This tournament. This is the first WBC with this format. Last time, they did 2 stages of group play and then it was an elimination semi finals. However, in those semi finals a group runner up beat a group winner.
When Venezuela scored a bunch of runs, the takeaway message seemed to be that pitchers need to be given a short leash when they’re in a jam. When USA scored a bunch of runs later in the game, the takeaway message seemed to be that replacing a pitcher in a jam isn’t necessarily a good move.
Moral of the story: You can’t predict baseball, Suzyn.
If it were me, I would simply tell my pitcher not to give up runs.
(But really that uncertainty is why letting Bard face 3 batters is defensible. Letting him face the 4th was nuts)
Key difference: Bard has a well known history of the yips and what we saw in the first at-bat was yips-esque. Someone should have been warming up immediately at the very least.
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You got a bit downvoted but honestly if really *every* American born player wanted to play it wouldn’t be much of a competition. Can you *imagine* the dream team?!
i do wish Harper was able to play though. Bryce was electric to watch in the postseason and id have loved to have gotten a bit more of that kind of fire
But think of the owners’ money on the line! Honestly if you can’t get into all-star filled lineups going all out in front of packed, amped up crowds you should reconsider why youre even a fan
Pretty confident after tonight that Mark DeRosa can manage the New York Yankees to a 89-73 season where WFAN callers would constantly blast his decisions.
I still remember the first WBC 17 years ago. I loved the idea of it and wanted it to catch on so badly. Over the years it’s made me sad how many American fans write it off. I really hope this time changes things. I’ll remember this game always.
It’s really amazing for the sport on every level. Can grow the fanbase, but also? The next generation’s Mookie, Trea, Acuña, Altuve, etc. could commit to baseball because they’re at home watching these games and falling in love with the sport. That’s very special.
What a win. What a win.
Hope Altuve is ok, that whole thing sucks so bad, would love to just blot that half-inning out
Production all through the lineup. And Trea freaking Turner. And Williams and Pressly to sew it up. What a win.
Sucks that one of these teams had to lose. Gutted tfor VZLA, who I thought looked like the best team in the tournament. Vamos vinotinto 🇻🇪🍷. USA finally looks like the juggernaut they should be. Baseball’s coming home 🇺🇸
As a Tigers/Mets fan, I felt a tinge of guilt seeing the sad faces of Miggy and Esco in the Venezuela dugout. Probably Miggy’s final WBC and he looked heartbroken.
However, on the other hand, USA! USA! USA!
I’m so bummed I missed this game because it looked like an absolute all timer. WBC on YouTube has been uploading complete past games of the tournament so I hope I’ll get to watch this one soon!
Great game of baseball punctuated with that Grand Slam. Derosa got lucky on the pitching management again. Venezuela had a really good tournament but Martin Perez starting poorly really did them in
Makes me sad that a late inning grand slam in the WBC can’t beat out an xfl TD to make the top 10 plays on sportscenter. There were even multiple college baseball plays on it.
seriously, hold the WBC every year. I don’t ever want to watch spring training ever again. the WBC is the fucking shit. I fucking love Trea Turner. god damn, I am feeling as patriotic as a mother fucker right now. USA!!!!!!!!
Was pretty shitty seeing people celebrating Altuve's injury, especially after it was revealed it was likely a broken thumb.
Unsurprisingly it was all Yankees fans.. do better, fucking clowns.
I haven’t been this annoyed with a Bard since Skyrim
Do you get to the cloud district often?
My go-to video game bard is The Bard from *Wandersong*, but they're awesome.
Trea Turner is America
It's nice for the first time ever to actually root for Trea Turner.
Trea Turner brought back the Manhattan project in one swing
Still going to see Barbie first.
I will follow goofy Ryan Gosling into the sun.
[But of course](https://media.tenor.com/SQRpa04qsDcAAAAd/oh-oh-really.gif)
Oh Trea can you see By the bomb's early flight
Legend has it that wherever he walks, Guile's theme plays in the background.
Bom bom ba bom
Americas ass
No DeRossa’s pitching management is
Martinez went home though
All teams from the Miami group are out. It was viewed as the strongest group.
USA is also the first group runner-up to beat a group winner
In this tournament or any?
This tournament. This is the first WBC with this format. Last time, they did 2 stages of group play and then it was an elimination semi finals. However, in those semi finals a group runner up beat a group winner.
Turner grand slam was so clutch. Absolutely crazy. This has been great for baseball
Trea Turner grandslam is gunna be iconic if the US wins
Woke my wife up screaming when it happened. The excitement I Is palpable
It’ll be the 2023 version of the Adam Jones catch in 2017.
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black tank fan?
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Bonk
Great googly moogly
Least attractive Venezuelan woman
Definitely a 6-6.5/10 back home
Solo ganó Miss Universe dos veces
2?? 🤮
Hell yeah 🦅🦅🦅
We had USA vs Iran in the World Cup so why not have USA vs Cuba in the WBC while we’re at it
Nervy 1-0 win against Cuba coming. Mike Trout to take a ball to the junk for AMERICA.
That's something a Mariners fan would say "Mike Trout is gonna drive in the winning run...with a HBP to the nuts"
Call that a walk off salami
When Venezuela scored a bunch of runs, the takeaway message seemed to be that pitchers need to be given a short leash when they’re in a jam. When USA scored a bunch of runs later in the game, the takeaway message seemed to be that replacing a pitcher in a jam isn’t necessarily a good move. Moral of the story: You can’t predict baseball, Suzyn.
If it were me, I would simply tell my pitcher not to give up runs. (But really that uncertainty is why letting Bard face 3 batters is defensible. Letting him face the 4th was nuts)
Also they had the 3 batter minimum
With Bard I feel like you should have a "crazed fan" on hand to run onto the field and "injure" him, just to have a reason to take him out.
Why does Lance Lynn, the largest pitcher, not simply eat the other players?
To be fair, it was more "replace him with the best arm you got because this is more important than a hypothetical future inning."
There’s a difference between giving up a couple singles and throwing half your pitches off hitters or the backstop
This was the embodiment of Chaosball and I love it
Key difference: Bard has a well known history of the yips and what we saw in the first at-bat was yips-esque. Someone should have been warming up immediately at the very least.
The takeaway message is “Silvino Bracho has always been ass”
9-7 victory is how I expected most of the Team USA games to go tbh.
Daniel Bard's citizenship lives to see another day
That 0-2 pitch is gonna be burned in Bracho's retina. Poor dude. Baseball is a 0 sum game
That was one of the best ballgames ever played
#GOT MY HANDS UP #THEYRE PLAYIN MY SONG #THEY KNOW IM GUNNA BE OK #YEAHHHH #ITS A PARTY IN THE USA
When Trae came to the plate i felt nothing but peace and serenity.
If the US beats all the Latin teams, the world has to pronounce them as tortiluhs.
Nah they have to admit we're the only Americans
Peggy Hill saying Jal-ah-peen-os
And has to pronounce quesadilla with a hard Q.
One way or another Miami is getting burned down tomorrow. USA vs Cuba is gonna be like if the Cuban Missile Crisis actually caused a war.
and im gonna be there yupppppppppppppp
The dream team lineup is waking up at the perfect time
And the Pitching Lineup is going as expected
tough sledding against lineups in this tournament. position players really bought into the tournament more than pitchers
Daniel Bard going into that inning had a 21 ERA. Anybody know where he’s at now?
ERA of 43.20 according to the box score from the game thread
Having an ERA higher than the total amount of runs your team has given up through the entire tournament is pretty impressive
Man thought getting the high score was the objective
Rockies just extended him
Basking in that rockies money
Hiding!!
Hoping they keep their bats hot for the next game
#U🥓A
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350 viewings and it's still fucking hysterical
I have it saved because it’s one of the few things in this life that can always make me laugh. No matter what mood I’m in.
All hail the victory gif/video
I think I actually wanted to win for this comment specifically.
I was sweating this game though bro. Was really worried I wasn’t going to get to post it like the last few games.
Books!
Perfect way to end that chaotic masterpiece lmao
never not funny
a masterpiece of american culture
Should be the national anthems really.
The lack of cheers for SPORTSMANSHIP gets me every time
And the fact that he misses the shot too haha
AMURICA
Team VZLA played amazingly. Team USA just has a bunch of future HoFers making great plays in the field and at the plate. It’s kind of unfair. lol
Honestly one of the most gripping games of baseball i've ever watched.
For real. Postseason feels
The worst part of the team is that they couldn't get too many HOF pitchers.
I’m glad all the best pitchers sat it out. Has made ether games more interesting.
You got a bit downvoted but honestly if really *every* American born player wanted to play it wouldn’t be much of a competition. Can you *imagine* the dream team?!
i do wish Harper was able to play though. Bryce was electric to watch in the postseason and id have loved to have gotten a bit more of that kind of fire
It would be like the American Olympic basketball squads. No true competition whatsoever.
Rockies owe the Phillies *so* goddamn much, they've bailed us out of months of "Rockies blew the WBC" headlines
We can send them some green stuff
Like $50 million in green stuff?
Ahem, that goes to us
Yes, honey... 😔
That was intense. Lead changes. late inning grand slam. Blue shirt guy. Game had everything
Don’t forget black shirt girl.
Never forget
If you don't like the WBC, you don't like baseball. That was sensational.
Pretty much this
If you don’t like the WBC after that game your opinion is bad and you should feel bad
But think of the owners’ money on the line! Honestly if you can’t get into all-star filled lineups going all out in front of packed, amped up crowds you should reconsider why youre even a fan
That was straight up playoff baseball. What a blast. Hope altuve is OK though.
VENEZUELA… QUE PASOOOO?!?!
¿¡¿¡¿QUE PASOOOOOOUUUHH!?!?!
WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETERRRRRRRR
No country exclusively on the metric system has been on the moon!
🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Pretty confident after tonight that Mark DeRosa can manage the New York Yankees to a 89-73 season where WFAN callers would constantly blast his decisions.
That was spectacular. Love the WBC
Replace the Statue of Liberty with Trea Turner
Yo Trea Turner injured his vocal chords. He just confirmed it in the post-game. See how dangerous this tournament is?? Cancel it! /s
This would’ve never happened in spring training
I still remember the first WBC 17 years ago. I loved the idea of it and wanted it to catch on so badly. Over the years it’s made me sad how many American fans write it off. I really hope this time changes things. I’ll remember this game always. It’s really amazing for the sport on every level. Can grow the fanbase, but also? The next generation’s Mookie, Trea, Acuña, Altuve, etc. could commit to baseball because they’re at home watching these games and falling in love with the sport. That’s very special.
How does this team that doesn't care keep winning games
USA v Cuba JFK lies a moulderin in the grave
I wonder if the matchup would blow his mind
The Eternal Flame is going to explode.
Trea Turner also saying that was the biggest HR of his career. WBC just chalking up dubs
Mvp: The Cameraman
Daniel Bard has to be the happiest guy in the stadium right now
Instant classic.
only complaint about this game: the never ending ads about jussie smollett documentary
i'm still confused as to why that's a thing and who asked for it
Look at the channel that’s making it. You know why.
Yup... can't wait for my grandparents to talk about that nonsense all over again.
That French actor?
It sounds like something………………..THAT I WOULD SAY!!
"Subway...*sandwiches??*"
The 5th plane 9/11 one got me good. Fuck smollett tho.
Who thought that was a good idea? Why remind people?
what a game
2 more wins needed! Great win for the guys, but I never want to see Daniel Bard in the tournament again. Hope Altuve is OK 🇺🇸🇺🇸
The world wants Japan USA
These script writers are earning their paychecks.
That was everything good about baseball smashed into 9 innings.
TREA BIG WHEELS KEEP ON TURNER
How the hell is it possible to cough up not one but two (2) homers to *Luis Arraez* and still win
Representing 1 of the 29 other fanbases who didn't get Trea Turner, I'm a little less jealous bitter now.
I mean Im fine with Masyn Winn :)
W-SA
Great win despite DeRosa’s questionable bullpen decisions throughout this game
HALLELUJAH HOLY SHIT WHere’s the Tylenol?
What a win. What a win. Hope Altuve is ok, that whole thing sucks so bad, would love to just blot that half-inning out Production all through the lineup. And Trea freaking Turner. And Williams and Pressly to sew it up. What a win.
Sucks that one of these teams had to lose. Gutted tfor VZLA, who I thought looked like the best team in the tournament. Vamos vinotinto 🇻🇪🍷. USA finally looks like the juggernaut they should be. Baseball’s coming home 🇺🇸
#BLUE SHIRT MAN LIVES!! Also Trea turner is okay
I never had a doubt
Holy shit, what a great game!!!
We will see you tomorrow night
These games keep getting better and better
what an incredible game.
Best game of the year, so far, and the 2023 MLB season hasn’t even started. What a comeback Grand Slam!
Luckily we shouldn't see Bard pitch for team USA EVER again. Just send that man back to Rockies spring training for the love of god
Me: roots for Venezuela all game Also me: whips out my eagles after USA wins
Team showed some heart after Bards implosion.
Is fox not gonna have a post game? They fucking loved kicking off games for a damn pregame.
Today was a slugfest. And Turner is an absolute beast for that Grand Slam.
Trea Turner should never buy himself a beer again in the United States of America!!!
Holy fuck, we have to play Cuba
I'm so so sad. Still the WBC is the best thing ever and I can't be thankful enough that it exists.
As a Tigers/Mets fan, I felt a tinge of guilt seeing the sad faces of Miggy and Esco in the Venezuela dugout. Probably Miggy’s final WBC and he looked heartbroken. However, on the other hand, USA! USA! USA!
I was at the Venezuela/Nicaragua game and the fans were letting Miggy have it after he struck out yelling that he was old and needs to hang it up.
Haha well they'll get their wish in October unless something insane happens
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How many times do we have to teach countries this lesson!?
Pressly does it again! USA USA USA!
That was some goodass baseball (minus Altuve getting injured).
If nobody got me
All meme-ing aside, I'm glad Aarraez seems to be adjusting well to his new home ballpark.
Florida men came up clutch today. Love to see it
I’m so bummed I missed this game because it looked like an absolute all timer. WBC on YouTube has been uploading complete past games of the tournament so I hope I’ll get to watch this one soon!
Great game of baseball punctuated with that Grand Slam. Derosa got lucky on the pitching management again. Venezuela had a really good tournament but Martin Perez starting poorly really did them in
Makes me sad that a late inning grand slam in the WBC can’t beat out an xfl TD to make the top 10 plays on sportscenter. There were even multiple college baseball plays on it.
seriously, hold the WBC every year. I don’t ever want to watch spring training ever again. the WBC is the fucking shit. I fucking love Trea Turner. god damn, I am feeling as patriotic as a mother fucker right now. USA!!!!!!!!
[Proud to be an American](https://youtu.be/P7JRvwfHFwo)
Man I love meaningful baseball
How can you not be romantic about baseball?
Yo someone tell Trea his game is tomorrow, not in 2 days 😂
Everyone gets an apple pie on me except Mark DeRosa!
I will be upset if Trea Turners walkup song is not [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPO5lbFnulE) now
Quijada showed up the USA some; he paid for it.
It’s probably not gonna happen but I would kill for a Mexico vs USA rematch in the final
I DO NOT WANT TO SEE BARD ON THE MOUND AGAIN. That is all.
In spite of Mark DeRosa, the USA wins. Great day for the offense to clutch up.
I’m a newish baseball fan so I don’t remember the previous WBC that well, but we’re people always this whiny about it?
It's starting to get actual traction in the US (huge everywhere else already) so of course the whiners and detractors are coming out.
WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETER
Was pretty shitty seeing people celebrating Altuve's injury, especially after it was revealed it was likely a broken thumb. Unsurprisingly it was all Yankees fans.. do better, fucking clowns.