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 No.33047

Are any of you watching this? It's the premier international baseball tournament. /our guys/, the Cubans, won their group and will probably at least make the semifinals, even though many of their best players have defected.

 No.33048

>>33047
Why don't you host something, or promote it and see who shows up?

 No.33066

Puerto Rico pitching a perfect game against Isr*el right now

 No.33068

How many Cuban MLB players are on the team right now? How do they compare to the Cuban team that came in 2nd to Japan in the first Classic?

 No.33069

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>>33068
>How many Cuban MLB players are on the team right now?
Two guys on major league teams, plus four guys on minor league teams in MLB organizations. They also have some guys who play in the NPB (the Japanese league), which is considered to be the second-best league in the world.
>How do they compare to the Cuban team that came in 2nd to Japan in the first Classic?
That team was made up entirely of guys who played for teams in Cuba, so on paper the current team should be even better. That said, Cuba actually lost a couple of games to Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic in 2006 before they made it to the final. This time, they've already lost to the Netherlands (actually Aruba + Curaçao) and Italy (actually Italian-Americans), but their group ended in a crazy five-way tie and Cuba had allowed the fewest runs per inning, so they got the first place spot. In the quarterfinals, Cuba will have what should be a relatively easy game against Australia (who beat a choking Korea to earn their place in the quarterfinals), after which they'll finally have to play a top-tier team (possibly Venezuela) and prove their worth. Cuba's quarterfinal match is the one that takes place tomorrow morning (evening in Japan).

 No.33078

UPDATE: Cuba has beaten Australia 4-3 to advance to the first semi-final! Also, I forgot to mention that you can stream all the games live at the following website:
strikeout (dot) ws

 No.33139

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Updated bracket. Only three matches left!

 No.33141

It'll be interesting to see the Cuba vs USA game in Miami. I wonder if the older gusanos will protest the shit out of them or get drowned out by the younger gen who couldn't care less about some old political grudge.

 No.33147

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Not a shocker, but there's a sizable protest outside the ballpark for the Cuba vs USA game.

 No.33182

Japan wins 3-2 against the United States in the WBC Finals.

In other news, Cuban bullpen pitcher Iván Prieto González managed to defect to the United States.

 No.33199

>>33182
What do you mean defect?

 No.33201



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