KowboyKoop 0 Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 U.S.A and Bob Davidson 1, Mexico 2. Japan advances to the semi-finals...so justice prevails. Link to post Share on other sites
pckt10s 0 Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 oh well... there's always next year... I mean 2006 or 8 or whenever the next one is... I guess AROD should have gone with the Dominicans... Link to post Share on other sites
timwakefield 69 Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 Yeah I said DR from the beginning.They've gotta be a pretty big favorite now. Link to post Share on other sites
pckt10s 0 Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 what about korea... they been kicking_ass... I haven't seen em but their record speaks for itself... Link to post Share on other sites
KowboyKoop 0 Posted March 17, 2006 Author Share Posted March 17, 2006 what about korea... they been kicking_ass... I haven't seen em but their record speaks for itself...Korea has been by FAR the best fundamental team. Not even close. Whether they have the pure talent to win....I don't know..but whoever wants to beat them had better play a very good game..b/c I am not sure if Korea has even made ONE mistake this tournament. (Okay..that's an exaggeration...but they are extremely solid).That being said...Dominican Republic is the favorite. Link to post Share on other sites
Swift_Psycho 1 Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 I said DR from the beginning.They've gotta be a pretty big favorite now. Link to post Share on other sites
forumjp 0 Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 yeah korea has been amazing...and i have no idea how they are doing it with their ace being chan ho parkmy guess is the japanese team will win it all now even though they lost to korea twicebut the japanese team is GOOD Link to post Share on other sites
wsox8 10 Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 U.S.A. = embarrassing Link to post Share on other sites
KowboyKoop 0 Posted March 18, 2006 Author Share Posted March 18, 2006 U.S.A. = embarrassingThe only thing "embarrassing" about the U.S. is a lot of its fans not realizing that the U.S isn't the ONLY great baseball country in the world and thinking that a team of just superstars isn't necessarily the "favorite" in this tournament and that alot of other baseball countries are nearly as good as us..if not sometimes better. Not really much of an "upset" in my eyes..it's baseball. Any team can win one game. Link to post Share on other sites
pckt10s 0 Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 The only thing "embarrassing" about the U.S. is a lot of its fans not realizing that the U.S isn't the ONLY great baseball country in the world and thinking that a team of just superstars isn't necessarily the "favorite" in this tournament and that alot of other baseball countries are nearly as good as us..if not sometimes better. Not really much of an "upset" in my eyes..it's baseball. Any team can win one game.yeah... not really surprising to anyone I think... Link to post Share on other sites
kers2 0 Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 The only thing "embarrassing" about the U.S. is a lot of its fans not realizing that the U.S isn't the ONLY great baseball country in the world and thinking that a team of just superstars isn't necessarily the "favorite" in this tournament and that alot of other baseball countries are nearly as good as us..if not sometimes better. Not really much of an "upset" in my eyes..it's baseball. Any team can win one game.yeah... not really surprising to anyone I think...Agreed. I've said all along (I dont think ever on here though so dont go searching) that the US is NOT the favorite at all to win this thing. Link to post Share on other sites
CobaltBlue 662 Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 Any chance that we can keep so many Yankees out of the next USA team? Link to post Share on other sites
wsox8 10 Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 I think USA was and should have been favorites if they played more than just one game vs. every team Link to post Share on other sites
mrdannyg 274 Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 yeah... not really surprising to anyone I think...Agreed. I've said all along (I dont think ever on here though so dont go searching) that the US is NOT the favorite at all to win this thing.well, they were the favourite, but i was looking at an american oddsmaker. unbiasedly, they were probably second to DR.I think USA was and should have been favorites if they played more than just one game vs. every teamwell, they lost three games to teams not even in the upper echelon of teams (Korea has to be considered there now though), so i don't think playing an extra game was their solution. of course playing a longer series would've made a Dominican/US final much more likely. Link to post Share on other sites
MDXS 0 Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 I think USA was and should have been favorites if they played more than just one game vs. every teamAbsolutely. The smaller amount of games played favors the weaker teams. Of course, I agree with Koop that the other teams aren't that much weaker. This isn't early-90's basketball where the US is supposed to beat the rest of the world into submission.I enjoyed this tournament and wish that it were more often than every four years. Spring training's going to be extra boring next year. Hopefully I'll be suffering in the glow of another Red Sox championship... Link to post Share on other sites
kers2 0 Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 Absolutely. The smaller amount of games played favors the weaker teams. Of course, I agree with Koop that the other teams aren't that much weaker. This isn't early-90's basketball where the US is supposed to beat the rest of the world into submission.I enjoyed this tournament and wish that it were more often than every four years. Spring training's going to be extra boring next year. Hopefully I'll be suffering in the glow of another Red Sox championship...Spring Training is almost over. That's one good thing about it. Link to post Share on other sites
MDXS 0 Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 Spring Training is almost over. That's one good thing about it.Spring training is like a month of continuous foreplay. Yeah it's good for a while, but you really just want to get on with it. Link to post Share on other sites
aadams_22 3 Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 Spring training is like a month of continuous foreplay. Yeah it's good for a while, but you really just want to get on with it.I agree, but it's still better than watching the NBA. Link to post Share on other sites
MDXS 0 Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 I agree, but it's still better than watching the NBA.Maybe. Definitely the WNBA. Link to post Share on other sites
The Nuts 0 Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 I agree, but it's still better than watching the NBA.Watching cheerleading competitions is better than the NBA. Link to post Share on other sites
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