Comments on: No one went to the Cuba-China WBC game in Japan http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/no-one-went-to-the-cuba-china-wbc-game-in-japan/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Sun, 19 May 2013 12:07:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: cktai http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/no-one-went-to-the-cuba-china-wbc-game-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-451201 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 06:16:46 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301266#comment-451201 Cordemans is out after reaching the pitch limit (boo), 5 scoreless innings with only two hits against.

He is replaced by another Dutch league legend, David Bergman: the current Holland Series MVP and former pitcher of the year.

]]> By: mazblast http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/no-one-went-to-the-cuba-china-wbc-game-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-451189 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 05:19:31 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301266#comment-451189 There were far more people at the AFL game I attended at Phoenix Municipal last November, and hundreds of times more at the AFL All-Star Game at Salt River.

]]> By: cktai http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/no-one-went-to-the-cuba-china-wbc-game-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-451188 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 05:18:51 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301266#comment-451188 Home-run by Jonathon Schoop :D 4-0 for the Netherlands

]]> By: cktai http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/no-one-went-to-the-cuba-china-wbc-game-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-451176 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 04:50:47 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301266#comment-451176 Dutch starting pitcher is the legendary Rob Cordemans: Holland Series MVP, Overall MVP and 7 time pitcher of the year.

]]> By: cktai http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/no-one-went-to-the-cuba-china-wbc-game-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-451175 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 04:40:57 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301266#comment-451175 Australian starting pitcher was the former MVP of the Holland series. Interesting. Although none of the Dutch batting line-up has played in the Dutch league. Maybe if Duursma or Van Driel come in.

]]> By: cktai http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/no-one-went-to-the-cuba-china-wbc-game-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-451174 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 04:38:21 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301266#comment-451174 For what it’s worth, I woke up at 5:30 in the morning to watch Australia vs Netherlands.

]]> By: rcali http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/no-one-went-to-the-cuba-china-wbc-game-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-451163 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 03:00:12 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301266#comment-451163 I forgot, what’s the purpose of this tournament again?

]]> By: doclolly http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/no-one-went-to-the-cuba-china-wbc-game-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-451148 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 01:50:16 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301266#comment-451148 are you sure this wasnt citi field

]]> By: slavetothetrafficlight http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/no-one-went-to-the-cuba-china-wbc-game-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-451066 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:38:45 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301266#comment-451066 No, that’s Olympic Stadium 1995-2004. The Trop ain’t that bad…yet

]]> By: historiophiliac http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/no-one-went-to-the-cuba-china-wbc-game-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-451011 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:29:09 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301266#comment-451011 Wow, your fan club is out today. I guess I won’t be arguing with you anymore today. Geez.

]]> By: kw27p http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/no-one-went-to-the-cuba-china-wbc-game-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-450946 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:06:10 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301266#comment-450946 WBC= wicked boring crap

]]> By: Gamera the Brave http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/no-one-went-to-the-cuba-china-wbc-game-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-450913 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:29:43 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301266#comment-450913 Been to France and Germany.
Frankly, I have thought about them enough…

]]> By: Gamera the Brave http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/no-one-went-to-the-cuba-china-wbc-game-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-450910 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:27:33 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301266#comment-450910 http://markosun.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/cats-bill-the-cat.jpg?w=215
That dude knows how to say “ppptttptptptttptptp!”

]]> By: blacksables http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/no-one-went-to-the-cuba-china-wbc-game-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-450904 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:23:45 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301266#comment-450904 I’m sure there were thousands of Japanese just dying for the chance to go root for the Chinese. Gee, can’t imagine what might have kept them away?

]]> By: nothanksimdriving123 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/no-one-went-to-the-cuba-china-wbc-game-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-450903 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:21:55 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301266#comment-450903 Seems I’m not the only fan boycotting the WBC until Iceland is allowed to have David Ortiz play for their team!

]]> By: historiophiliac http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/no-one-went-to-the-cuba-china-wbc-game-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-450902 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:18:37 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301266#comment-450902 Oh, I don’t think we should let these things go.

]]> By: historiophiliac http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/no-one-went-to-the-cuba-china-wbc-game-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-450899 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:17:12 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301266#comment-450899 Say it, don’t spray it, dude.

]]> By: stlouis1baseball http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/no-one-went-to-the-cuba-china-wbc-game-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-450877 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:36:49 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301266#comment-450877 Right…which means I am not to far off in my post. Correct?
Specifically, they have been “mixing it up” for centuries. Or no?

]]> By: Old Gator http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/no-one-went-to-the-cuba-china-wbc-game-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-450869 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:24:42 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301266#comment-450869 Ackcherley, they’ve been mixing it up, militarily or verbally, since 1894 (from a modern standpoint). But the history of Japanese and Chinese collisions, mostly in or over Korea, go back for centuries.

Think of France and Germany.

]]> By: Bob Timmermann http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/no-one-went-to-the-cuba-china-wbc-game-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-450848 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:42:09 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301266#comment-450848 The WBC games in Japan that haven’t involved in Japan have always drawn poorly. The tickets are not inexpensive either.

Also, the games without Japan are scheduled for afternoon starts, which aren’t particularly popular in Japan.

Of the six games scheduled for Phoenix, two were moved over to a smaller facility: Italy vs Mexico and Italy vs Canada.

]]> By: indaburg http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/no-one-went-to-the-cuba-china-wbc-game-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-450845 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:34:53 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301266#comment-450845 That picture is what we call Tuesday at the Trop.

]]> By: danglickman http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/no-one-went-to-the-cuba-china-wbc-game-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-450838 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:28:43 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301266#comment-450838 Tell that to the fans that pack the stadiums when Japan plays. Actually, don’t- you might not get out alive.

]]> By: churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/no-one-went-to-the-cuba-china-wbc-game-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-450831 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:12:43 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301266#comment-450831 https://twitter.com/BenBadler/status/308478234243239936

]]> By: paperlions http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/no-one-went-to-the-cuba-china-wbc-game-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-450829 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:04:40 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301266#comment-450829 Yeah, that’s probably true. It is easy to tell someone else to just let that shit go (or to think that they have)….much harder to do it.

]]> By: paperlions http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/no-one-went-to-the-cuba-china-wbc-game-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-450828 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:02:48 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301266#comment-450828 ppptttptptptttptptp!

]]> By: 12strikes http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/no-one-went-to-the-cuba-china-wbc-game-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-450825 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:52:45 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301266#comment-450825 What are you talking about… the place was packed. Lennay Kekua and her family purchased all the seats.

]]> By: Francisco (FC) http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/no-one-went-to-the-cuba-china-wbc-game-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-450824 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:52:17 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301266#comment-450824

In his game recap Badler writes that “in reality, there appeared to be about 86 fans in the stadium … creating the feeling of an Arizona Fall League game in a dome.”

Or the soon-to-be feeling of 2013 Regular Season Miami Marlins games.

]]> By: historiophiliac http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/no-one-went-to-the-cuba-china-wbc-game-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-450823 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:51:44 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301266#comment-450823 paper, you are thinking like a Stater. We are a young country and don’t remember things past last year. Not everyone works that way. F- Oliver Cromwell!!!!!

]]> By: glennsyank13 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/no-one-went-to-the-cuba-china-wbc-game-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-450820 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:41:24 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301266#comment-450820 Please get rid of the WBC.

]]> By: historiophiliac http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/no-one-went-to-the-cuba-china-wbc-game-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-450818 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:41:02 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301266#comment-450818 So you concede that you are not a real baseball fan?

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