2017 World Baseball Classic

[cutchemist42]

With first official news of hosts announced, thought it might be a fine time to start this thread.

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/193137666/world-baseball-classic-venues-pools-announced/

Tokyo Dome-Japan, China, Australia, Cuba

Gocheok Sky Dome-Korea, Netherlands, Taiwan, Brooklyn qualifier

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[cutchemist42]

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2016/9/22/13014002/world-baseball-classic-2017-wbc-qualifier-brooklyn

 

[DoyleG]

Israel beat Britain 9-1 for the last qualification spot.

Group A: Japan, Cuba, Australia, China
Group B: South Korea, Taiwan, Holland, Israel
Group C: USA, Canada, Columbia, Dominican Republic
Group D: Mexico, Italy, Puerto Rico, Venezuela

 

[Rob]

Israel beat Britain 9-1 for the last qualification spot.

Group A: Japan, Cuba, Australia, China
Group B: South Korea, Taiwan, Holland, Israel
Group C: USA, Canada, Columbia, Dominican Republic
Group D: Mexico, Italy, Puerto Rico, Venezuela

Israel? Wow. I wonder how many Jewish Americans they have on the team?

 

[Big Poppa Puck]

^ Italy's whole team is usually a bunch of Italian-Americans

 

[Vamos Rafa]

Well, you can't say that the British team just consists of British Americans...

Wait, does the UK really have a baseball team???

 

[HajdukSplit]

Israel? Wow. I wonder how many Jewish Americans they have on the team?

Pretty much all of them, mostly minor leaguers but former major leaguers like Jason Marquis, Ike Davis, Craig Breslow. There is one player born in Israel, Shlomo Lipetz. Reading more on him he actually played baseball in Israel and managed to play at the junior college level in the US and continues to play semi-pro according to baseball reference

Lipetz stayed in the US, teaching at a Jewish school then working as the music programmer for City Winery in New York. He has continued to play baseball, primarily in semipro leagues in New York against primarily Dominicans and Puerto Ricans.

Now that they made the tournament they will approach more higher profile Jewish-Americans like Braun, Joc Pederson, Kinsler.

 

[GKJ]

I guess next year is one of those years.

 

[cutchemist42]

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/2...very-mlb-player-and-minor-leaguer-in-the-wbc/

 

[Hire Sather]

Hope Colombia or Israel win so people realize how stupid a baseball tournament is.

 

[MurrayBannerman]

That would probably result in the opposite of what you want.

 

[darko]

Israel? Wow. I wonder how many Jewish Americans they have on the team?

Ike Davis and Jason Marquis.

 

[darko]

Hope Colombia or Israel win so people realize how stupid a baseball tournament is.

Stupid to you but i doubt it's stupid for those playing for Israel and Colombia.

 

[Terry Yake]

Hope Colombia or Israel win so people realize how stupid a baseball tournament is.

how is the WBC stupid?

 

[robert terwilliger]

the bunting. oh god the bunting.

and aviichhiii or however you spell it. good lord.

 

[Hire Sather]

Stupid to you but i doubt it's stupid for those playing for Israel and Colombia.

I mean yeah, I do love the underdog aspect of it.

I just never got into the WBC. I realize every country other than the US really gets into it.

To me a short tournament doesn't translate well to baseball as it does to hockey.

 

[darko]

I mean yeah, I do love the underdog aspect of it.

I just never got into the WBC. I realize every country other than the US really gets into it.

To me a short tournament doesn't translate well to baseball as it does to hockey.

Then don't watch it.

It's a all about promoting and expanding the game.

 

[robert terwilliger]

yeah why enjoy the wbc when there's less than meaningless spring training games to worry about.

 

[gilfaizon]

I'm a big fan of National pride, especially with baseball not being an olympic sport (Can't wait for 2020)

 

[robert terwilliger]

this may be the last wbc so i hope people who actually like baseball watch it.

 

[Blainer114*]

Go Canada!

 

[cutchemist42]

this may be the last wbc so i hope people who actually like baseball watch it.

I've liked every WBC. Im sad that a sport as big internationally as baseball wont have a premier tournament after this WBC.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Its baseball during a huge lull in sports.

What is there to complain about?

 

[Hire Sather]

It just does nothing for me, that's all.

I'd rather Mets pitchers be at ST than pitching in wbc.

 

[MurrayBannerman]

For whatever reason.