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Reds Fanatic
03-13-2006, 10:49 PM
No live tv on the game tonight. Korea so far is leading the US 2-0 mid 2nd.

Reds Fanatic
03-13-2006, 10:51 PM
2nd straight bad start for Dontrelle Willis for the US team in just over an inning he has already given up 3 hits and 3 walks.

Big Klu
03-13-2006, 10:55 PM
I have it on TV. (The local Christian TV station is picking up the feed.) Willis is struggling again. On an unrelated note, LF Matt Holliday is a stiff, and has no business being on the team, let alone in the starting lineup!

KronoRed
03-13-2006, 10:56 PM
2nd straight bad start for Dontrelle Willis for the US team in just over an inning he has already given up 3 hits and 3 walks.
That's what he gets for being my 2nd round pick in fantasy ball ;)

Big Klu
03-13-2006, 11:00 PM
Starting lineup for USA:

Vernon Wells RF
Derek Jeter SS
Ken Griffey Jr CF
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Chipper Jones DH
Jason Varitek C
Mark Texeira 1B
Matt Holliday LF
Chase Utley 2B

Dontrelle Willis P


Don't ask me about the the Korean lineup--but they have four starters named Lee.

Big Klu
03-13-2006, 11:01 PM
Ken Griffey Jr. homers!! Now 2-1 Korea!

Reds Fanatic
03-13-2006, 11:02 PM
Junior homers!! 2-1 Korea top 3rd

Big Klu
03-13-2006, 11:04 PM
ARod K's. Middle of the 3rd: 2-1 Korea

Big Klu
03-13-2006, 11:10 PM
Bottom of 3rd:

S. Lee walks
T. Kim HBP

Big Klu
03-13-2006, 11:11 PM
SAC bunt

Big Klu
03-13-2006, 11:12 PM
ground out to ARod, runner at 3rd scores: 3-1 Korea

Big Klu
03-13-2006, 11:13 PM
single to RF, runner advances to 3rd

Big Klu
03-13-2006, 11:14 PM
pop-up to 2nd, Utley has it, 3 outs

End of 3:
USA 1
Korea 3

pahster
03-13-2006, 11:14 PM
Willis is pitching like crap.

Big Klu
03-13-2006, 11:18 PM
B.D. Jun now pitching for Korea.

Chipper walks to lead off the top of the 4th

Big Klu
03-13-2006, 11:21 PM
Varitek K's looking. (looked low)

Check that...only two strikes.

Varitek walks.

Big Klu
03-13-2006, 11:26 PM
Teixeira K's looking

Big Klu
03-13-2006, 11:27 PM
Korea pitching change--B.K. Kim in to face Matt Holliday (ugh)....

Big Klu
03-13-2006, 11:32 PM
"Stiff" Holliday (ugh) strikes out.

Gainesville Red
03-13-2006, 11:32 PM
That's probably pretty embarrasing. For those w/o TV, he flailed for an outside pitch, missed badly, and flug his bat 3/4th of the way to second base.

Big Klu
03-13-2006, 11:34 PM
Infield single by Utley...bases loaded for Vernon Wells.

Cyclone792
03-13-2006, 11:35 PM
sportscenter live look-in on ESPN right now for the Wells PA

Cyclone792
03-13-2006, 11:36 PM
Vernon Wells had an absolutely horrible plate appearance ... struck out on a garbage pitch up and away.

Big Klu
03-13-2006, 11:37 PM
Wells K's on a pitch outside

Middle of the 4th:
USA 1
Korea 3

USA has 6 LOB in 4 innings.

Big Klu
03-13-2006, 11:39 PM
Dan Wheeler now pitching for the USA

Gainesville Red
03-13-2006, 11:40 PM
I really think it's a damn shame that this game isn't on ESPN for everyone to watch.

Big Klu
03-13-2006, 11:41 PM
They just said on the telecast that five players on the Korean team played high-school ball together.

B.H. Lee K's.

Big Klu
03-13-2006, 11:43 PM
J.B. Lee lines one right back to the box. Great play by Wheeler to snag the liner! Two outs.

Big Klu
03-13-2006, 11:43 PM
M.J. Kim hits ground-rule double to left-center.
S.Y. Lee (who homered earlier) intentionally walked.

Big Klu
03-13-2006, 11:45 PM
T.K. Kim being lifted for a pinch-hitter, Hee Seop Choi

Big Klu
03-13-2006, 11:47 PM
Three-run PH HR for Choi.

6-1 Korea.

Gainesville Red
03-13-2006, 11:48 PM
Looks like they need to find Jr. 5 more AB's.

Big Klu
03-13-2006, 11:49 PM
Lee grounds out to 3rd.

End of 4th:
USA 1
Korea 6

Big Klu
03-13-2006, 11:52 PM
Some good news: Rick Sutcliffe is absent from the broadcast booth tonight.

Big Klu
03-13-2006, 11:53 PM
Jeter walks to lead off the inning.

Big Klu
03-13-2006, 11:54 PM
Junior singles to RF, Jeter to 2nd.

Gainesville Red
03-13-2006, 11:55 PM
Can't remember the last time Jr. was this hot.

Big Klu
03-13-2006, 11:57 PM
ARod K's

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 12:00 AM
Korea pitching change: D.S. Koo in to pitch.

WMR
03-14-2006, 12:01 AM
Will this game be shown on a delay later?

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 12:02 AM
Chipper hits into a 6-4-3 DP.

Middle of the 5th:
USA 1
Korea 6

USA: 7 LOB in 5 innings

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 12:02 AM
Will this game be shown on a delay later?

I think so.

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 12:05 AM
B.H. Lee K's.

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 12:07 AM
Lee K's

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 12:09 AM
J.M. Park K's looking.

End of 5th:
USA 1
Korea 6

WMR
03-14-2006, 12:09 AM
It'll be on @ 2 a.m. on ESPN 2

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 12:12 AM
Who is your avatar?!


Varitek grounds out to 1B.

WMR
03-14-2006, 12:14 AM
A Ronaldo (Brazil/soccer) fan

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 12:14 AM
Teixeira grounds to the pitcher--two out.

WMR
03-14-2006, 12:14 AM
A HOT Ronaldo (Brazil/soccer) fan

Edit.

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 12:15 AM
A Ronaldo (Brazil/soccer) fan

My eyes aren't too good, but I thought it was Mariah Carey.

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 12:15 AM
Matt Holliday (ugh) grounds to 3rd...inning over.

Middle of 6th:
USA 1
Korea 6

WMR
03-14-2006, 12:16 AM
My eyes aren't too good, but I thought it was Mariah Carey.

Could be! The avatar isn't definitive... I'll have to do some side-by-side rump comparisons. lmao

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 12:18 AM
Mike Timlin pitching for the Stars and Stripes.

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 12:20 AM
B.K. Lee walks.

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 12:23 AM
J.B. Lee grounds to 2nd, Utley stumbles, ruled a hit, B.K. Lee to 3rd on E4

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 12:26 AM
M.J. Kim singles up the middle...B.K. Lee scores, J.B. Lee to 2nd

7-1 Korea

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 12:27 AM
S.Y. Lee flies out to Wells in RF, J.B. Lee tags up and goes to 3rd.

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 12:28 AM
Choi pops up in foul territory--Utley drops the ball for an error.

Gainesville Red
03-14-2006, 12:29 AM
Rough inning for Utley.

Elam
03-14-2006, 12:30 AM
Thanks for the play by play Big Klu.

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 12:30 AM
Choi K's.

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 12:32 AM
No problem, RedsIn07.

J.Y. Lee pinch-hitting for Song.


Geez, how many Lee's do they have?!

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 12:34 AM
J.Y. Lee K's looking.

End of 6th:
USA 1
Korea 7

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 12:37 AM
Utley grounds to SS--1 out.

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 12:39 AM
Wells flies out to RF--2 outs.

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 12:40 AM
Jeter lines a single up the middle.

Gainesville Red
03-14-2006, 12:43 AM
I'm really suprised at how much support Korea's getting from the crowd. Kind of sad.

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 12:44 AM
There are a lot of Koreans in Los Angeles.

Junior walks.

Gainesville Red
03-14-2006, 12:45 AM
There are a lot of Koreans in Los Angeles.

Junior walks.


I've never been. Learn something new every day.

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 12:48 AM
I've never been. Learn something new every day.

LA is a very cosmopolitan city, with substantial foreign populations--especially Mexican (obviously), and Asian (Korean, Chinese/Taiwanese, Japanese, and Vietnamese).

ARod pops up to end the inning.

Middle of the 7th:
USA 1
Korea 7

USA: 9 LOB in 7 innings


US pitching change: Huston Street

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 12:49 AM
Jong grounds to ARod at 3rd--1 out.

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 12:53 AM
K.Y. Jin lines off Street, caroms to Jeter, who throws it in the dirt for an error.

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 12:54 AM
J.M. Park K's.

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 12:55 AM
B.K. Lee grounds to Utley at second for the final out.


End of 7th:
USA 1
Korea 7

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 12:59 AM
Chipper flares a broken-bat single into RF.

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 01:00 AM
Varitek flies out to RF.

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 01:03 AM
Korea pitching change: T.H. "Tommy" Chong in to pitch.

On a related note, Jung Bong is warming up in the bullpen.

Why is it not surprising that if Chong is around, then a Bong cannot be far away? :D

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 01:07 AM
Teixeira K's.

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 01:07 AM
Randy Winn pinch-hitting for Matt Holliday (ugh).

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 01:09 AM
Winn flies to RF, 3 outs.

Middle of the 8th:
USA 1
Korea 7

USA: 10 LOB in 8 innings.

Gainesville Red
03-14-2006, 01:10 AM
Wish they could have talked someone better than Winn or Holliday into playing.

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 01:12 AM
Winn stays in the game in LF.

Gary Majewski in to pitch for USA.

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 01:13 AM
Wish they could have talked someone better than Winn or Holliday into playing.

Yeah...especially Holliday. He's horrible!

J.B. Lee grounds to Utley at 2nd.

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 01:14 AM
M.J. Kim lines a single to LF.

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 01:16 AM
S.Y. Lee singles to RF, Kim to 2nd.

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 01:19 AM
Choi is retired. (sorry)

Lee flies out to Junior in CF, who runs in and tags 2nd for an unassisted DP. (The runner forgot how many outs there were.)

"8-U DP"

End of 8th:
USA 1
Korea 7

Gainesville Red
03-14-2006, 01:20 AM
Maybe Berkman, is he hurt? Burrell? I don't even know who I'd want, but you're right. Holliday? When the commitee called him he probably thought it was his teammates playing a prank on him.

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 01:22 AM
Utley singles to CF.

Wells forces Utley at 2nd, 1 out.

Elam
03-14-2006, 01:25 AM
Choi is retired. (sorry)

Lee flies out to Junior in CF, who runs in and tags 2nd for an unassisted DP. (The runner forgot how many outs there were.)

"8-U DP"

End of 8th:
USA 1
Korea 7
You don't see that everyday.

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 01:25 AM
Maybe Berkman, is he hurt? Burrell? I don't even know who I'd want, but you're right. Holliday? When the commitee called him he probably thought it was his teammates playing a prank on him.

Or maybe...Dunn, Biggio, Sheffield, Edmonds, Podsednik, Shawn Green, Crisp, Sizemore, even Milton Bradley, or maybe play Jeff Francoeur over Holliday, since he's already on the roster!

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 01:26 AM
Jeter singles to RF.

Man, it's hard not to like Jeter as a player once you start watching him every day.

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 01:29 AM
Junior bloops a single into CF! Wells scores, Jeter to 3rd.

USA trails 7-2.

Gainesville Red
03-14-2006, 01:31 AM
Man, how cool for for Trey Griffey to get to hang out there. I love the shots of him getting all excited in the dugout. And me, stuck here in Gainesville w/ an accountant father. I'm going to call him and tell him he's a disappointment to me.

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 01:32 AM
ARod grounds to 1B, Jeter scores, Griffey to 2nd

USA trails 7-3.

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 01:34 AM
Korea pitching change: S.H. Oh

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 01:38 AM
Chipper grounds to 2nd. Game over.

Korea 7, USA 3.

Nugget
03-14-2006, 01:40 AM
Choi is retired. (sorry)

Lee flies out to Junior in CF, who runs in and tags 2nd for an unassisted DP. (The runner forgot how many outs there were.)

"8-U DP"

End of 8th:
USA 1
Korea 7

Either the runner is really slow or that's Trey Griffey out there because his ZR doesn't support that play.

And Junior with 2 RBI's

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 01:43 AM
Random thoughts:

If Buck Martinez deserved the credit for playing a "Jedi mind trick" on Bob Davidson yesterday, then he deserves blame for tonight's loss by playing the JVs. Buck, here's some advice--Michael Young should play! Derrick Lee should play! Matt Holliday should never sniff the field!

Secondly, 11 LOB just won't cut it.

Thirdly, The Reds really need to take a look at some of these Korean pitchers.

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 01:46 AM
Either the runner is really slow or that's Trey Griffey out there because his ZR doesn't support that play.

And Junior with 2 RBI's

There were runners on 1st and 2nd with one out. the batter hit a sinking fly ball that Griffey caught on the run. The runner at 2nd broke on contact (mistakenly thinking that there were two outs), and Griffey just jogged in and tagged 2nd on his way to the dugout to complete the DP. The runner was halfway between 3rd and home.

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 01:50 AM
Good night, everyone. Gotta go to work in the morning!

Gainesville Red
03-14-2006, 01:51 AM
Those Krazy Koreans can play. In fact everyone can play. I had illusions of the Dream Team, that would usher in a new renisance of baseball in the United States. I knew the Dominicans were stacked, and Venezuela was going to be good, as well as Japan. Other than those teams, I thought the talent was going to be so far apart that it'd be like watching the Globe-trotters. How'd it turn out? So not only is the U.S. not blowing anyone out, they aren't always winning, and it's not even on ESPN. I'm suprised freakin Knight School, or Playmakers or the or whatever it was called wasn't on instead.

Cyclone792
03-14-2006, 01:53 AM
Maybe Berkman, is he hurt? Burrell? I don't even know who I'd want, but you're right. Holliday? When the commitee called him he probably thought it was his teammates playing a prank on him.

The pitching staff is where we're really lacking our star power. Imagine if you added guys such as Prior, Harden, Beckett, Schilling, Johnson, Maddux, Pettitte, Oswalt, Smoltz, Zito, Hudson, Mulder, etc.

Guys like Holliday, Vernon Wells and Randy Winn aren't stars, but they're above average hitters. If they went over to Japan or Korea and played full seasons, they'd likely be one of the best hitters in their leagues. No idea who got invites, who declined or what ... but Dunn, Berkman, Sheffield, Jim Edmonds and Brian Giles are all guys who would add more significant offense presence.

I think the main reason our guys aren't playing well is simply because they're not in regular season form yet. For some of guys, spring training is all about getting back into regular season form, and they're always used to taking all of those six weeks of spring training to get into regular season form. It just takes some time to get back into the routine. Barry Larkin was the epitome of it; he was a pretty lousy hitter in the month of April during his whole career. Once May arrived, Barry took off. He was like clockwork. I think this is largely why people favored some of the latin teams to win it all; a lot of the latin MLB superstars played Caribbean Winter Ball and are in regular season shape.

I think they mentioned during the Japan game that the Japanese spring training starts about a month earlier than our spring training over here, and that's huge. It's also been mentioned quite a bit that Griffey really worked hard during the offseason, so it's likely that he's probably pretty close or at regular season form, and he's been crushing these guys.

If the WBC was played in June or July and more of MLB's stars played, there would be more blowouts and they'd most undoubtedly be in favor of the countries with a significant MLB representation. Of course, there's always going to be games where lesser competition wins. Even a replacement level team in MLB would probably win 40 games per season, and I'd have to think a team of Japanese or Korean all-stars is at least somewhat better than an MLB replacement level team.

Gainesville Red
03-14-2006, 01:54 AM
Random thoughts:

Thirdly, The Reds really need to take a look at some of these Korean pitchers.

Seriously, send someone w/ a check book and a contract. Or at least find out who their pitching coach is.
I mean they've got Bong and B.K. Kim throwing like Korean Kofaxes.
The announcers said during the 8th that the Koreans have a 1.15 era thus far.

jmcclain19
03-14-2006, 01:55 AM
Tonight's coverage on XM between Charlier Steiner and Kevin Kennedy has made me want to stick a fork in my ear to make the pain stop.

XM's in game, in house analysts for the WBC - Kevin Kennedy and Mike Schmidt - have really been quite awful.

Schmidt's soliloquys start "In my book...." while Kennedy's "Back when I was a manager..."

When Barry Bonds and Bud Selig were in the booth earlier in the WBC, you could practically hear the smacking sound of lips on butt cheeks in the studio coming out of Schmidt. It was embarrassing.

Kennedy was using the opportunity of the US losing tonight to rail continuously on the arrogant American atheletes all night - talking about how when he becomes manager again his team will take grounders every day and they will play pepper. Saying that the American baseball players are too good to take grounders after watching the Korean team do it today before batting practice.

At one point KK correctly guessed what the Korean manager would do in that situation and rewarded himself by stating, quite frankly, that he still knew that was going to happen and that he "still has the manager frame of mind".

Kennedy was also way behind the action, offering little more than bland cliche'd old baseball stories from his past that had little to do with what was happening on the field.

I know this is XM's first time not using established, team controlled announcers for baseball coverage, but if the station really plans on being a baseball clearinghouse then their announcers better have more credibility than simply being a morning show host on their network or being a well known name in the game.

Big Klu
03-14-2006, 01:57 AM
The pitching staff is where we're really lacking our star power. Imagine if you added guys such as Prior, Harden, Beckett, Schilling, Johnson, Maddux, Pettitte, Oswalt, Smoltz, Zito, Hudson, Mulder, etc.

Guys like Holliday, Vernon Wells and Randy Winn aren't stars, but they're above average hitters. If they went over to Japan or Korea and played full seasons, they'd likely be one of the best hitters in their leagues. No idea who got invites, who declined or what ... but Dunn, Berkman, Sheffield, Jim Edmonds and Brian Giles are all guys who would add more significant offense presence.

I think the main reason our guys aren't playing well is simply because they're not in regular season form yet. For some of guys, spring training is all about getting back into regular season form, and they're always used to taking all of those six weeks of spring training to get into regular season form. It just takes some time to get back into the routine. Barry Larkin was the epitome of it; he was a pretty lousy hitter in the month of April during his whole career. Once May arrived, Barry took off. He was like clockwork.

I think they mentioned during the Japan game that the Japanese spring training starts about a month earlier than our spring training over here, and that's huge. It's also been mentioned quite a bit that Griffey really worked hard during the offseason, so it's likely that he's probably pretty close or at regular season form, and he's been crushing these guys.

I've been thinking about Oswalt, Schilling, Johnson, Smoltz, Pettitte, and Maddux the last few days, myself! If the USA is going to participate in this (and I think it's a great idea!), then we have to find a way to get the top talent to want to play in it! Junior, Jeter, ARod, Chipper, D.Lee, Young, Lidge, and the Rocket are a good start, but we need more!

And once again, I have to say that it's awfully hard not to like Derek Jeter once you start watching him play every day.


Ok, now I'm going to bed!

Gainesville Red
03-14-2006, 02:01 AM
You've gotta think that the Rocket pitches on Thurs. He was lights out the other day.

By the way, game's being replayed on ESPN2 right now if anyone wants to watch and has my type of hours.

Cyclone792
03-14-2006, 02:16 AM
I've been thinking about Oswalt, Schilling, Johnson, Smoltz, Pettitte, and Maddux the last few days, myself! If the USA is going to participate in this (and I think it's a great idea!), then we have to find a way to get the top talent to want to play in it! Junior, Jeter, ARod, Chipper, D.Lee, Young, Lidge, and the Rocket are a good start, but we need more!

And once again, I have to say that it's awfully hard not to like Derek Jeter once you start watching him play every day.


Ok, now I'm going to bed!

Yep, you've gotta get them to want to play in it and you've gotta get them to commit to getting themselves into regular season shape to play in it. I'm watching the tape delay on the deuce right now, and Dontrelle just doesn't have any control out there. He's either leaving balls right in the middle of the zone that any hitter can crush, or he's missing badly (and just hit a batter in the third as I type this). Dontrelle's a great kid and he seems to be pouring his heart into it with his enthusiasm, but he's just a different pitcher right now than the one he'll be in one to two months.

For some MLB guys, the WBC may not ever be anything more than fun exhibition games, and it's even prevalent in the rules with the pitch counts and whatnot. I have no doubt in my mind that Clemens will take the mound Thursday as if he's pitching a Game 7 WS game, but even if he's dominating, the pitch count restrictions will push him out far earlier than he'd ever want to come out.

OnBaseMachine
03-14-2006, 07:25 AM
The pitching staff is where we're really lacking our star power. Imagine if you added guys such as Prior, Harden, Beckett, Schilling, Johnson, Maddux, Pettitte, Oswalt, Smoltz, Zito, Hudson, Mulder, etc.

No big deal or anything but I believe Rich Harden is Canadien.

WMR
03-14-2006, 04:56 PM
The pitching has been suspect, but Buck should be ashamed of his line-up construction and utilization of talent throughout the WBC.