*** Official WBC Thread ***
 

Not sure if anybody else is watching..

Wow, this crew has got a lot of calls wrong!

The US might as well pack it in before another MLB player gets dinged, this crew seems committed to helping 3rd world nations make it to the championship game.

Well that sucks! Can't blame the umps for that!

The peroxide beard is NOT a good look for Beltran!


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Crawford was out by a mile. Do they not do replay in WBC? Won't matter because Harrison sucks.

That's a shit performance by the USA. Better show up Saturday night.

Evidently not. Hell, before I decided to turn it off, we had be ****ed-over on a play at 1st where it was clear we were safe, and ****ed-over at the plate with getting rung-up for a ball that was 4 inches outside. Then got tossed WAAAAY to quickly for complaining about being dry ass-raped!

Whoever was behind the plate last night shouldn't Ump again for the rest of this year's WBC. And the guy at first should be forced to write a letter of apology for, evidently, being blind.

Booooooooooring

I wonder if they use MLB umps?

First Round's Pool A (Gocheok-dong, Seoul, South Korea)
Ted Barrett (USA) [History: 2009 WBC, 2013 WBC (Championship Round - San Francisco)]
Brian Knight (USA) [History: 2006 WBC (1st Round - Tokyo), 2013 WBC (1st Round - Phoenix)]
Frantisek Pribyl (Czech Republic)
DJ Reyburn (USA) [History: 2013 WBC Qualifier (Taiwan)]
Brett Robson (Australia) [History: 2017 WBC Qualifier (AUS), 2014 MLB Opening Series]
Chikara Tsugawa (Japan) [History: 2014 MLB-Japan All-Star Series]

First Round's Pool B (Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan)
Cory Blaser (USA)
Su Won Choi (Korea) [History: 2013 WBC Qualifier (Taiwan)]
Fabrizio Fabrizi (Italy)
Todd Tichenor (USA) [History: 2013 WBC (1st Round - Phoenix)]
Larry Vanover (USA) [History: 2009 WBC]
Jens Waider (Germany) [History: 2013 WBC Qualifier (Jupiter, Florida)]

First Round's Pool C (Miami, Florida, United States of America)
Edgar Estivision (Panama) [History: 2013 WBC (1st Round - Miami & Championship - SF)]
Tripp Gibson III (USA)
Edwin Hernandez (Puerto Rico) [History: 2006 WBC]
Dan Iassogna (USA) [History: 2009 WBC]
Jesus Miller (Mexico) [History: 2013 WBC (1st Round - San Juan, PR)]
Mark Wegner (USA) [History: 2009 WBC, 2013 WBC (2nd Round - Miami)]

First Round's Pool D (Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico)
Dan Bellino (USA) [History: 2013 WBC (1st Round - San Juan, PR])
Santos Castillo (Dominican Republic)
Doug Eddings (USA)
Winfried Berkvens (Netherlands)
Michael Ulloa (Spain) [History: 2013 WBC Qualifier (Germany), 2013 WBC (1st Round - Phoenix)]
Quinn Wolcott (USA) [History: 2013 WBC Qualifier (Jupiter, Florida)]

Second Round's Pool E (Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan)
Cory Blaser (From First Round Pool B)
Trevor Grieve (Canada) [History: 2013 WBC (1st Round - Taiwan & Championship - San Francisco)]
Felix Tejada (Dominican Republic) [History: 2013 WBC (1st Round - Fukuoka, Japan)]
Todd Tichenor (From First Round Pool B)
Larry Vanover (From First Round Pool B)
Jens Waider (From First Round Pool B)

Second Round's Pool F (San Diego, California, United States of America)
Edgar Estivision (From First Round Pool C)
Tom Hallion (USA) [History: 2006 WBC]
Byung-Ju Kim (Korea)
Will Little (USA) [History: 2013 WBC Qualifier (Germany)]
Masanobu Sasaki (Japan) [History: 2014 MLB-Japan All-Star Series]
Hunter Wendelstedt (USA) [History: 2009 WBC]

I'm not sure it's where they're from so much as we suffer the same "see it" (because that's how they call it!!!) and having no benefit of review.

Might I add that one PR run that scored came from a dude who was awarded 1st as HBP, when in fact it hit the knob of the bat (and should have been registered as a strike).

I'll agree that those are hard to catch, but it's another case of the highest levels of baseball resisting the use of technology to get calls right.

Personally, I don't like technology in baseball. Takes the purity of the sport away. Just my opinion.

Duffy taking the mound in a win or go home game against the Dominican Republic tonight. Let's go Duffman!!!

On this we disagree because "purity" all too often means giving officials a pass when the make bad calls. And there's a lot of opportunity for nefarious crap in that purity.

Then again, it's not like the NFL is a good example to technology stopping officials from driving the league's narrative.

Duffy getting lit up.

Not sure I wanna watch! College wrestling is on...