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by **Ender** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:04 pm

Jeter is clutch as usual.

To answer the various why this and that questions earlier, the USA treats this as spring training from the playing time side of things, other teams treat it as the world series. People will call it a cop out or whatever but if you have paying any attention to this thing you know it is true or are deluding yourself.

I am having a ton of fun watching it but at the end of the day it is still an exhibition for major league players and that is why teams like the USA, DR and Ven are at a disadvantage.

by **AussieDodger** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:04 pm

Ha! Jeter pwned. ;-D

by **Ender** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:11 pm

It was so refreshing watching these games on the MLB network. The ESPN guys are complete boobs.

by **The_Show** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:13 pm

Watching Adam Dunn watch that ball go by him pretty much says it all right now. He probably couldn't do much even if he got to it, but it just seemed like he gave up on it. It's game over, I think they just lost all their morale.

by **AussieDodger** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:14 pm

Ender wrote:It was so refreshing watching these games on the MLB network. The ESPN guys are complete boobs.

Yeah I'm watching it on ESPN :-C

Poor Jon Miller.

by **Ender** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:16 pm

The_Show wrote:Watching Adam Dunn watch that ball go by him pretty much says it all right now. He probably couldn't do much even if he got to it, but it just seemed like he gave up on it. It's game over, I think they just lost all their morale.

He took a bad angle on the ball and wasn't going to get to it, he didn't give up on it. Dunn is stretched as a LF or a 1B, he is completely lost in RF.

The fact that Darvish is pitching the 9th really makes the point. The USA leaves Oswalt in to get his work in while he is getting pounded and Japan uses its finale game SP in the 9th with a 5 run lead just to be 100% sure they win.

by **Yanks_Baby** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:19 pm

AussieDodger wrote:Go Japan! Wooo

COMMIE!!!!

Where's McCarthy when you need him. :-x

by **AussieDodger** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:28 pm

Yeah!
Asia FTW. ;-D

I hope South Korea win the whole thing, you can't really cheer against a team that a has a player called Bum Ho on it.

I love how they showed Douche Jeter every 5 seconds as they were losing }:-)

by **Ender** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:28 pm

I didn't realize when the Japanese baseball season was, they play from April to October as well. Their season is a bit shorter and they use 6 man rotations so their pitching doesn't get nearly as worn out over a full season but the perceived advantage of their pitchers being ready when ours isn't seems to be just pillow talk. Granted the US roster that didn't decide to play is probably better than the roster that did decide to play and I bet that never changes.