Watch the World Baseball Classic Finale
Why?- It's the best of Coca-Colonization: watching foreigners playing (and perfecting) our game.
- Asian defense is amazing: the Korean infield was the best ballet I've seen.
- Some of these players might end up in the Bigs (ETA: or a raft in the Caribbean Sea.)
- Ichiro talked trash, but is on the verge of proving himself right about Japanese domination of the sport.
- So that I can start up a category of posts called "Not Cricket" (in honor of Sepoy.)
- You've been editing that chapter/thesis/conference paper for the last week, and you need to relax with a beer. (Although would Rum or Saki be appropriate?)
- Cuba is good, but they have their vulnerabilities (namely defense.)
- Big American stadiums frustrate Japanese sluggers.
- Games are fast-paced and the commercial breaks are short, unlike MLB games.
- You might see greatness: the future president/dictator of Cuba might hit a home run.
posted by Nathanael @ 11:14 AM
3 Comments:
I'm in Japan now, where the WBC has been getting good coverage. (Much better than the Winter Olympics and even better than the Paralympics, where Japan did much better.) I was rooting for upset winners Korea vs. Puerto Rico in the finals, but the Japan-Cuba game was great.
Here, the WBC has been a cable-only event. Many people don't know about it, but those who do are enthusiastic.
Of course, I have read your posts (and linked to a few) about baseball around the world. The WBC, in my opinion, could give American baseball a major jolt: another dimension to the game that is not just about the 162-game season. And the games I saw were all great! I though Korea might take it as well.
BTW, what do Japanese drink at a game?
Beer and sake, but they're more likely to be chewing on squid or rice balls than hot dogs. Japanese and Korean fans often tend to spend a lot of their time participating in organized cheers.
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