[01LUGrad]

The managers actually have to do a little work.

Oh, so it's kind of like the National League, huh?

[Fumblerooskies]

INSTANT CLASSIC going on between Netherlands and Dominican Republic. 1-1 in the 11th with NED having the winning run on 3rd with one out.

[Fumblerooskies]

Whole
Lee
Krapp!

We have Cinderella and she's wearing wooden shoes!

[SumItUp]

Unbelievable! The Dominicans are eliminated.

[adam42381]

That was a crazy 11th inning. Great win for the Netherlands.

[BJWilliams]

DR was I think the big favorite to take the whole thing and they are now not even making it to the quarters...unbelievable...

[olldflame]

Whole
Lee
Krapp!

We have Cinderella and she's wearing wooden shoes!

And managed by a Liberty alum!

[ToTheLeft]

Whole
Lee
Krapp!

We have Cinderella and she's wearing wooden shoes!

Oranje Hoog!

[Hold My Own]

So I recorded it...knew it might go over so recorded the 30 minute show after....go through the game 3 hours then get to my 30 minute show and it ended with Jose Reyes so I figured DR won until I came on here...unreal i didnt get to see it



I was torn b/c I loooooove underdogs but one of my good friends is the DR RF so I always pull for him...but this means a lot more to the Netherlands then it does DR the Netherlands havent tasted success while most of the DR's are all-stars...they said the Netherlands are equivalent to a AA team...haha you gotta love baseball

[SuperJon]

Did anyone see the 4-6-3 play that Cuba made earlier? It wasn't a double play but rather a ball hit up the middle that the second baseman got, flipped to the short stop, who then threw to first. It's a play that we've all seen before but is still a great play to see whenever it happens.


And this dude from Cuba is pumping gas. 98-100 mph fastball then coming back with a 75 mph breaking ball. That's almost unfair.


And as I say that the Australian dude hits the curve to left for an RBI.

[Hold My Own]

What's sick is this is the first look that a lot of scouts are getting of these players...I remember back to the last WBC they said the scouts were at every game taking crazy notes b/c they knew nothing about any of them...this whole team could be shipped over tomorrow and start in the MLB they are that good

[Hold My Own]

haha you can see the LA Dogers scout behind the plate with the gun in the hat...that dudes classic

[SuperJon]

The announcers just brought him up. They said he has been here since pretty much the beginning of time.

He reminds me of La Bamba from Conan O'Brien.

[Hold My Own]

I just heard that...it made me warm inside that I brought him up before they mentioned him...perhaps they were reading FF?

[sweetnahmah1]

just saw the highlight of the netherlands game

awesome comeback win. the announcer was going crazy.



and i didn't know this was on mlb network - i forgot i had that channel

[Hold My Own]

Well turn it on and watch the Cubans now...they just took out their 21 year old fireballer that can get it up to triple digits but they will put you to sleep how slow they play

[Schfourteenteen]

And this dude from Cuba is pumping gas.

He went to school at South Carolina didnt he? Lane Kiffin was right!!!

[olldflame]

And this dude from Cuba is pumping gas.

He went to school at South Carolina didnt he? Lane Kiffin was right!!!

Nice catch.

[01LUGrad]

This is kind of entertaining, but I am more interested in it being over without anybody getting hurt. I was pretty happy that the Cubs' closer Marmol gave up the winning runs last night (even though the first baseman was charged with the error). That means he can get back to Arizona where he belongs for the rest of the spring. That goes for all of the players, not just the ones on my favorite team.
Not to be a Debbie Downer, but I don't see this thing making it another 6 years.

[adam42381]

The US is looking pretty bad (other than Braun) against Venezuela tonight. The size of the crowd in Toronto is embarrassing.

[TheLostLetter]

What happens to team USA if they lose tonight?

[ToTheLeft]

What happens to team USA if they lose tonight?

They play Puerto Rico first game of the second round, rather than Netherlands.

[adam42381]

I don't understand the double steal call there with 1 out in the 9th. Tying run is already on base - I understand that you don't want to hit into a DP but I just think that was a horrible call there.

[SuperJon]

I don't understand the double steal call there with 1 out in the 9th. Tying run is already on base - I understand that you don't want to hit into a DP but I just think that was a horrible call there.

If it works, you've got guys on 2nd and 3rd with one out. A single ties the game in that situation.

[TheLostLetter]

What happens to team USA if they lose tonight?

They play Puerto Rico first game of the second round, rather than Netherlands.

Which may not be a bad thing in light of the Netherlands taking it to the DR.