World Baseball Classic 2017

[TitoFan]

Adam Jones robbing Manny Machado (DR) of a home run

[TitoFan]

Eddie Rosario's laser throw to nail Dominican runner at the plate

[TitoFan]

It's 2-1 USA in the middle of the 8th under a steady but light rain.
If the score holds, it's PR - USA for all the marbles tomorrow night.

[TitoFan]

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/li...semifinal-live



Final: USA over Japan 3-1

Tomorrow's Championship Game: Puerto Rico vs. USA

[Master]

Yanks will win it then?

[TitoFan]

Yanks will win it then?

That would be payback, since they lost to us in the 2nd Round.

[TitoFan]

Ok........ it's game time between..............

USA
vs.
Puerto Rico

Playball!!!!!!!

[TitoFan]

Well............. very anticlimactic thus far.

Puerto Rico getting a no-hitter thrown at them in the 7th inning. Things don't look good for us.

USA leading 4-0 and threatening to score more.

[TitoFan]

Well..... not the result I wanted, as the USA beats Puerto Rico 8-0 to win the World Baseball Classic. But all credit in the world to the USA team which came out pumped up and ready to take the title. Their starting pitcher Marcus Stroman was just superb, shutting down the high-powered Puerto Rican offense for the first time in the tournament. Puerto Rico now finishes 2nd for the second straight Classic, having lost the Championship Game to the Dominican Republic back in 2013.

By all measures, the Classic was a roaring success... and with the USA having won, hopefully that will stoke even more interest in future Classics, and tone down Major League Baseball's objections that they've had in the past.

[TitoFan]

Puerto Rico celebrated the return of its World Baseball Classic team a couple of days back. Although we lost in the Final to the U.S. team, the Puerto Rico team broke all sorts of records and had quite a run, going undefeated until that Finals loss. I was happy, but not surprised, to see the results of the All-Star WBC 2017 team, a veritable Who's Who of baseball stars from the Major Leagues. Puerto Rico had five players on that "Dream Team".

[TitoFan]

Actually six.... 'cause they also named reliever Edwin Diaz to the team.

[Boxing24]

i am waiting this event because i like baseball

[mrbig1]

I too love baseball and will be in Baltimore on opening day. Go O's!!!!

[samau]

I have no interest in Baseball.

[samau]