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[slink]

Current odds.USA favored.http://worldbaseball....com/lines/odds

[wsox8]

I'll pay attention. USA wins this time

[Suited_Up]

Nobody cares.

[Oziumrules]

Im going to a couple games here at Dolphin Stadium. Looking forward to seeing some good baseball.

[aadams_22]

Suited_Up, on Saturday, February 28th, 2009, 9:04 PM, said:

Nobody cares.

100% disagree

[SGFULTON83]

Suited_Up, on Saturday, February 28th, 2009, 10:04 PM, said:

Nobody cares.

aadams_22, on Sunday, March 1st, 2009, 4:12 PM, said:

100% disagree

[AdamDarv]

Would like to see them do this in someother format/time frame. Too many of the top players not participating due to injuries and other reasons, without the best players participating I have little interest in following and I am a huge baseball fan. Might want to consider dumping the all star game at mid-season and taking an extended break to play this. If baseball was willing to bring back the doubleheader and schedule 3 or 4 per team through the season they could probably do it. But then again, doubleheaders = less revenue = baseball will not consider it.

[CobaltBlue]

I'm just glad to have some baseball back on TV.

[slink]

Is there a worse field than the Rogers Centre?It looks like the salvaged carpet from the old Veteran's Stadium.

[CobaltBlue]

U-S-A! U-S-A!

[rcooj_7]

AdamDarv, on Monday, March 2nd, 2009, 4:58 PM, said:

Would like to see them do this in someother format/time frame. Too many of the top players not participating due to injuries and other reasons, without the best players participating I have little interest in following and I am a huge baseball fan. Might want to consider dumping the all star game at mid-season and taking an extended break to play this. If baseball was willing to bring back the doubleheader and schedule 3 or 4 per team through the season they could probably do it. But then again, doubleheaders = less revenue = baseball will not consider it.

its called the WORLD baseball classic.... who says that the world schedules it around the US?

[aadams_22]

one hell of a game last night

[AdamDarv]

rcooj_7, on Monday, March 9th, 2009, 5:39 PM, said:

its called the WORLD baseball classic.... who says that the world schedules it around the US?

If you look at the rosters, there is ton of Major League players throughout. The best players in the world all play in the Majors, except for a handfull of Cubans, Japanese and Korean players - outside of that the best players, play right here in the US. I have watched a few games and so far it has been pretty good, some teams are really exposed in the bullpen, with the pitch count limitations in place becuse of the early March scheduling it puts some teams in a bind. Play it at mid-year and those counts will be very different.All I was saying is that it would be nice to see all of the top players, and if you do it later in the year, it might get a better turnout of players. US RosterBell, Heath MLB San Diego Padres Pitcher Right/Right Broxton, Jonathan MLB Los Angeles Dodgers Pitcher Right/Right Grabow, John MLB Pittsburgh Pirates Pitcher Right/Right Guthrie, Jeremy MLB Baltimore Orioles Pitcher Right/Right Hanrahan, Joel MLB Washington Nationals Pitcher Right/Right Hawkins, LaTroy MLB Houston Astros Pitcher Right/Right Howell, J.P. MLB Tampa Bay Rays Pitcher Left/Left Lilly, Ted MLB Chicago Cubs Pitcher Left/Left Lindstrom, Matt MLB Florida Marlins Pitcher Right/Right Oswalt, Roy MLB Houston Astros Pitcher Right/Right Peavy, Jake MLB San Diego Padres Pitcher Right/Right Putz, J.J. MLB New York Mets Pitcher Right/Right Shields, Scot MLB Los Angeles Angels Pitcher Right/Right Thornton, Matt MLB Chicago White Sox Pitcher Left/Left Ziegler, Brad MLB Oakland Athletics Pitcher Right/Right Iannetta, Chris MLB Colorado Rockies Catcher Right/Right McCann, Brian MLB Atlanta Braves Catcher Left/Right DeRosa, Mark MLB Cleveland Indians Utility Right/Right Jeter, Derek MLB New York Yankees Infielder Right/Right Jones, Chipper MLB Atlanta Braves Infielder Switch/Right Pedroia, Dustin MLB Boston Red Sox Infielder Right/Right Rollins, Jimmy MLB Philadelphia Phillies Infielder Switch/Right Wright, David MLB New York Mets Infielder Right/Right Youkilis, Kevin MLB Boston Red Sox Infielder Right/Right Braun, Ryan MLB Milwaukee Brewers Outfielder Right/Right Dunn, Adam MLB Washington Nationals Outfielder Left/Right Granderson, Curtis MLB Detroit Tigers Outfielder Left/Right Victorino, Shane MLB Philadelphia Phillies Outfielder Switch/Right

[outsider13]

slink, on Saturday, March 7th, 2009, 2:16 PM, said:

Is there a worse field than the Rogers Centre?It looks like the salvaged carpet from the old Veteran's Stadium.

It's actually quite nice tbh. It's 900000% better than the old turf they had in there.GG Canada

[slink]

outsider13, on Monday, March 9th, 2009, 10:01 PM, said:

It's actually quite nice tbh. It's 900000% better than the old turf they had in there.GG Canada

Really?'Cause it looks like hell.

[outsider13]

slink, on Tuesday, March 10th, 2009, 1:23 AM, said:

Really?'Cause it looks like hell.

It's field turf. Much the same as most artificial surfaces nowadays. It' probably the color of it that looks a bit off because it is darker and looks kind of patchy. Like I said though, once they put it in, most players liked it because the old field was way too hard and hard on the joints. The real problem with that park is the scoreboard built into the wall. Imagine running into that.

[thehidden]

like outsider said it's FieldTurf...but they also play football on there which is why it might be patchy.I live in a condo that looks right into the Centre and I was walking my dog on saturday around 10:30 and Dustin Pedrioa (i believe it was him) was out there jogging.Ira

[GeneralGeeWhiz]

Suited_Up, on Saturday, February 28th, 2009, 8:04 PM, said:

Nobody cares.

Oziumrules, on Sunday, March 1st, 2009, 1:59 PM, said:

Im going to a couple games here at Dolphin Stadium. Looking forward to seeing some good baseball.

[GeneralGeeWhiz]

Suited_Up, on Saturday, February 28th, 2009, 8:04 PM, said:

Nobody cares.

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[Swift_Psycho]

God this shit is way more exciting than I thought it would be. I'm glad it ended up being Japan and Korea in the end. They just seemed to be the two that cared the most anyway.