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Are my eyes deceiving me ? DUTCH WIN 3-2!

Posted: March 7, 2009 by datechguy in baseball
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Just turned on the world baseball classic today and the Dutch are leading the Dominicans 3-1 in the 5th?

Could this be real miracle time?

UPDATE: Well a single and a walk to start the bottom of the 5th. Maybe not.

Perfect bunt bases loaded no outs.

12:47 p.m. Sac fly to right 3-2 Big Papi is up

12:48 p.m. Ball gets away from the Catcher its now 2nd & 3rd and Papi gets a free pass. I don’t see how the runner on 3rd doesn’t score. A righthander comes in.

12:54 p.m. Cordemams gets the 5-3 double play against Tejada and the Dutch keep the lead!

12:58 p.m. Pedro is keeping it close in relief, the Dutch are not his daddy.

1:01 p.m. Those dutch caps seem to say NL for national League.

1:03 p.m. 2 strikeouts for Pedro. Can the Dutch keep the Dominicans down?

1:05 p.m. 1 pitch one out Cordemams starts strong

1:07 p.m. 3-2 pitch drilled down the line by Aybar a perfect throw from left misses the tag, runner misses the bag but the runner gets back to the bag before the tag can be made.

1:09 p.m. Another one pitch fly out. runner on 2nd 2 down.

1:10 p.m. Another full count the pitch…

1:11 p.m STRIKE 3! Blyleven the pitching coach must be grinning.

1:19 p.m. Oh they are playing 9 innings not seven this game is far from over.

1:19 p.m. Pedro is just mowing them down.

1:25 p.m. Cano popps out 2 down in the 7th.

1:26 p.m. Ramirez singles to right on the first pitch. Papi time.

1:29 p.m. Those last two balls were really close but Papi walks and is pulled for a pinch runner. 1st & 2nd 2 outs.

1:31 p.m. Tejada up again in a key spot with Cordemams.

1:32 p.m. Tejada flies to center on a 2-1 pitch, somebody sign this Cordemams guy.

1:41 p.m. Dutch go down in order now a 19 year old rookie Neuman who is in the Red Sox organization is in.

1:42 p.m. Strike 3 one out. Aybar now up.

1:44 p.m. 3-0 to Aybar who is 2-3 today. Down the center 3-1

1:45 p.m. Aybar walks and Reyes comes in to run. Good move against a young pitcher. 2-0 Blyleven comes to the mound.

1:47 p.m. Nelson Cruz pops up on a 3-2 count 2 down.

1:48 p.m. Felipe Alou sends his 42 year old son Moises to pinch hit. f7 3 outs to go and I’ve got to pick up my son.

2:00 p.m. Just back in time to see the 3rd out of the top of the 9th. Can the Dutch do it?

2:03 p.m. Another new pitcher Boyd to face Willie Taveras in the 9th.

2:05 p.m. Boyd walks Taveras on 5 pitches, nobody out. Cano up.

2:06 p.m. Hit and run is on Cano goes 4-3 tying run on second one out. Hanley Ramirez up.

2;08 p.m. Jansen makes a great play to prevent a wild pitch 2-1

2:09 p.m. Taveras is thrown out trying to steal third, what an IDIOT!

2:10 p.m. Ramirez walks 2 out go ahead run at the plate. Bautista is up. Pinch running for Ortiz doesn’t look so bright right now.

2:12 p.m. Ramirez is running call he is safe at 2nd but the pitch is strike 3! DUTCH WIN DUTCH WIN!

This is one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen since the Sox came back against the Yanks in 04. My post game review here.

Update Phil Rizutto lives Holy Cow! Dutch shock Dominicans in World Baseball opener

Update 2: The part dutch David Pinto is happy too.

Some Nasty Rosters

Posted: March 5, 2009 by datechguy in baseball
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Let’s talk World Baseball Classic.

Looking at the WBC Rosters particularly the South American Teams i’m seeing some of the nastiest rosters I’ve seen in a while.

There are going to be some intense games going on particularly in Group D when we get to see Panama vs the Dominican Republic likely Monday unless Puerto Rico manages to upset Panama or unless a real miracle happens and the Dutch manage to upset the Dominican.

Bernie Williams fans will be able to watch him on Team Puerto Rico. I hope he does well, he is a class act.

Japan’s defeat of China was not a big surprise today, China able to hold Japan to 5 hits is.

It will take a real miracle for Cuba or Mexico to fail to get to the 2nd round sharing a bracket with South Africa and Australia. Australia would like to think otherwise but sorry that’s the way it is.

I would love to see the US and Italy advance in group B. I can’t however see how Italy avoids going 0-3 in the toughest bracket in the group. I’d really like to see the US step all over Hugo’s boys.

I’d be even happier if some of Raul/Fidel’s boys manage to jump the fence during the tourney.

Play Ball!

I think Manny is a first ballot HOFer…

Posted: March 4, 2009 by datechguy in baseball
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…but it seems to me that the Dodgers were bidding against themselves here.

I loved watching Manny play. My Sox won two world series with him here. It was great seeing him in the victory parade, and I still think the Catch it, Hi-five the fan and throw to first for the double play was the coolest thing I’ve ever seen in baseball, but there was no reason to give in if you are the Dodgers.

It will remain to be seen what happens when the games actually count.

Vrabel? Vrabel!

Posted: February 28, 2009 by datechguy in Uncategorized
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You know I can see trading Matt Cassel to the Chiefs after all he was getting a ton of money to be a backup but Mike Vrabel?

I would have thought that Cassel would have been sufficient to get the deal done. Vrabel is effective on both offense and defense. He is old but has delivered time and time again.

Apparently I’m not alone in this:

“We’ve lost perhaps our best all-around football player. Defense, offense, special teams, Vrabes did it all,” Tedy Bruschi [stats] wrote in an e-mail. “His intelligence and on-field adjustments cannot be replaced. This team has just changed immensely.”

And he’s not the only one:

Former Patriots linebacker Steve Nelson was completely taken aback when apprised of the trade.

“I guess that means they’re happy with their young outside linebackers. I don’t know. You’ve really caught me by surprise. He was really a great player for them,” Nelson said. “He was a real leader . . . that’s kind of a stunner.”

And another one:

Harrison, who is still undecided about his future, summed up his feelings in a few words.

“It’s business,” Harrison responded via text message, when asked his reaction to the Vrabel trade.

You know its a weird move when I’m talking about the Pats during spring training. I can’t fathom it.

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