Tag Archives: World Baseball Classic
-
Seagulls Crashed Last Night’s World Baseball Classic Semi-Final at AT&T Park (Video)
Humans don’t seem to be all that interested in the World Baseball Classic. Attendance at last night’s semi-final between the Netherlands and Dominican Republic proves just that, as less than two-thirds of the seats at AT&T Park in San Francisco were filled for the event. So yeah, us humans may not be captivated by the WBC, but [...]
-
12 Things You Should Know About the World Baseball Classic
The 2013 World Baseball Classic is going on right now on two different continents, but many North American sports fans aren’t really paying much attention to it. Why? Well, there are probably a number of good reasons. First, casual hardball fans probably aren’t ready for competitive baseball in March. We call ball players “the boys [...]
-
World Baseball Classic Brawl: Canada Throws Punches With Mexico (Video)
If you were under the impression that nobody cares about the World Baseball Classic, think again. While it is true that the casual American baseball fan might not care that much about the tournament (or even know that it exists), many of the players take it very, very seriously. And as evidence of this, we [...]
-
This Day In Sports History (March 3rd) – World Baseball Classic
It was on this day in 2006 that the inaugural World Baseball Classic held its first ever games. Two games were played on that day with South Korea beating Chinese Taipei 2-0 and Japan hammering China 18-2. Both games were played in the Tokyo Dome. The tournament featured teams from all over the world playing [...]
-
For One Day In His Life Lou Piniella Was A Pot Head
Total Pro Sports – So what if Geovany Soto smoked some weed before the World Baseball Classic. Lou Piniella doesn’t think it’s that big of a deal. Heck, he even smoked some dope one time as well, and look at him now. Piniella’s experience with smoking the chronic has helped him cope with Soto’s actions, [...]
-
Geovany Soto Got A Little High For The World Baseball Classic
Total Pro Sports – The World Baseball Classic is fashionably late on this one, but their drug testing results are in and Geovany Soto has tested positive for marijuana. Oddly enough, the Cubs catcher will be punished, even though we all know that playing while high only makes one’s accomplishments even more impressive. Soto represented [...]
-
Korea: Putting the “Class” into the World Baseball Classic
Total Pro Sports – On Tuesday at the World Baseball Classic, Korea beat Japan 4-1. Instead of being humble, the Koreans decided that it would be a good move to place their flag on the pitchers mound after the game was done.
-
Mexican Radar Gun Official Files Work Grievance
Total Pro Sports – The Mexican official who operates the radar gun at all WBC games is filing a work grievance. The official is reporting carpel tunnel syndrome symptoms from constantly having to raise the radar gun and push the button for every pitch. If you have watched any of the Group B action I [...]
-
Italy Gives Canada Aboot, eh
Total Pro Sports - In a World Baseball Classic that has seen numerous upsets, Monday night was no exception. Host nation Canada was utterly stunned by an Italian team that was playing inspired ball.
-
Ryu Helps Korea Defeat Chinese Taipei
Total Pro Sports – Japan: The second match of the WBC was dominated from the first inning by Korea over a Chinese Taipei team that just could not get anything going, registering only five hits and no runs over nine innings. Even though he was thought to be Japanese, Korean starting pitching and Street Fighter [...]
-
The World Baseball Classic Preview
Total Pro Sports – The 2009 World Baseball Classic is upon us. It comes at a good time in March, (before the madness) because god knows people only watch baseball when there is nothing else on. This event is designed to appeal to Baseball fans and develop the game in parts of the world where [...]
