Comments on: World Baseball “Classic” http://firegardy.com/2009/02/25/world-baseball-classic/ Mismanaging games since 2002 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:37:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: FunBobby http://firegardy.com/2009/02/25/world-baseball-classic/comment-page-1/#comment-1918 FunBobby Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:04:27 +0000 http://firegardy.com/?p=407#comment-1918 <p>I think Canada's pitching is far too weak for them to do anything. The only pitcher I recognize on their roster is Jesse Crain. And that can't be good. I guage a team by the number of "free agents" they have. If they have a bunch of players who aren't good enough to even be on some team's triple A affiliate, then they can't possibly contribute.</p> I think Canada’s pitching is far too weak for them to do anything. The only pitcher I recognize on their roster is Jesse Crain. And that can’t be good. I guage a team by the number of “free agents” they have. If they have a bunch of players who aren’t good enough to even be on some team’s triple A affiliate, then they can’t possibly contribute.

]]> By: sirsean http://firegardy.com/2009/02/25/world-baseball-classic/comment-page-1/#comment-1916 sirsean Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:32:32 +0000 http://firegardy.com/?p=407#comment-1916 <p>My pick is Canada over Taiwan in the championship.</p> <p>Cuba scuttled their chances by building a team of old loyalists rather than young talent. Oops.</p> <p>I like the suggestion I saw on BP yesterday: Don't do it during Spring Training. Cancel the All Star game. Extend the All Star Break to 7 days, and have a single elimination tournament where each country has a team.</p> <p>All the pitchers are in mid-season form, players don't have to skip their spring training, it's a lot more meaningful than the stupid All Star game. Everybody wins (except the American League, which would presumably only host the World Series 50% of the time as opposed to 100% of the time).</p> My pick is Canada over Taiwan in the championship.

Cuba scuttled their chances by building a team of old loyalists rather than young talent. Oops.

I like the suggestion I saw on BP yesterday: Don’t do it during Spring Training. Cancel the All Star game. Extend the All Star Break to 7 days, and have a single elimination tournament where each country has a team.

All the pitchers are in mid-season form, players don’t have to skip their spring training, it’s a lot more meaningful than the stupid All Star game. Everybody wins (except the American League, which would presumably only host the World Series 50% of the time as opposed to 100% of the time).

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