it where good games to watch as I love dominican republic but I am Dutch it was difficult to say who would be my favorite team, but feel proud that such a little country where baseball is not popular at all, could win twice from a baseball team like they have in DR
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DR Loses!!!!!!! in WBC
Well, at least the Dutchies had some good additions from the Netherland Antilles, but it was mostly whities who were in the team... amazing. As a Dominican who was in Groningen and Amsterdam last year and saw no baseball activity there at all, I had to take my hat off in front of the Netherlands.
I saw the recap of the game on the news and it was sweeeet!!! I'm glad the DR lost. These boys are hell of arrogant and they deserved to lose. Que verguenza pero 'ta bueno que le pase!
"Highlights"
In all due respect to the talent and brovado of the DR team, as soon as they were down, they looked like losers in their dugout.
They seemed to care, but they didn't look like winners, they looked like a gazelle waiting - and knowing - their fate from their predators.
Sad. They have an amazing team on paper. Not so sure the Netherlands beat them, or they just gave up and didn't give a mango about what was happening.
As has been posted earlier, if there is no financial benefit, the spirit of gamesmanship and sport was not on display from their side.
Again, good for the Dutch, they played the game well.
In all due respect to the talent and brovado of the DR team, as soon as they were down, they looked like losers in their dugout.
They seemed to care, but they didn't look like winners, they looked like a gazelle waiting - and knowing - their fate from their predators.
Sad. They have an amazing team on paper. Not so sure the Netherlands beat them, or they just gave up and didn't give a mango about what was happening.
As has been posted earlier, if there is no financial benefit, the spirit of gamesmanship and sport was not on display from their side.
Again, good for the Dutch, they played the game well.
Add Curacao to the list of countries the Dutch team recruited players from, plus their manager, Rod Delmonico, is American. I went to college with him back in the 70s. Very sharp guy.
As great a story as the Dutch wins over the DR is, they also lost twice to Puerto Rico, which indicates to me what a poor performance this was by the Dominacanos.
As great a story as the Dutch wins over the DR is, they also lost twice to Puerto Rico, which indicates to me what a poor performance this was by the Dominacanos.
Who do you think is better than Manny in the clutch, neither Pujols, Vlad or ARod (lol) can be put in the same sentence as Manny when talking about clutch hits, only the Big Papi and he is fading out infortunadamente.
has anyone mentioned Jose Reyes in this thread? He seemed to be the only one hustling out there! LOL Hope he has a good season with the Mets this 09
Sore loser?
Pedro criticizes MLB
Pedro Martinez, who shone during the game against the Netherlands, blamed the World Baseball Classic organizers for the Dominican defeat. "They banned us from training together. They kept us away from our manager, and we could not practice strategies, and that made no sense," he said. Felipe Alou had planned a mini-training camp in Santo Domingo to get the Dominican players synchronized, but this was blocked by the MLB on the grounds that it was outside the training dates the teams were assigned.
At least it was not the Dominican players' fault.:tired:
Pedro criticizes MLB
Pedro Martinez, who shone during the game against the Netherlands, blamed the World Baseball Classic organizers for the Dominican defeat. "They banned us from training together. They kept us away from our manager, and we could not practice strategies, and that made no sense," he said. Felipe Alou had planned a mini-training camp in Santo Domingo to get the Dominican players synchronized, but this was blocked by the MLB on the grounds that it was outside the training dates the teams were assigned.
At least it was not the Dominican players' fault.:tired:
ok I have a question, how often is this WBC played? is it yearly?
and the other solution would be play these games earlier so it doesnt interfere so much with MLB or preseason. MLB should stop regulating the player's decisions to play in this tournament. This reminds me of the World Cup....why not let these players represent their country and train and let the best team win!
and the other solution would be play these games earlier so it doesnt interfere so much with MLB or preseason. MLB should stop regulating the player's decisions to play in this tournament. This reminds me of the World Cup....why not let these players represent their country and train and let the best team win!
Settle Down!
Not that it's the truth, but just what I've seen. Based on history, Manny is "better" but that can change in the next few years.
As I said in an earlier post/thread, when I heard Pujos won the MVP, and they laid out his numbers for the year (08) I was blown away. In all honesty, I can't name any other impact player in that lineup. So, to produce what he did is simply magnificent.
Hat's off to the guy. I don't see any reason he won't put Manny's numbers in the hamper by the time he's done.
He seems like an easy guy to root for. I wish he was on the Sox. That's a high compliment - from me.
As for Big Papi, some of his highlights have been other-worldly. Although a small sample size, the "clutch" part of it is hard to ignore.
Let's give him another year of being healthy before we bury him. He's immensely talented, if not often healthy.
I haven't seen enough of Pujols (I simply don't watch that much of the NL) and I've seen a ton of Manny highlights, so if you're asking me who is better, I'm going to say Manny.
Not that it's the truth, but just what I've seen. Based on history, Manny is "better" but that can change in the next few years.
As I said in an earlier post/thread, when I heard Pujos won the MVP, and they laid out his numbers for the year (08) I was blown away. In all honesty, I can't name any other impact player in that lineup. So, to produce what he did is simply magnificent.
Hat's off to the guy. I don't see any reason he won't put Manny's numbers in the hamper by the time he's done.
He seems like an easy guy to root for. I wish he was on the Sox. That's a high compliment - from me.
As for Big Papi, some of his highlights have been other-worldly. Although a small sample size, the "clutch" part of it is hard to ignore.
Let's give him another year of being healthy before we bury him. He's immensely talented, if not often healthy.
The Dutch team is not a real Mickey Mouse team: they are European Champions since about time immemorial, they usually have few ML-ers on board, play quite well in the Olympics (a couple of 4th spots), finished 4th in the World Cup 2007 and have done ok in the 2006 edition of the Intercontinental Cup (finishing behind Cuba in 2nd place).
One thing to bear in mind here is that none of these tourneys feature a heavy presence of ML-ers
The Dutch are not going anywhere in the rest of the tourney, due to lack of hitters.
However, they field a strong pitching and fielding team.
One important point imo is that we must take into account that most players aren't on top form (usually in Spring training by now). This his goes for all players but I think it levels the playing field more in favor of the teams with the least talent.
Ultimately the DR should have done better, but they didn't. The Dutch did also play quite good against PR but were undone by lack of batting power (they have the worst in the WBC history batting .151 as a team up till Saturday).
BTW the National sport if Football (Soccer), for which we are currently ranked 3rd on the FIFA world ranking list.
One thing to bear in mind here is that none of these tourneys feature a heavy presence of ML-ers
The Dutch are not going anywhere in the rest of the tourney, due to lack of hitters.
However, they field a strong pitching and fielding team.
One important point imo is that we must take into account that most players aren't on top form (usually in Spring training by now). This his goes for all players but I think it levels the playing field more in favor of the teams with the least talent.
Ultimately the DR should have done better, but they didn't. The Dutch did also play quite good against PR but were undone by lack of batting power (they have the worst in the WBC history batting .151 as a team up till Saturday).
BTW the National sport if Football (Soccer), for which we are currently ranked 3rd on the FIFA world ranking list.
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That will take at least a generation or two for sure. Nonetheless, I think that is part of the plan.
I think we will see that eventually good pitching and "small ball" will take the majority of the championships.
As far as this years version, I want Cuba to win.
i have several dominican friends who are totally embarassed about this this is probably one of the biggest sports upsets in modern day baseball history what odds would las vegas give for this before the tournament , just think about that one im not seeing the dominicans wearingthose baseball caps anymore :chinese::chinese::chinese::chinese::chinese::chinese::chinese: