He’s kind of slow
He’s the winning run and not fleet of foot.
What a great moment for him. It got dusty in here.村神様, I worship at your altar.
Man. What a game. Holy shit.
View: https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/1638010496371523584?s=46&t=4A_L8qoKOnofphlcF4_qlQ村神様, I worship at your altar.
Man. What a game. Holy shit.
OOTP Baseball 24 drops tomorrow, too. What a day.I am soooo glad I have nothing else to do tomorrow except watch baseball. I love baseball so much.
Most likely was his height. Than again Mookie and Dustin won MVPs at that height.The more I see of Yoshida, the more I'm puzzled about the apparent lack of interest in him as a FA. I don't understand why I heard so much about Seiya Suzuki and so little (nothing at all!) about Yoshida before the Sox signed him.
Too bad he's already signed.... oh wait!This tournament has done wonders for Yoshida. Like when a college hoops player blows up before the draft in the NCAA tournament.
He said in his interview that he could pitch tomorrow.Ohtani isn’t allowed to pitch any more in this tournament, right?
Oh wow. Imagine Ohtani pitching against Trout. Now that would be fun.He said in his interview that he could pitch tomorrow.
Mexico manager Benji Gil: “Japan advances, but the world of baseball won tonight.”
Again, he could be posted anytime. While he may wait to make the move for money reasons, if he wants to go earlier and the team lets him, there's no rule against it.Murakami can be posted after 2025. Sasaki looks like a future Cy Young winner. Get it done, Theo.
I’m going to be interested in seeing if playing on a bigger world stage against MLB players is going to entice more Japanese stars to come sooner. Obviously, the financial incentive is significant. It’s tough because I don’t want NPB gutted of its top stars but I also like watching them against the elite world players.Again, he could be posted anytime. While he may wait to make the move for money reasons, if he wants to go earlier and the team lets him, there's no rule against it.
His marginal utility of making an extra $60-100k is functionally equal to zero. And that's a job that involves, like, real work. His alternative is "hanging out and being Pedro Martinez", which occasionally involves working a little bit with the Red Sox pitchers, giving some tips, getting a lot of thank-yous, and then going back to enjoying being Pedro.Why isn’t Pedro the Sox pitching coach? He has amazing insight on pitchers.
Interesting. Will wait for the Tokyo Sox scouting report but wonder if Yu has a minor injury or something. I remember reading that the Padres are kind of concerned about his participation in the WBC.
I'm the same. It would/will suck not seeing Murakami at Jingu in person ~20 times a year and on my TV another 100 or so but if he and guys like him want to make the move, I get it and will be rooting for them to succeed at the highest level. Murakami, Sasaki, Yamamoto -- these guys have nothing left to prove here. I'll be rooting for them anywhere but the Yankees.I’m going to be interested in seeing if playing on a bigger world stage against MLB players is going to entice more Japanese stars to come sooner. Obviously, the financial incentive is significant. It’s tough because I don’t want NPB gutted of its top stars but I also like watching them against the elite world players.
I don't think Darvish is hurt at all, but he hasn't been particularly effective thus far in the tournament, and MLB hitters will have as much scouting on him as on anyone. That said I think we probably still see him -- I can't see anyone going more than 2-3 IP against this USA lineup.Interesting. Will wait for the Tokyo Sox scouting report but wonder if Yu has a minor injury or something. I remember reading that the Padres are kind of concerned about his participation in the WBC.
I actually prefer Imanaga over Darvish at this point in time. It isn’t ideal that he has to face a US lineup stacked with right-handed hitters but Imanaga has done very well against righties during his career. Last year righties hit just .186 against him and struck out 29.1%.
On the surface, he doesn’t have wicked stuff but he can run the fastball up to 96 and it plays up very well. He also has very good secondaries, especially the slider. But perhaps most importantly, MLB hitters are not familiar with him.
Ohtani is a big dude.Baseball is so lucky to have Ohtani
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Given the context, and with all those folks in the picture, that may be one of the best HR vids I've ever seen.Just an awesome angle on the Yoshida HR
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You know what, here's a better reply to you, because Pedro is worth it. The article it links to has a broken link, but the updated link is here.Why isn’t Pedro the Sox pitching coach? He has amazing insight on pitchers.
The smartest thing they did this year was putting the Latin American group in prime time. Their players and fans were going crazy from the start of the game to the end. It was impossible for anyone watching not to get sucked in. Flipping over to the 10pm Team USA game after those was like taking a sleeping pill.Posts on SoSH about the World Baseball Classic:
2017: 431
2023: 946 and counting
(I can't find 2013 or 2009 threads about the WBC, nevermind 2006, so I assume they've been lost to the all-consuming XenForo monster unless @SumnerH has some tricks up his sleeve somehow, like there are archives I can't see or something)