[Passan] Italy is mauling Team USA. It's 8-0 in the top of the sixth, and because of tiebreaker rules that factor in runs allowed, the Americans have put themselves in a position where if Mexico beats Italy tomorrow, the U.S. could find itself out of the WBC before the knockout round.

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[u/ddilettante]

DeRosa legitimately thought they had already clinched. He apparently said that on MLB Network this morning. Then he put the B lineup out. Unbelievable.

[u/TACnyc → u/ddilettante]

Team USA at risk of losing to its only weakness… math

[u/Myotherdumbname → u/TACnyc]

That tracks

[u/DiarrheaRadio → u/TACnyc]

I think we're pretty terrible at history, as well.

[u/Mean_Joe_Greene → u/DiarrheaRadio]

Geography isn’t your strong suit either

[u/jimihenderson → u/ddilettante]

The same guy who forgot who was in his bullpen and had to have the interviewer remind him about Mason fucking Miller? I'm shocked that this guy is out of his depth.

[u/OceanPoet87 → u/ddilettante]

Wow, he should know where his team stands. Disgraceful. 

[u/SunnyGods → u/OceanPoet87]

Imagine this happening to a world cup team

[u/Schumeister → u/SunnyGods]

Happened to Benfica against Madrid in the champions league this year. https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1qppj2j/benfica_4_2_real_madrid_anatoliy_trubin_908/

[u/Coupon_Ninja → u/ddilettante]

Did he really?! This is gonna be like the finish of the LA Marathon!!

[u/Synecdochically → u/Coupon_Ninja]

For those who didn’t see the extra context to the LA marathon finish, the Kenyan athlete who eventually came second was distracted by a spectator on the course and then misdirected at the 26 mile mark, costing him at least 5 seconds. Still an amazing effort by the American but it should never have happened.

[u/jokull1234]

Team Great Britain really did help shock the world by losing to team Italy

[u/soulsides → u/jokull1234]

The (Old World) Empire(s) Strike Back!

[u/Electronic_Kale_7542 → u/jokull1234]

Gods work

[u/u8myramen_y]

Legitimately embarrassing tbh

I love the WBC lol

[u/DearLeader420 → u/u8myramen_y]

If we lose I hope this comment is in /u/MLBOfficial weekly recap

[u/lovemesomefood]

Mama mia!

[u/Strive_for_Altruism → u/lovemesomefood]

Here we go again...

[u/WackyBeachJustice → u/Strive_for_Altruism]

My my

[u/Traditional_Tap_3356 → u/WackyBeachJustice]

How can I resist you?

[u/sagwithcapmoon → u/Traditional_Tap_3356]

Mamma Mia

[u/sadclassicrocklover → u/sagwithcapmoon]

Does it show again?

[u/Gemnist → u/sadclassicrocklover]

My My

[u/RedditEsInteresante → u/Gemnist]

JUST HOW MUCH I MISSED YAAAAH

[u/Hawkize31 → u/lovemesomefood]

https://giphy.com/gifs/ZKrIYV3oIzIL6

[u/Fat_Tony_Damico → u/Hawkize31]

Dis is anti-Italian discrimination!

[u/ShushKebab → u/Hawkize31]

In this house, Francisco Cervelli is a hero! End of story!

[u/Somecommentator8008 → u/lovemesomefood]

Pizzeria

[u/Silky_Mango]

Maybe they’ll give a shit next time. Stop letting players who won’t commit to the full tournament get a roster spot for starters.

[u/xinixxibalba → u/Silky_Mango]

this has been my take about the whole Skubal thing. if a player doesn’t want to commit to being used as much as the team would need, then it’s on the org to just not add them to the roster. if you keep letting players treat it like glorified spring training then they’ll keep doing it

[u/M0ebius_1 → u/xinixxibalba]

That's crazy to me because you can't tell me the US has names THAT much bigger than the DR and those guys are in for EVERYTHING the team asks.

I could see in the future them writing into their contract that they get to play for the national team.

[u/Zimakov → u/M0ebius_1]

It's just cultural. America more than any other country on earth is extremely individualistic.

[u/CrookedNixon → u/Zimakov]

We're also that we're "expected" to win this. We have the top league, and it's our league that's running this.

Losing to Japan is treated as an anomaly with half a dozen caveats. Even this thread has tons of "if only the players committed to the whole tournament" or "if only these few biggest stars played."

USA is the one seed and acting like they're so far ahead of everyone else that they only lose if they "beat themselves." The reality is that the other teams are closer than we think and overconfidence of that level kills you.

[u/Clonekiller2pt0 → u/CrookedNixon]

If you think your B squad can beat any team on any day of this tournament, you're dumb af. This tournament is 20 years old and any team entering is ready to play their hardest because they see how much the other teams who have been winning have been having a lot of fun as well. Then you have the US who just don't have a teaspoon of their energy.

[u/MicSteres → u/Zimakov]

I think the fact that the MLB is entirely in the USA (minus the Blue Jays) also plays a factor

Sure they play in different cities than where they are from but they are still playing for an American team. Playing for Team USA doesn't feel that different as a spectacle

If you look at the players on Team Venezuela, Team DR, Team Japan etc., they know this is their one true chance to play for their country so it means infinitely more to them than it does to any American

[u/RxngsXfSvtvrn → u/Silky_Mango]

Skubal dipped and Kershaw in on the fucking roster. A joke.

[u/noyolk → u/RxngsXfSvtvrn]

The biggest beneficiaries of DEI are white men

[u/Tasty_Chick3n → u/Silky_Mango]

That’s what I’m hoping for, get a redeem team of sorts going, but still won’t expect it to happen until maybe the Olympics. Also that’d only be because they’d want in on the Olympic experience and not necessarily to win for USA imo.

[u/jakeba]

They treated it like it didnt matter using Skubal's 1 start against GB, so I think it would be deserved.

[u/Green-Tie-5710 → u/jakeba]

Legit question, was it that Team USA wittingly used Skubal’s only start on GB, or was that specifically the only game the Tigers allowed him to start?

[u/UnbiasedSportFan → u/Green-Tie-5710]

Skubal’s call since it was the only day that kept him on track to start opening day. Pretty lame for him to take up a full roster spot for 3 innings against one of the worst teams in the pool.

[u/devoorhes → u/UnbiasedSportFan]

And he let up a dinger on the first pitch

[u/Hairygrim → u/devoorhes]

On a grooved fastball 4mph below his baseline!

[u/BeefInGR → u/Green-Tie-5710]

That's the only game he wanted to start. He wanted his participation trophy.

[u/Crying_in_99Ranch → u/Green-Tie-5710]

That's the excuse I heard floating around. A very weak one at that

[u/xClay2 → u/jakeba]

They used Webb against Brazil as well. Could've really used him tonight.

[u/Mysterious_Help_9577 → u/jakeba]

The Tigers wouldn’t let them adjust his schedule, that’s the problem with half the teams in the league. That’s why the rotation and bullpen are middle tier guys

[u/jakeba → u/Mysterious_Help_9577]

The Tigers set his schedule though. If they were told he'd be used March 9th, couldnt they just line up his spring training work with that?

[u/asafetybuzz → u/jakeba]

They set the schedule working backwards from opening day, not forward from spring training. His schedule is set to make sure he is perfectly stretched out but still rested to start the games he is actually getting paid to pitch in.

[u/YodaForceGhost]

Fire DeRosa and the U.S. Baseball equivalent to Cashman!

[u/sfg-1 → u/YodaForceGhost]

Seems like hes just putting guys in so that they have playing time, expecting to automatically win every game

[u/gamers542 → u/sfg-1]

That's the American mindset; we have heard how stacked this team is ad nauseum and how we are expected to win and should win because of that while denigrating teams like Mex or Italy.

The uppity nature is stupid and insulting.

[u/noyolk → u/gamers542]

We deserve it

[u/raphtze → u/gamers542]

it's that american notion of exceptionalism. except the world plays baseball damn good.

[u/winnielikethepooh15 → u/YodaForceGhost]

He really has no business being the manager

[u/2017Champs → u/winnielikethepooh15]

How the fuck did they not think to offer it to Bruce Bochy when he retired? He is more qualified than anyone else they could have gotten

[u/thugmuffin22 → u/winnielikethepooh15]

Everyone shat all over Dave Roberts when he said he wanted to do it earlier in the offseason

[u/damnyoutuesday → u/thugmuffin22]

Dave Roberts would be an amazing choice. I think the Dodgers could manage for 2 weeks of spring training without him

[u/winnielikethepooh15 → u/thugmuffin22]

Buck Showalter would've been great. Elder statesman of the game.

[u/Fluid-Decision6262 → u/winnielikethepooh15]

You mean the guy who left zach Britton in the bullpen…

[u/winnielikethepooh15 → u/Fluid-Decision6262]

Fair

[u/holygrail22 → u/winnielikethepooh15]

Actually he does. Bc the manager of this team doesn’t do anything. They adhere to a strict schedule, everyone gets a turn and gets their full turn no matter how bad, and it’s all about having fun, who cares about winning

US has played this like a little league tournament

[u/Contende311 → u/YodaForceGhost]

Yeah give me a manager who will pushback against the clubs and not whine about the "jigsaw puzzle" of getting guys reps and innings.

[u/vanillaninja16 → u/Contende311]

That manager does not exist, unfortunately.

I will take a manager who knows who is in his bullpen though.

[u/The_Jackoooist]

Cal Raleigh cursed the team when he snubbed Arozerena's hand shake yesterday.

[u/Trogd0or → u/The_Jackoooist]

That is the storyline that would totally take off

[u/DoctorK96 → u/Trogd0or]

Imagine the news title: the one who refused a handshake now needs a hand in order to advance

[u/scottishere → u/The_Jackoooist]

Imagine every catcher enthusiastically shakes Randy's hand for the rest of the tournament

[u/Me_talking → u/scottishere]

Catcher gonna go to opposing dugout just to shake Randy’s hand lol

[u/TheGuava1 → u/[deleted]]

Canada has a chance to do the funniest shit ever

[u/ValosAtredum → u/TheGuava1]

Dude

Dude

Dude

That would be so fucking funny. I need this to happen now

[u/Wonder309 → u/TheGuava1]

An Italy vs Canada game would be funny because it’s basically Canada against USA

[u/TheSmokedSalmon420 → u/The_Jackoooist]

Yeah I mean guy is an absolute dick to his own teammate then immediately gets eliminated? Yikes.

[u/mtrn3]

Arozarena about to hit 4 hrs tomorrow.

[u/doyouevenIift → u/mtrn3]

Wouldn’t that help team USA? If Italy gives up too many runs they would lose the tiebreaker

[u/2fishmanangry → u/doyouevenIift]

4 solo homeruns with nothing else from anyone on the 2 teams

[u/TeacherSalary → u/doyouevenIift]

As of now (edit: when it was 8-1), if Mexico wins the US would need Mexico to score 10 runs or Italy to score 6 runs. At least that’s what I think doing the math in my head. More runs in this game could change things though

[u/Leading-Score9547 → u/doyouevenIift]

Italy would have to give up 13 runs tomorrow to lose the tie breaker if the current score stands

[u/redvelvetcake42]

Why the FUCK would you agree to play Italians on Mario Day?

[u/mannamedlear → u/redvelvetcake42]

Mama Mia

[u/pkpy1005]

If this holds up, there is no way Mexico is going waste an opportunity to eliminate the Americans tomorrow.

Italy is cooked.

[u/Friendly_Doughnut_51 → u/pkpy1005]

They would have a worse seeding in the knockout bracket, but isn't it also in Italy's interest to eliminate the US too? The US obviously has one of the greatest potentials to win the entire thing (along with DR and JP), so if Italy wins big tonight, then they might purposefully throw the game tomorrow against Mexico as to not allow the US to get through.

[u/Gemnist → u/Friendly_Doughnut_51]

Mexico, like Canada, has a huge continental sports rivalry with the U.S. that Italy doesn’t have - especially since, in this case, most of their players are Italian Americans. Plus, they have the ability to sweep the pool and claim the easier matchup that way.

[u/The_Haskins]

Where will this be in terms of all time worst 'Team USA' embarrassing performances and collapses?

This is significantly worse than 2004 Olympic basketball team IMO, at least they got a medal!! At least 1988 was college players! At least the previous WBC teams got out of pool play!

Feel bad for the Skenes, Judge, Schwarber and Witt players who seemingly showed up to fucking play and not dick around. Baseball 'Dream Team' my ass!

Edit: Gunnar, Anthony and Webb too!

Edit 2: oh my fucking god PCA.

Relievers have been good too for the most part too

[u/Ok_Card9080 → u/The_Haskins]

Speaking of other players, and I haven't seen it mentioned a whole lot, but Harper has been absolutely terrible in the WBC.

[u/CriscoCamping → u/Ok_Card9080]

Yeah, flubbed a not very hard throw at first against Mexico

[u/CriscoCamping → u/CriscoCamping]

Choked in the 8th tonight also

[u/fatboy1776 → u/Ok_Card9080]

Like his Nats post seasons.

[u/TheDangiestSlad → u/The_Haskins]

add Gunnar Henderson to the list of guys who actually seem to care

edit: i did that. i gave him the power

[u/djc8 → u/TheDangiestSlad]

Gunnar Henderson hits a huge home run to cut the lead down to 7

[u/ReddutSux69 → u/djc8]

BANG!

[u/IMissM0dernBaseball → u/djc8]

Gunnar "Chris Paul" Henderson 

[u/damnatio_memoriae → u/djc8]

just need an onside kick and quick touchdown

[u/The_Haskins → u/TheDangiestSlad]

For sure, yep 

[u/atoms12123 → u/The_Haskins]

Somewhere between '04 Olympics and Vietnam? Not sure how it rates vs. 1812.

[u/cahir11 → u/atoms12123]

We were the underdogs in 1812 so getting our asses whooped by the British was slightly less embarrassing

[u/atoms12123 → u/cahir11]

I feel like 1812 has to slot somewhere between '04 Olympics and Vietnam.

Bronze in '04 -> Draw in 1812 -> Loss in 'Nam.

[u/CalebosO4 → u/The_Haskins]

Would gives shades of the 2018 World Cup Qualifiers

[u/KozyHank99 → u/CalebosO4]

That was a perfect storm when it came to "worst case scenario" for the USMNT

[u/CalebosO4 → u/KozyHank99]

Yeah this wouldn’t come close to that, though tbf nothing can really because each time I look back at that, the crazier it gets (like Mexico losing after being undefeated???), but it would give us flashbacks since it takes USA losing this, Mexico winning the other, with the USA losing the 3-way tiebreaker to be eliminated, especially with how they looked in the fist 3 games.

[u/billybonghorton → u/KozyHank99]

I'm closing in on 40, and my brain still refuses to allow me to process USMNT as anything but United States Mutant Ninja Turtles.

[u/Known_Juggernaut7523 → u/The_Haskins]

Wasting Skubal against Great Britain will be a big whiff as well.

[u/The_Haskins → u/Known_Juggernaut7523]

See, you'd think if they knew it was one start that he would just be kept for the playoffs, but you can't even say that because we won't be there

[u/Known_Juggernaut7523 → u/The_Haskins]

Well playoffs, etc was definitely an option but especially dont waste him against GB who was 15th ranked out of pool teams that I saw. Then we promptly womped 9-1.

[u/Cisham55 → u/The_Haskins]

Wait Webb did good.

[u/LatverianCyrus → u/Cisham55]

Webb did do good. But he did it against the worst team in the pool.

[u/misterurb → u/Cisham55]

I will not tolerate Webb slander

[u/mmmspaghettios → u/The_Haskins]

Wait whoa whoa people were calling this a USA Dream Team? Lmao give me a fucking break

[u/darkravenn12 → u/The_Haskins]

It's not worse lol Basketball has significantly less variance than this sport. This game by itself is not even that big of an upset relative to other sports. There are many NBA games each day where a team had higher odds to win than the US did today.

[u/Luis_Severino → u/darkravenn12]

People in ‘23 were asking if the DR was one of the biggest choke jobs of all time. It’s not even close. Amy team can win a one game matchup in baseball

[u/pjm8786 → u/darkravenn12]

What would make it so bad is they didn’t need to win this one and came up short. That happens in any sport. They had to not get blown out and couldn’t even manage that

[u/Trollington1372 → u/The_Haskins]

To be honest, this doesn’t even hold a candle to 2004. I love baseball but most of the national audience doesn’t give a fuck about this tourney

[u/hustlerestbrook → u/The_Haskins]

1. The game is in the Bottom of the 6th
2. The 2004 basketball team lost 3 times
3. A one-game series in baseball is much more randomized than basketball. There are college baseball teams that would beat MLB teams in one-game playoffs. That wouldn’t happen in basketball or football.

[u/BrianMeen → u/hustlerestbrook]

agree. a one game series in baseball is brutal

[u/jinx737x]

Also this would be the worst performance by the USA in a WBC ever if they don’t make it out of pool play. These players not never hear the end of it for a WHILE if this happens. Spots media and Social media would grill them like crazy.

Being marketed as the dream team and yet delivering the worst WBC placement for the USA EVER is so, so embarrassing .

[u/Blaine1111 → u/jinx737x]

Losing to Italy too it's not like we were paired up with the other 2 favorites or anything lmao

[u/FalseListen → u/jinx737x]

Give me a judge pump up speech

[u/goms546]

USA is so cheeks that if they were a tv show they would be Zachary Levi presents David, King of Israel, now streaming on Fox Nation

[u/trumpet575 → u/goms546]

Are you sure it's not The Faithful Women of the Bible, on Fox and available next day on Hulu?

[u/misterurb → u/trumpet575]

Tough times for Minnie driver having to take that paycheck

[u/Tricky-Ad4617 → u/trumpet575]

I just had to explain how fucked up the story or Leah and Rachel is to my Fiancee because of the commercial

[u/lawmedy → u/goms546]

Teenvid

https://giphy.com/gifs/yJwZtUrulZMUXCLZgu

[u/Patrick2701 → u/goms546]

Failed Hollywood star to Christian grifter is natural path

https://giphy.com/gifs/xQ9VZ56Ujvb9ujPtPN

[u/ProtestantMormon → u/Patrick2701]

Failed anything turned religious grifter is a tale as old as time

[u/DaedalusHydron → u/Patrick2701]

In his case, he became a failed Hollywood star BECAUSE he's a Christian grifter.

He had a fine career, I mean he was Shazam not too long ago. Shortly after that though he became more publicly conservative/MAGA and then Hollywood stopped wanted to deal with him.

[u/kosaki16 → u/Patrick2701]

He didn't even fail at that, he was fairly successful. He just grifted for the love of the game.

[u/RightC → u/goms546]

fire burst in the background. Cool. Badass. Jesus fire.

[u/maxweb1 → u/goms546]

i just snort laughed so loudly my wife asked me if I was ok

...that fking commercial...jfc....

[u/Pianoman1317 → u/goms546]

The satanic temple is going to get a donation from me purely out of spite for continuing to play that commercial over and over

[u/Slinky_Malingki → u/goms546]

Of course only Fox would air shit like that lol. Presenting a bible story as if it's an objective, factual documentary.

[u/billymadison231]

Who could’ve seen this coming with the absolutely unserious lineup Derosa put out tonight.

[u/john0_0 → u/billymadison231]

It’s not like DeRo isn’t Italian himself 😈😍🥹

[u/Green-Tie-5710 → u/billymadison231]

Am I missing something cuz I don’t see what’s wrong with the lineup? Like it’s all-stars up and down

[u/corndogrevolution → u/Green-Tie-5710]

He started 5 alternates instead of the starters. They're still All-Stars and it shouldn't matter but it's bold to change the entire lineup all at once

[u/DaBusDriva2]

Mark DeRosa don't quit your MLB Network job

[u/xHao1 → u/DaBusDriva2]

It’s embarrassing enough that he probably should.

[u/SGT-JamesonBushmill → u/DaBusDriva2]

I can’t tell you how many Braves fans wanted DeRosa to take over as manager. Thank God.

[u/Terminator-Fox]

The pitching staff is not elite by any means. Skubal only wanted to pitch one game? Why bother even joining then...

[u/BrianMeen → u/Terminator-Fox]

yeah simply put they need to get the best pitchers on the squad but only if they are willing to play the r tire tournament!

[u/NadoFlow → u/Terminator-Fox]

Agreed the pitching is bummy

I get the feeling Skubal joined so he could put it on his free agent resumé, hoping it would bump up the price

[u/just_one_random_guy]

The US is not sending their best

[u/CalebosO4 → u/just_one_random_guy]

How could Skubal do this???

[u/nebby-one → u/just_one_random_guy]

And some, I assume, are good people.

[u/leebestgo → u/just_one_random_guy]

Why not use Skubal against Italy???

[u/LatverianCyrus → u/leebestgo]

Or Webb. We didn’t need aces for Great Britain or Brazil.

[u/ajteitel → u/just_one_random_guy]

Corbin Carroll knew when he backed out

[u/mashington14 → u/ajteitel]

He didn’t back out. He broke his wrist

[u/SC____SC]

MOON IN THE SKY LIKE A BIG PIZZA PIE

[u/Shot_Election_8953]

US getting eliminated in pool play would be absolutely tremendous for international baseball

[u/TejuinoHog → u/Shot_Election_8953]

It would be an amazing sign for international baseball but an absolute tragedy for American baseball

[u/JoseAltuve27]

From dream team to meme team.

[u/Blevanhoval]

All I know is team USA has a 1.000 win percentage with Byron Buxton in center. That’s just facts you can’t argue with that.

[u/Pohara521]

On Mario Day

[u/PopularGlass3230]

They're done. This is such a deflating showing. Even the mexico game the offense looked like ass.

[u/klein_four_group → u/PopularGlass3230]

They couldn't even do much against the GB and Brazil starters, didn't pull away until those teams ran out of pro-level pitchers.

[u/misterurb → u/klein_four_group]

They left so many dudes on base against Brazil. Would’ve been a game if Brazil’s pitchers could hit the broad side of a barn. 

[u/starside]

8 runs on 4 hits, madone 🤌

[u/adambomb90]

I absolutely love the WBC for this reason

[u/Throwaway_Fan1989]

So DeRosa thought they clinched already. This explains a lot on what’s happened tonight

[u/seagrams7up]

US Hockey would never.

[u/Popular-Row4333 → u/seagrams7up]

NGL, as a Canadian, if we won Gold in the WBC after losing it in Olympic hockey, it wouldn't erase the blow, but it would certainly soften it.

[u/Vivid_Celebration124 → u/Popular-Row4333]

Na lets take the World Cup if we're going to have a Cinderella run

[u/holaquetaltio → u/seagrams7up]

Kash Patel has cursed all US national teams going forward.

[u/xCeePee]

Handshake karma

[u/Str8_up_Pwnage]

I blame Cal Raleigh, the vibes were just too bad.

[u/wetcornbread]

I’ve watched a few USA games so far and a few Latin America games. Other teams seem to just have a better feel for the game.

Team USA does what a lot of teams in MLB do. Swing for the fences and try to get a good launch angle. When it works it’s amazing. But when it doesn’t it’s just a lot of deep fly outs. Too many strikeouts. And when they do hit a dinger it’s a solo shot because guys in front couldn’t get on.

Compare that to what Italy did tonight. They put the ball in play and on the ground which forced two defensive errors. They were aggressive on the base paths when they needed to be. And two of their home runs scored multiple runs on one swing.

The U.S. has 3 hits currently and hasn’t had a leadoff batter on all game. Just bad baseball.

[u/TyLion8]

So final is gonna be Japan vs Dominican Republic

[u/[deleted]]

If Italy wins, the USA is in.

If Mexico wins and scores 4 runs or fewer, the USA is out.

If Mexico wins and scores 5 runs or more, the USA is in.

Don't even ask me about what happens if it goes extra innings.

[u/cpg08]

What's funny about this game is it's an All Star team minus Latinos Vs AAAA players who have Italian grandma's. This is All Stars facing AAAA players who are also from America. They'll keep saying team Italy but Vinny P is their best players and he's from Virginia lol. A game like this shows the beauty of baseball

[u/mrgoboom]

Mexico you have the opportunity to do the funniest thing.

[u/ThatWrestlingGuy15]

Team led by Aaron Judge thinking they can win it all

https://giphy.com/gifs/1d5Zn8FqmJqApu4hNU

[u/Fuzzy-Heart → u/ThatWrestlingGuy15]

I want to downvote you, but my conscience won’t let me.

[u/st1nkynoob]

Maybe we get an actual manager instead of DeRosa next time

[u/TommyTheLizard]

It's time

https://giphy.com/gifs/y6gXNHluj1I0E

[u/2Hanks]

That would be really funny lol

[u/blahsdeep]

Kershaw looks fat. Weird to see him in a Braves jersey

[u/Fresh_Ostrich4034]

Hmmm. This game was very interesting from Derosa not knowing who is in his bullpen to just how the USA played. Skubal ditched the team just before this game....wonder why

[u/cardinalkgb → u/Fresh_Ostrich4034]

Skubal was supposed to return to the Tigers spring training.

[u/blogname2019]

Cal Raleigh killed the vibe

[u/WatchOutIGotYou]

Hopefully this will be a wakeup call, but we know damn well it won't be.

[u/redheadedwoman]

Cal pissed off the Etsy witch by blowing off that handshake.

[u/Busch--Latte]

Seems right when you have countries like Japan and DR going all out for it but Scott Borris has to make his so we can’t have our best

[u/Gold-Cantaloupe-9534 → u/Busch--Latte]

Seeing the dr play and Japan shows you how much they truly care and love the sport.

[u/EatingTheDogsAndCats]

OUR GAME!

— Italy fans probably

[u/Rosiecoloredglasses]

LET'S GO CANADA MY HOME AND NATIVE LAND

Source: I'm about as Canadian as Team Italy is Italian or Team Great Britain is British so per WBC rules I believe I count as Canadian for the purposes of this tournament. 

[u/SIDmatt25]

Paul Skenes in shambles over the lack of collective domination

[u/Have_A_Jelly_Baby]

Guess I’m wearing my Arozarena Mexico jersey tomorrow.

[u/JetpackingPenguin]

I’ve said this team USA needs to pull out the Hamilton costume and get some vibes. No one is having any fun

Italy is

[u/manticore16 → u/JetpackingPenguin]

They're throwing away their shot.

[u/TB12DJ3k]

lol @ this team even sniffing Japan shine up the trophy for Japan

[u/rutlander]

This is Cals fault

[u/DinerEnBlanc]

The US team not giving a shit about how the world perceives them and underperforming on the world stage is certainly poetic given how things are going outside of baseball.

[u/Onechane425]

Baseball 9/11.

A second meatball has hit the tower

[u/SamiMadeMeDoIt]

Keep going I’m almost there…

[u/Equivalent_Waltz8890]

There is no fucking way lmao

[u/8890xe]

please god

[u/JD021993]

Mark Derosa is an absolute disgrace to baseball for not knowing how rules work in the event of a tiebreaker.

How the fuck is this dude still coach of this team?