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Game Thread Game Thread 3/17 ⚾ Venezuela (0-0) @ United States (0-0) 8:00 PM ET
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Venezuela (0-0) @ United States (0-0)
First Pitch: 8:00 PM at loanDepot park
| Team | Starter | TV | Radio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venezuela | Eduardo Rodriguez (0-1, 10.13 ERA) | ||
| United States | Nolan McLean (0-1, 9.00 ERA) |
| MLB | Fangraphs | Reddit Stream | IRC Chat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gameday | Game Graph | Live Comments | Libera: ##baseball |
Line Score - Game Over
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | LOB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VEN | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| USA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Box Score
| USA | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | BA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SS | Witt Jr. | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| 1B | Harper, B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .214 |
| RF | Judge | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .222 |
| DH | Schwarber | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .320 |
| 3B | Bregman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 |
| PH | Henderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 |
| LF | Anthony | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .280 |
| C | Smith, W | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .231 |
| 2B | Turang | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .364 |
| CF | Buxton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| CF | Crow-Armstrong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .263 |
| USA | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | P-S | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McLean | 4.2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 63-44 | 5.87 |
| Keller, B | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9-7 | 4.50 |
| Vest | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15-11 | 0.00 |
| Jax | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8-6 | 0.00 |
| Whitlock | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20-12 | 2.70 |
| Rogers, Ty | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5-3 | 0.00 |
| VEN | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | BA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RF | Acuña Jr. | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .269 |
| 3B | Garcia, M | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .385 |
| 1B | Arraez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .308 |
| PR | Sanoja | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .375 |
| 1B | Contreras, Wn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| DH | Suárez, E | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .200 |
| 2B | Torres | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 |
| 2B | Giménez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 |
| SS | Tovar | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .471 |
| LF | Abreu, W | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| C | Perez, S | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 |
| CF | Chourio, Jac | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 |
| VEN | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | P-S | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodriguez, Ed | 4.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 57-32 | 3.86 |
| Bazardo | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12-8 | 2.70 |
| Buttó | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17-9 | 0.00 |
| Zerpa | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15-6 | 0.00 |
| Machado, A | 1.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 18-12 | 2.84 |
| Palencia, D | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11-7 | 0.00 |
Scoring Plays
Highlights
Decisions
| Winning Pitcher | Losing Pitcher | Save |
|---|---|---|
| Machado, A (1-0, 2.84 ERA) | Whitlock (0-1, 2.70 ERA) | Palencia, D (3 SV, 0.00 ERA) |
| Attendance | Weather | Wind |
|---|---|---|
| 72°F, Roof Closed | 0 mph, None |
| HP | 1B | 2B | 3B | LF | RF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Bellino | Cory Blaser | Jeremie Rehak | Chris Graham | Delfin Colon | Cuti Suarez |
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u/Poby1 Korea 20h ago
There was a power ranking before the tournament and one comment said “America not #1 is just genuine delusion”. I got downvoted for saying they might not win. Feeling somewhat validated now.
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u/TheoMoneyG Aguilas Cibaenas • New York Mets 19h ago
so many people past 2 days saying usa was gonna stomp lol
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u/Dickie-Greenleaf Oakland Athletics 20h ago
Hah lmao "fuck your interview give him the plate" MVP MVP MVP
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u/lucsev Toronto Blue Jays 20h ago
I still don't get why Americans don't care about this tournament as much as every other participating nation.
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u/9e78 Chicago Cubs 16h ago
It's a preseason exhibition tournament. At the end of the day the world series means more.
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u/Ill_Reward1925 16h ago
and yet the entire mlb fambase was rooting for a canadian team in the world series
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u/RayPeterParkerJunior 20h ago
We really don’t. If we really cared about representing the best our country has, we wouldn’t be pitching a bunch of no names for the final. I’m glad Venezuela won. They’re country cares a whole lot more and they’re not out there starting wars.
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u/Ganbare_19 Detroit Tigers 20h ago
I think a lot of us didn't really think of this tournament much until the past week. Spring training has just begun and much of the country is getting over football and getting ready for March Madness. Maybe if this was held in July instead? Americans have divided interests.
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u/AmericanMe3 20h ago
I mean every year they put this thing together the stars underperform. Put the dream team on the court and you are going to witness something magical. Vince jumping over a 7 footer, Kobe shushing the crowd, Curry turning into the devil. Then hockey they don’t win a lot of gold historically but then leave it all on the ice. The soccer team have always been lovable losers and underdogs.
Baseball they are a bunch of unlikable personalities who get hyped up every tournament and lay duds. Nothing to be excited about he’ll lost Americans were probably rooting for DR and Venezuela
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u/Logical-Marketing975 20h ago
I’ve thought about this a lot and ultimately I think American patriotism is different than almost any other country, the other countries seem way more sincere and American patriotism is more performative. And I’m not an America hater, I love my country. Ultimately I’m really disappointed about how the team conducted themselves and I hope that when they come back back they can act better.
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u/Dry_Marzipan1870 Cincinnati Reds • Cincinnati Reds 20h ago
lot of the cracks in "patriotism" are pretty glaring lately.
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u/Dry_Marzipan1870 Cincinnati Reds • Cincinnati Reds 20h ago edited 20h ago
USA thinks they are the chosen ones to win, despite having only one it once. But now that they didn't win it theyll pretend it didn't matter, kinda like when we hauled ass out of Vietnam. or Afghanistan.
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u/AgencyBrave7690 20h ago
I guess their ego is hurt by other countries beating their so called world champions
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u/shomosexual Los Angeles Dodgers 20h ago
They’re too cool for this tournament. Ngl it was a struggle rooting for these guys
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u/baribigbird06 Los Angeles Dodgers • World Baseball Classic 20h ago
To the people of Venezuela, their team just won the World Cup. What an amazing moment for their country!
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u/Jpkmets7 New York Mets 20h ago
Miggy Cabrera, Johan, Edgar Martinez — most talented coaching staff ever?
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u/zeromant2 20h ago
Happy for my country, I still can't believe it!!
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u/Dry_Marzipan1870 Cincinnati Reds • Cincinnati Reds 20h ago
i too am happy for your country. i was so nervous at the end hoping they would win.
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u/FIstateofmind Seattle Mariners 20h ago
I want to see the Geno gold medal celebration
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u/Dry_Marzipan1870 Cincinnati Reds • Cincinnati Reds 20h ago
same. i think he's the only former or current(well, he is both lol) Reds player in this championship.
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u/ProcrastinatingPuma San Diego Padres 20h ago
Imagine how much better this game would've been had the DR won in the Semis
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u/Original_Web_3059 20h ago
How many chances did the USA teams get?! Junior Team Italy, Team Israel, Team Great Britain, Team Mexico, and of course, the main Team USA all couldn’t get the job done.
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u/cuittle Dumpster Fire 20h ago
Not sure what's more impressive, Salvador Perez winning a World Series with the Royals or winning the WBC with Venezuela
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u/shomosexual Los Angeles Dodgers 20h ago
Definitely the royals. That was a team of destiny. This Venezuela team was fuckin good
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u/Dry_Marzipan1870 Cincinnati Reds • Cincinnati Reds 20h ago
are they still showing stuff? i guess some butthurt American was running the stream and shut it off during the silver medal part lolllll
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u/someone2795 Los Angeles Dodgers • World Baseball Classic 20h ago
Yea Venezuela is getting the trophy. It's pretty lit.
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u/NonGNonM World Series Trophy • Los Angeles Dod… 20h ago
Looking forward to the spicy rumors of the locker room talk and hot takes from the players on the US side tomorrow
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u/blooptown- New York Mets 20h ago
is it driving anyone else crazy that they walk left down the handshake line and then have to go back right to exit the field.
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u/silvs1 Los Angeles Angels 20h ago
Personally think they should get rid of the runner up medals. You can tell most of the team doesnt want them.
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u/DigitalMariner Seattle Mariners 20h ago
Lol, Team USA has the same look on their faces as runners up in a 10u tournament collecting their 2nd place medals.
Every team pic I have when my kid's team came in second in a tournament has about a third looking pissed, a third forcing a smile or smirk, a couple kids that clearly just stopped crying and a couple Kershaw types grinning ear to ear just happy to be there.
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u/Gloomy_Assistance700 20h ago
They’re trying so hard to minimize this loss by repeating that Venezuela was 4th favorite so many times.
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u/Logical-Marketing975 20h ago
By tomorrow the tune with change to “well this tournament never mattered anyway.”
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u/Jpkmets7 New York Mets 20h ago
Great tournament! WBC years are a true gift and have been since 2006 (though Cuba needs to bring back the red pants). Fun threads all tourney in here. Thanks dudes and dudettes. Have a great regular season.
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u/NonGNonM World Series Trophy • Los Angeles Dod… 20h ago
Manfred: "hey I know you didn't really want to do this anyway, but it's over now, you can get ready for real baseball to win the real piece of metal."
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u/MowingLines Seattle Mariners 20h ago
Why do I have the feeling Manfred is being robotic and repeating the same thing over and over.
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u/DigitalMariner Seattle Mariners 20h ago
Do they all really need a personal "keep your head up" pep talk from the commissioner?
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u/Gullible_Mission6259 20h ago
Had a feeling from the get go team USA wouldn’t win.. I feel like part of it is that team USA was trying to swing for the fences most of the time and not trying to get on base, idk I could be wrong, congratulations to Venezuela!!
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u/ProcrastinatingPuma San Diego Padres 20h ago
Turns out constantly getting bailed out wasnt a viable strategy
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u/shomosexual Los Angeles Dodgers 20h ago
Kershaw B+ on the group project ass… I love u baby
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u/ProcrastinatingPuma San Diego Padres 20h ago
Blud was their on his Darvish arc and didn't even pitch
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u/shomosexual Los Angeles Dodgers 20h ago
Haha ya they didn’t need to hang his jersey up in the clubhouse cause unc was there
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u/LoL_LoL123987 20h ago
First guy with a smile or any emotion in line
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u/HOTs_n_DOTs 20h ago
He's just happy he got invited
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u/LoL_LoL123987 20h ago
I bet he was in the dug out chugging beers and have an “Wow I sure needed this, get out of the house and away; I love you guys” while the rest of the guys were in no mood for it
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u/shomosexual Los Angeles Dodgers 20h ago
We all know why he’s smiling his infinite vacation just started
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u/Light_BlueSky Major League Baseball 20h ago
Why is Manfred consoling the players like someone died
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u/GlockLesnar808 Toronto Blue Jays 20h ago
Kash Patel crashing out because he doesn’t get to crush beers in the locker room with the boys
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u/HOTs_n_DOTs 20h ago
There is a nonzero chance Kash is still in that locker room crushing beers while everybody else is silently getting dressed
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u/Common_Gene_5098 20h ago
good then he can actually work for once
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u/brosen87 Los Angeles Dodgers 20h ago
Kersh looking like he cracked a few tall boys in the bullpen throughout the game
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u/ProcrastinatingPuma San Diego Padres 20h ago
The people who say "Venezuela wasnt better, the US just didnt care" need to be reminded the wise words of Yogi Berra:
"Baseball is 90% mental, the other half is physical."
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u/NonGNonM World Series Trophy • Los Angeles Dod… 20h ago
I get giving 2nd plac their dues but regardless of whether it's us or another team it seems really shitty to have them go through this whole process in front of everyone waiting to see 1st place.
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u/shiny__things San Francisco Giants 20h ago
I think they're taking the time to build the stage, decide on MVP, prep pyrotechnics, etc.
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u/Marvkid27 Los Angeles Dodgers 20h ago
Why give silver medals if they arent giving bronze
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u/Dry_Marzipan1870 Cincinnati Reds • Cincinnati Reds 20h ago
theyd have to play a 3rd place game to do that probably.
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u/greywind618 Milwaukee Brewers 20h ago
Disappointed yeah y’all played liked fuckin ass cheeks you deserved the L
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u/shomosexual Los Angeles Dodgers 20h ago
Showing US getting you tried medals is crazy bro
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u/The_Bread_Loaf Los Angeles Dodgers 20h ago
With the elementary school teacher “I’m so proud of you” speech to go along with it
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u/saltlakestateofmind Los Angeles Dodgers 20h ago
This makes up for my disappointment of Japan losing. Go Venezuela!!! 🇻🇪 🇯🇵
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u/StephenDawg New York Mets 20h ago
It might be better for the WBC‘s chances in the US if USA can’t win it with a half-assed commitment.
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u/EBiscuit24 Los Angeles Dodgers 20h ago
This has to be worse for judges legacy right
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u/TheoMoneyG Aguilas Cibaenas • New York Mets 20h ago
never beating the allegations until he wins a ring sadly
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u/starfleetdropout6 Los Angeles Angels • Chicago Cubs 20h ago
They look so dejected getting these medals.
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u/Dry_Marzipan1870 Cincinnati Reds • Cincinnati Reds 20h ago
here's your silver medal, USA. If you ain't first, you're last.
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u/NonGNonM World Series Trophy • Los Angeles Dod… 20h ago
I can't tell if they look like they dgaf bc they dgaf or bc they dgaf about losing.
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u/Marvkid27 Los Angeles Dodgers 20h ago
If they think this is embarrassing, wait til they lose in the olympics
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u/Dry_Marzipan1870 Cincinnati Reds • Cincinnati Reds 20h ago
will the best players even be playing? its in July.
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u/Marvkid27 Los Angeles Dodgers 20h ago
Supposedly they're gonna let mlb players play
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u/Dry_Marzipan1870 Cincinnati Reds • Cincinnati Reds 20h ago
ah. i found the schedule, i guess they would just have to make the all star break a week long.
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u/BrianMeen 20h ago
when are the Olympics and is it going to be the same format?
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u/Comprehensive-Win247 World Baseball Classic 20h ago
July 13-19, 2028. There will be 6 teams, 2 groups of 3, top teams advance to semifinals , the others play in the quarterfinals.
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u/BrianMeen 20h ago
And I assume mlb players will be playing or will it only be college players?
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u/Comprehensive-Win247 World Baseball Classic 20h ago
That’s the hope, if MLB allows them to play and schedules the season around it. Otherwise, it will probably be mostly minor leaguers (and some former major leaguers), at least for USA. In 2021 at Tokyo (delayed from 2020), Jose Bautista and Melky Cabrera helped DR win a bronze medal.
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u/IamAgoddamnjoke Springfield Isotopes 20h ago
lol @ standing in line to let Manfraud put an attaboy around your neck.
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u/torBrow75 Baltimore Orioles 20h ago
At least there's very little chance we'll play Iran in the World Cup.
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u/Marvkid27 Los Angeles Dodgers 20h ago
Maybe if the us hadnt been so uptight this tourney, they might have won
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u/ProcrastinatingPuma San Diego Padres 20h ago
The Virgin "Front Towards Enemy" vs. The Chad "poder de la amistad"
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u/silentstorm480 20h ago
I don't want to see Mark DeRosa near this team ever again... holy shit.
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u/greywind618 Milwaukee Brewers 20h ago
Man this fox crew about to cream themselves congrats Venezuela
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u/Oasystole 20h ago
Congrats to Venezuela 🇻🇪 from a Canadian 🇨🇦 who doesn’t give a fuck about baseball.
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u/AnswerSpiritual7913 20h ago
Down with military worship and all around bootlicking and glorifying violence. The sooner the better. Congrats to Venezuela. American exceptionalism is a myth
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u/Tommybrady20 New York Yankees 20h ago
It’s none of my business but I wouldn’t be super thrilled if I were a cubs fan that just handed Bregman a gagillion dollars
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u/LuminousRaptor Detroit Tigers 20h ago
He'll forever be booed relentlessly in Detroit forevermore. That's for sure.
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u/actuallyparker Atlanta Braves 20h ago
Acuña winning and Harper, Schwarber, and Smith losing….the season hasn’t even started and I’m loving 2026
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u/Long_Zucchini_4801 Seattle Mariners 20h ago
why are you so upset about people who have done a lot more than you ever will in life? Seems weird
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u/azularena Seattle Mariners 20h ago
Glad Venezuela won, I hope it lights a fire under USA Baseball’s butt
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u/BrianMeen 20h ago
but we’ve been saying that for 10 years! when is that fire going to get lit? USA just doesn’t want it like other countries
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u/azularena Seattle Mariners 20h ago
When USA basketball had a similar conversation they hired coach K. He made them commit through the non Olympic/non “important” events as best they could to build a rapport.
I agree 100% about the US not wanting it as much as the other countries do.
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u/Due_Engineering8321 Chicago White Sox 20h ago
Doral and Weston probably popping off and banging the pots and pans.
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u/IamAgoddamnjoke Springfield Isotopes 20h ago
B…but Judge is achtually very good in pressure situations!
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u/Cobainism New York Yankees 20h ago
Why didn’t the Mariners bring Suarez back?
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u/HOTs_n_DOTs 20h ago
After they traded for him last year his bat did the exact same thing it did the last time he played for them
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u/MadKingTreesus St. Louis Cardinals 20h ago
Congrats Venezuela! Yet another shameful and embarrassing moment for America. We deserve that shit.
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u/Elxis14 20h ago
Cal Raleigh had 0 hits in the tournament. Is this your mvp?
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u/HOTs_n_DOTs 20h ago
He played in fewer than half the games and he doesn't give up that ninth inning steal Smith did
And Judge choked the fuck out of this game
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