seven years ago) link
also, found this wikipedia gem: In terms of his religious identity, Pederson has described himself as "basically nothing."
baseball first nihilist?
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 04:06 (seven years ago) link
Cuba creeping back w/in 7-4
There are scholars wearing ties in the stands in Tokyo.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 13:09 (seven years ago) link
http://tweet2gif.herokuapp.com/tmp/up6.gif
defending the bases-loaded bunt probably isn't a priority given limited national-team practice time
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 18:51 (seven years ago) link
eric gagne just threw a scoreless inning for team canada (against the blue jays)
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 19:38 (seven years ago) link
i caught part of the cuba/china game last night. china has a way to go.
can't decide what to watch today between:
yankees/canadapirates/DRoakland/italy giants/puerto ricoroyals/venezueladbags/mexicotwins/usa (good luck usa)
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 16:59 (seven years ago) link
some way to go.a ways to go.you know what i mean.
dominican lineup vs. gerrit cole (well, for two innings) today is solid:
C. Santana, Cano, Machado, Bautista, Cruz, Marte, Segura, Polanco, Welington Castillo. SP: Wily Peralta.
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 17:36 (seven years ago) link
Jurickson Profar with the bonehead thrown out at 3rd 0 out
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 9 March 2017 05:09 (seven years ago) link
we have a sal fasano sighting
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6grxY8XMAE_YEO.jpg:small
― mookieproof, Thursday, 9 March 2017 22:51 (seven years ago) link
swallered Sicily
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 9 March 2017 22:57 (seven years ago) link
US down 2-0 to Colombia in the 5th inning. and zero hits so far. of course, they've been going up against Quintana up until now.
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 11 March 2017 00:20 (seven years ago) link
'Murrica comes roaring back
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 11 March 2017 01:01 (seven years ago) link
always love seein D Murphy hit into a DP
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 11 March 2017 01:11 (seven years ago) link
it's a pleasure to watch arenado at 3B. dude has skills.
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 11 March 2017 01:28 (seven years ago) link
#FireLeyland!!!
― Andy K, Saturday, 11 March 2017 02:08 (seven years ago) link
tell me about it
― mookieproof, Saturday, 11 March 2017 02:10 (seven years ago) link
@JeffPassanJim Leyland walks into the press conference and, without prompting, says: "Now you know why I'm not managing anymore."
― Andy K, Saturday, 11 March 2017 03:23 (seven years ago) link
lol
yeah, he looked a bit nervous during the game!
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 11 March 2017 04:31 (seven years ago) link
Hospital S(t)an Javier
― Andy K, Saturday, 11 March 2017 22:42 (seven years ago) link
@jay_jaffeDrew Butera, apparently trying to win more playing time in KC by running over Sal Perez at home plate
― Andy K, Sunday, 12 March 2017 00:30 (seven years ago) link
RIP Miller Time
― Andy K, Sunday, 12 March 2017 03:10 (seven years ago) link
Jones, Rodney, Benoit, Miller: the Leyland Legacy
― Andy K, Sunday, 12 March 2017 03:36 (seven years ago) link
rare to see one catcher collide with another, let alone one on the same team! that's gonna be awkward
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 12 March 2017 04:23 (seven years ago) link
play-by-play guy on that US-DR game was awful
"MAYBE THIS WAKES UP THE DOMINICANS!"
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 12 March 2017 15:55 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, I had to mute that shit.
― scattered, smothered, covered, diced and chunked (WilliamC), Sunday, 12 March 2017 16:08 (seven years ago) link
cuba v japan on tuesday!
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 12 March 2017 16:10 (seven years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/234px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png
― mookieproof, Sunday, 12 March 2017 19:00 (seven years ago) link
watched last 2 innings of Japan victory while on work phone meeting. which i am still on now.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 13:40 (seven years ago) link
The Golden Plantain!
sometimes a banana is just a banana
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 02:24 (seven years ago) link
as when Yadi hits, throws and pitch-frames for PR last night
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 11:32 (seven years ago) link
Jansen should catch.
― Andy K, Thursday, 16 March 2017 02:14 (seven years ago) link
Jim Kaat, still with the 'productive outs' shtick at age 78
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 16 March 2017 02:17 (seven years ago) link
machado just walked, and patiently held the bat in his hand as he began to walk up the first base line so that the batboy could grab it out of his hands instead of off of the ground. i don't get to watch machado that much stuff like that makes me like him a lot. who will stand up for the bat boys? manny machado will, if no one else
― Karl Malone, Friday, 17 March 2017 05:16 (seven years ago) link
how did that telecast of a 3-0 game run 4:17?
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 17 March 2017 12:16 (seven years ago) link
Cutch tossed for strike complaint
wasn't expecting to see this rate of ejections
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 18 March 2017 04:06 (seven years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C7LA1zxU4AErtig.jpg
cutch otm
― mookieproof, Saturday, 18 March 2017 04:10 (seven years ago) link
USA won the electoral vote on that Crawford slide at third
(temporarily)
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 18 March 2017 05:19 (seven years ago) link
adam jones with a fantastic play to rob a machado HR
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 19 March 2017 05:00 (seven years ago) link
the screaming blonde woman is a hilarious aspect of that adam jones catch highlight
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 19 March 2017 05:40 (seven years ago) link
saw the catch, missed the blonde
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 19 March 2017 14:09 (seven years ago) link
Wlad the Impaler
― Andy K, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 01:19 (seven years ago) link
That was some amazing dumbshit baserunning in the 1st.
― scattered, smothered, covered, diced and chunked (WilliamC), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 12:07 (seven years ago) link
Anyone else's mlb.tv not loading for jackshit?
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 March 2017 01:32 (seven years ago) link
mine's alright
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 22 March 2017 01:38 (seven years ago) link
Mine's fine.
― scattered, smothered, covered, diced and chunked (WilliamC), Wednesday, 22 March 2017 01:41 (seven years ago) link
just before that pitch, the one where stanton hit into a double play, some doof in the audience yelled out "HOME RUN!" that doof is my dad. not actually my dad, but that is what my dad would do
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 22 March 2017 01:45 (seven years ago) link
i've heard your dad yelling 'get in the hole!' at countless golf tournaments
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 22 March 2017 01:48 (seven years ago) link
dear Jim Kaat,
please stfu
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 March 2017 02:03 (seven years ago) link
nice to see that McCutch swing again.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 22 March 2017 02:23 (seven years ago) link
kim kaat sure does know a lot about the ways of the Japanese and has spent a lot of time thinking about how they are different than the American ways
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 22 March 2017 02:35 (seven years ago) link
jim kaat
lol kim kaat
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 22 March 2017 02:39 (seven years ago) link
illegal stream playing wonderwall during commercial breaks right after the japan home run is the absolute worst. mlb.tv i blame you for this.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 22 March 2017 03:07 (seven years ago) link
Haha, same RENEGADE STREAM here. This YouTube flotsom in place of commercials is driving me nuts.
― errant flynn, Wednesday, 22 March 2017 03:56 (seven years ago) link
I did laugh at the Thomas the Train remix one.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 22 March 2017 04:02 (seven years ago) link
PR vs USA is a dream final.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 22 March 2017 04:23 (seven years ago) link
I can't root for any team Hosmer plays for.
"Wonderwall" sounds a lot better than that goddamn band going most of the night in Dodger Stadium.
Jim Kaat also sees Aaron as the US home run king "in my estimation." Take your estimation to the early-bird diner dinner.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 March 2017 07:36 (seven years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C7je9GKXwAUv7vc.jpg
...
― Andy K, Wednesday, 22 March 2017 22:33 (seven years ago) link
i fell asleep reading that
― Lebro v. Wade (Spottie), Wednesday, 22 March 2017 22:34 (seven years ago) link
kinda surprised that Real Americans haven't been calling out all the italian-americans who played for italy or jewish americans who played for israel etc. as traitors
https://twitter.com/nycguidovoice/status/802982411474636800 i guess
― mookieproof, Thursday, 23 March 2017 00:23 (seven years ago) link
Posey resting. Huge mistake. He is Buster Posey.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 23 March 2017 01:12 (seven years ago) link
stroman was pretty sassy out there
― mookieproof, Thursday, 23 March 2017 02:51 (seven years ago) link
oh god did leyland actually make arenado bunt
― mookieproof, Thursday, 23 March 2017 02:54 (seven years ago) link
well that is going to be hard to come back from.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 23 March 2017 03:45 (seven years ago) link
VHS, can you make the Giants thread this year?
(i also really hope you are voting in the Talking Heads poll)
― To Live and Die In L.A. (Bee OK), Thursday, 23 March 2017 03:57 (seven years ago) link
Sure, and yes, I chose my #1 today.
Congrats americans of the board, it's well deserved after a difficult year and I'd ... wait is everyone sleeping already?
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 23 March 2017 05:01 (seven years ago) link
i was rooting for PR
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 23 March 2017 05:12 (seven years ago) link
i assumed everyone else was too
i was rooting for the netherlands
honkbal 4eva
― mookieproof, Thursday, 23 March 2017 05:20 (seven years ago) link
i was sleeping
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 23 March 2017 10:45 (seven years ago) link
https://www.theplayerstribune.com/nate-freiman-team-israel-baseball
― mookieproof, Friday, 31 March 2017 17:46 (six years ago) link
there will be no world baseball classic in 2021
― mookieproof, Monday, 11 May 2020 17:02 (three years ago) link
dud
― porlockian solicitor (Karl Malone), Monday, 11 May 2020 17:10 (three years ago) link