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WBC Rd#2 IGT: Puerto Rico vs. Dominican Republic
| Willets Point Mar 12 2006 10:10 PM |
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That Day-O that's so annoying at Yankee Stadium actually seems to make sense with two Carribean national teams involved.
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| metirish Mar 12 2006 10:13 PM |
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Beltran is having a fine WBC, I wish the announcers would stop talking about how great this rivalry is, I mean they have talked about it all game, and Soriano is showing what a terrible glove he has.
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| Frayed Knot Mar 12 2006 10:18 PM |
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Beltran's stinging the ball, even his outs are mostly hard.
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| Willets Point Mar 12 2006 10:19 PM |
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Which rivalry - PR vs. DR? I have the game on my computer but I'm also trying to balance my checkbook so I'm not really paying attention to the announcers.
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| Willets Point Mar 12 2006 10:21 PM |
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You have to admit that the fans are really into this. It's pretty awesome to see.
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| metirish Mar 12 2006 10:21 PM |
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Yeah Willets the rivalry between these two, it's not that they just mentioned it twice or even ten times it's about four times an inning, still a good game and it beats watching spring training games, and kinda cool to hear Gary Thorne doing a game.
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| Willets Point Mar 12 2006 10:23 PM |
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Puerto Rico up 7-1 now. I'd say this is an upset. That is I'd expect if one team were to pound the other I'd wager on the Dominicans, but a close game would be more expected.
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| metirish Mar 12 2006 10:25 PM |
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Yeah, some terrible defence by DR.
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| metirish Mar 12 2006 10:29 PM |
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Damn that was a great throw by Ledee, probably not a great play by Alou but he got tagged.
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| Willets Point Mar 12 2006 10:29 PM |
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Bad base running too. Moises Alou out trying to stretch a single into a double.
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| vtmet Mar 12 2006 10:42 PM |
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Yet, many Mets fans would love to see Soriano playing 2nd for the Mets...he's no better defensively than Kaz... Beltran and Javy Lopez look pretty good...
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| metirish Mar 12 2006 10:50 PM |
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I used to be one of those Mets fans that wanted Soriano, but I have soured on him since he went to the Nats, terrible attitude which he probably always had.
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| Willets Point Mar 12 2006 10:58 PM |
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Looking at the rosters, Puerto Rico is the most Metly team in the WBC. So those of you who can't root for the USA because of Yankees-Clemens-Larry cooties might want to adopt Puerto Rico as your team.
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| Willets Point Mar 12 2006 11:14 PM |
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Puerto Rico 7-1 is the final. Metirish is right on the nose about how irritating it is when the announcers go on about the rivalry. Wish he had not brought my attention to it.
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| metirish Mar 12 2006 11:16 PM |
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Well sorry, I have a thing for announcers though, watching Mexico V Korea now and my least favourite announcer is on, Rick fucking Sutcliffe...Rick just annoys me like no other announcer that I hear on a regular basis.
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| Edgy DC Mar 13 2006 12:19 AM |
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Too much rides on one game in these things, huh?
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| Willets Point Mar 13 2006 12:24 AM |
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Eh, such is life. And the Dominican Republic can win the next two games and advance and Puerto Rico could lose two and go (stay) home.
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| Yancy Street Gang Mar 13 2006 09:12 AM |
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I've hitched my wagon to Puerto Rico. The Metliness is part of it, but it's mostly because I'm inclined to want one of the Caribbean/Latin American teams to win, and because I've been to Puerto Rico (and liked it) but not to any of the other places.
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| Frayed Knot Mar 13 2006 09:24 AM |
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As it does - as it has to - in any shortened tournament. That's like saying that "too much" rides on one game in the upcoming Hoops tourney?
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| Yancy Street Gang Mar 13 2006 09:33 AM |
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I don't have a problem with the "too much." If anything, my beef would be with the tie-breakers. The first tie-breaker, the head-to-head, makes complete sense. But when you get into number of runs scored, it can change the way you play the game. We've never seen a game where a team needs to score six runs, for example, even when they're shutting out the other team. And with earned runs in the mix, a decision by an official scorer can actually end up determining which team advances and which gets left behind.
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| Willets Point Mar 13 2006 10:42 AM |
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Goal differential seems to work well in World Cup soccer, I don't see why run differential wouldn't work for the WBC.
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| Rotblatt Mar 13 2006 11:36 AM |
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That's essentially what they're doing with the RA--the bizarre part is that they don't take into account performance against non-tied teams.
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| Yancy Street Gang Mar 13 2006 11:39 AM |
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Well, in soccer you're always playing for one goal at a time. But in baseball there are times when you go for a big inning, and some times when you try to scratch for the one run that you need. These rules can cause you to go for big runs when you really only need one. It can add an artificial dimension to the game.
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| Frayed Knot Mar 13 2006 01:43 PM |
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I suspect it's because differential can be affected by running up the score against weak teams. 'RA' isn't.
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| MFS62 Mar 13 2006 09:34 PM |
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Endy Chavez just hit his second two-run homer in two days.
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| Rotblatt Mar 13 2006 10:31 PM |
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Fonzie's been en fuego in the WBC.
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| Frayed Knot Mar 13 2006 11:02 PM |
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Victor Martinez goes Grand Salami on PR's ass to make it 6-0 for Venezuela in the 8th. And steady Jorge Julio's in for Venz so this one's locked up.
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| Nymr83 Mar 13 2006 11:06 PM |
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nice to have venezuela or dominican republic out of the finals if you're usa/japan/korea. i'm rooting for cuba to make it past puerto rico (even though i like pr) because want them eliminated by the americans.
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