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rac118
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 Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 11:26 am Post subject: World Baseball Classic |
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i had a totally nice guy adult student talk to me today about how its important to him that korea beats japan in the wbc. i had a hard time keeping a nice guy face when i gave him my honest sports opinion.
i like good games and great players. i actually hate baseball. i like lebron, dwight howard and kobe. if you kids arent afraid of a decent thread, maybe you can talk about how you handled talking about korea's ill-founded baseball egotism. |
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uhfotis
Joined: 01 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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| The whole 'Korea must beat Japan' has VERY little to do with baseball and almost certainly nothing to do with what you call baseball egotism. |
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catman
Joined: 18 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Imagine if they play the US in the semi-finals. |
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asams
Joined: 17 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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| i saw on the tv in the pharmacy a few hours ago that Korea was getting slaughtered by the San Diego Padres. Maybe we should take them down a notch by telling them the Padres are one of the worst teams in the MLB and they just got manhandled |
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jkelly80
Joined: 13 Jun 2007
Location: you boys like mexico?
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| Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 9:38 pm Post subject: Re: World Baseball Classic |
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| rac118 wrote: |
i had a totally nice guy adult student talk to me today about how its important to him that korea beats japan in the wbc. i had a hard time keeping a nice guy face when i gave him my honest sports opinion.
i like good games and great players. i actually hate baseball. i like lebron, dwight howard and kobe. if you kids arent afraid of a decent thread, maybe you can talk about how you handled talking about korea's ill-founded baseball egotism. |
You are a grade A idiot. |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Is it just me or does there seem to be a lot less fuss over this one than the last one? |
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goodsounz
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 11:35 pm Post subject: |
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| I think there is less fuss because Major League Baseball is actually putting more effort in making this competition exciting by letting big name players play. Jeter, Ichiro, Beltran, Ivan Rodriguez etc are bringing in the U.S. viewers (or thats what theyre hoping for anyway). There's not much chance for Korea to actually make it to the semis this time - let alone win the thing. But they do have an uncanny knack to do well on the world stage though.... |
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jkelly80
Joined: 13 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 11:43 pm Post subject: |
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| 9 innings of baseball is way to small of a sample size to determine the better team. Look at the Netherlands beating DR--this is just entertainment and that's all it should be viewed as. An actual determination as to who's the best team should be determined over the course of a real season (or at the very least 100 games or so). |
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ajgeddes
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 12:26 am Post subject: |
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| jkelly80 wrote: |
| 9 innings of baseball is way to small of a sample size to determine the better team. Look at the Netherlands beating DR--this is just entertainment and that's all it should be viewed as. An actual determination as to who's the best team should be determined over the course of a real season (or at the very least 100 games or so). |
They did beat them twice.
Also, this would make sense for every sport, not just baseball. |
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samcheokguy
Joined: 02 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 2:11 am Post subject: |
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| the Dutch team is all west indians...hardly wooden shoes and weed. |
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DrOctagon
Joined: 11 Jun 2008
Location: Chicago
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| Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 3:19 am Post subject: |
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| jkelly80 wrote: |
| 9 innings of baseball is way to small of a sample size to determine the better team. Look at the Netherlands beating DR--this is just entertainment and that's all it should be viewed as. An actual determination as to who's the best team should be determined over the course of a real season (or at the very least 100 games or so). |
I agree. Or at least a 7 game series. The Cubs were the best team in the regular season last year but sucked ass in the playoffs. That's what you can expect from the Cubs though... But yes, WBC=purely entertainment. |
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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 4:12 am Post subject: |
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| goodsounz wrote: |
| I think there is less fuss because Major League Baseball is actually putting more effort in making this competition exciting by letting big name players play. Jeter, Ichiro, Beltran, Ivan Rodriguez etc are bringing in the U.S. viewers (or thats what theyre hoping for anyway). There's not much chance for Korea to actually make it to the semis this time - let alone win the thing. But they do have an uncanny knack to do well on the world stage though.... |
Actually, Korea has a legit shot of going past the next round. Korea and Japan will face Cuba and Mexico. If Korea beats Mexico and wins one other game, they advance. |
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jkelly80
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| Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 6:52 am Post subject: |
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| DrOctagon wrote: |
| jkelly80 wrote: |
| 9 innings of baseball is way to small of a sample size to determine the better team. Look at the Netherlands beating DR--this is just entertainment and that's all it should be viewed as. An actual determination as to who's the best team should be determined over the course of a real season (or at the very least 100 games or so). |
I agree. Or at least a 7 game series. The Cubs were the best team in the regular season last year but sucked ass in the playoffs. That's what you can expect from the Cubs though... But yes, WBC=purely entertainment. |
Cubs...man I'm sorry. Whenever you'd like to come over to the South Side, we'll be here waiting for you at 35th and Shields. |
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jkelly80
Joined: 13 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 6:53 am Post subject: |
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| samcheokguy wrote: |
| the Dutch team is all west indians...hardly wooden shoes and weed. |
True, and irrelevant. |
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DrOctagon
Joined: 11 Jun 2008
Location: Chicago
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| Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 5:51 pm Post subject: |
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| jkelly80 wrote: |
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| jkelly80 wrote: |
| 9 innings of baseball is way to small of a sample size to determine the better team. Look at the Netherlands beating DR--this is just entertainment and that's all it should be viewed as. An actual determination as to who's the best team should be determined over the course of a real season (or at the very least 100 games or so). |
I agree. Or at least a 7 game series. The Cubs were the best team in the regular season last year but sucked ass in the playoffs. That's what you can expect from the Cubs though... But yes, WBC=purely entertainment. |
Cubs...man I'm sorry. Whenever you'd like to come over to the South Side, we'll be here waiting for you at 35th and Shields. |
Ugh... South Side of Chicago... I'm sorry you ever had to live there.  |
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