World Baseball Classic 2009

[DirtyKash]

With any luck, this game goes 15 or 16 innings, ends in a tie, and Bud Selig cries again.

[browntown653]

Base hit to left but couldn't get the run in! 1st and 3rd with 1 out...I expect a double play here.

[DirtyKash]

Okay, this is kind of crazy that they're sending Darvish back out there. He pitched in yesterday's game. And he threw so many pitches in the 9th inning tonight.

[NYgiantsfan5689]

Congrats to Japan. They're ridiculous. Yu Darvish's pitches are almost unlike anything I've ever seen. SO much movement, without sacrificing velocity. If he gets a little more control, he could be absolutely filthy.

Congrats to both these teams though, they both are really talented, and deserve this.

[catman]

I was impressed with the Koreans' approaches at the plate. They were seldom fooled by any pitches -- perhaps that's because this was the 5th game between these 2 teams in this tournament.
The Japanese team is very solid, fundamentally. They have some excellent hitters and are not afraid to play "team" baseball. There are no "stars" that out-shine the rest of the team.
As to Yu Darvish, he needs to throw his change-up more. He only threw it once last night and got a strikeout with it. He has 2 plus "out" pitches, IMO to go along with his plus fastball. Are those 3 pitches enough to make it in the bigs, or does he need to develop a curve?

[love_that_reefer]

Korea should have walked Ichiro, terrible and fatal mistake. Dice K wins the MVP award again going 3-0. Congrats to Japan on what turned out to be a good WBC. They still have a lot to work on to make it better like making the games closer together and getting better players in there from the USA. Not bigger names, better players.

[catman]

Here are the top prospects from the WBC, according to BBA: http://www.baseballamerica.com/onlin...09/267914.html