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World Baseball Classic II
Topic Started: Mar 23 2008, 10:35 PM (282 Views)
steveox
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I think it needs to shift in the Fall During the World Series. And plays in 16 Nations US,CANADA,MEXICO,CUBA,DOMINICAN REPUBLIC,PUERTO RICO,VENEZUELA,PANAMA,ITALY,HOLLAND,SOUTH AFRICA,AUSTRALIA,JAPAN,SOUTH KOREA,CHINA & TAIWAN.

it should start in october 20th playoffs in January and Jan 20th best of 3 championship games at a neutral site.And change the rules

1.Pitchers can't pitch more than 6 innings in a game
2.Batters cannot have more than 3 at bats in a game
3.Mercy Rule after 6 innings if the team is ahead by 10 runs or more the other team gets last chance to catch up by 10 runs the game is over.
4.NO TIES! If team heading into extra innings it must be played until someone wins.
5 NO DH Pitcher must bat too.
6.Must have 35 men on roster.
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Dude. It would be retarded to play a tournament in 16 different countries. No one would agree to fly to a different country every couple of days. Your body would be completely exhausted due to non-stop jet lag.
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US better be better then last time.
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Hanley Ramirez doesn't make errors--the ball is just afraid of him.
Shadez was the first man to walk on the moon... with sunglasses on.
In rookie ball, he drove a ball to deep centerfield, only to be informed he had been traded on his way to first base. So, he sprinted to the wall and robbed himself of a homerun.
He can turn a man to stone just by looking at him without his shades.
Was pointed at when Babe Ruth supposedly called his shot.
The June 24th game between the Marlins and Yankees was not, in fact, called by rain as was previously reported. Hanley had plans. And by plans we mean a date. With a girl. A babe if you will.
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I like the idea of having it in the fall, and also a fan of the no DH, and of course there won't be ties.
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I like it in the spring because the players would not be as fatigued. I think that it should be held during Spring Training as it currently is but the training camp leading into it will start at the beginning of February and hitters do not need to report until mid Feb. I don't mind having no DH but playing it in every country would be a waste of money and time and like Rocky said, it takes a heavy toll on the players.
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If you have it in the fall tons of players would skip it because they're tired.
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Why would you make pitching and hitting rules, let it play like a real game.
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Rockshu,Mar 23 2008
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Dude. It would be retarded to play a tournament in 16 different countries. No one would agree to fly to a different country every couple of days. Your body would be completely exhausted due to non-stop jet lag.

Im not saying playing around the world all at one time.Seperate 8 nations in one area and they play those nations just like National League and American league For example

North American Conferance
US,CANADA,MEXICO,CUBA,DOMINICAN REPUBLIC,PUERTO RICO,VENEZUELA,PANAMA,

International Conferance
ITALY,HOLLAND,SOUTH AFRICA,AUSTRALIA,JAPAN,SOUTH KOREA,CHINA & TAIWAN

So Jet lag would be a problem The winner from playoffs in each conferance face each other play best of 3 championship in Honolulu Hawaii at 3PM Televised by ESPN
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They're basically doing that except with 4 regions.
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See the tour would be. Team Canada home sites are Montreal & Toronto..Team US Home sites are Miami,Houston and Arizona
Team Mexico Home sites are Mexico City,Tijuana & Cancun.Team Cuba is in Havana. Team PR is in San Juan. And Team DR is in Santo Domingo. And team Venezuela is in Caracas. So Jet lag wouldnt become a problem. And phoenix time zone is in mountain time every one else is in Central or Eastern time zone. And everytime Team USA plays should be Televised by ESPN 2 and ESPN Deportes. NON USA games are on ESPN deportes too.
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Wasn't Italy the country that got baseball Kicked out of the summer Olympics because their team sucked so bad?
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Venues set for World Baseball Classic

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The first-round venues are set for the second running of the World Baseball Classic, which will begin on March 5, 2009, in Japan.
As in 2006, Tokyo Dome and Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico, will host first-round games. In 2009, those venues will be joined for the first time by Rogers Centre in Toronto and Foro Sol Stadium in Mexico City.

Rogers Centre is the home ballpark of the Blue Jays, and Major League Spring Training exhibition games have been played at the 27,940-seat facility in Mexico City.

"The 2009 World Baseball Classic will further demonstrate the remarkable global growth of our game," Commissioner Bud Selig said. "There has been incredible demand to host the games of the second World Baseball Classic, and we are pleased to have four international destinations as our first-round venues. We are excited about the 2009 World Baseball Classic and look forward to next March."

The 16-team field is the same as '06, though an expansion of the field to 24 countries and territories with qualifying rounds as a preface to reach the main competition is under consideration for 2013.

Next year's brackets are as follows:

Pool A -- China, Chinese Taipei, Japan and Korea will begin play on March 5 in Tokyo Dome, where the A's are opening the regular season against the Red Sox this week.

Pool B -- Australia, Cuba, Mexico and South Africa, from March 8-12 in Mexico City.

Pool C -- Canada, Italy, the U.S. and Venezuela, from March 8-12 in Toronto.

Pool D -- Dominican Republic, the Netherlands, Panama and Puerto Rico, from March 7-11 in Puerto Rico.

Venues for the second round, plus the combined semifinals and finals are still to be determined, although San Diego's PETCO Park seems to be set for the second round and Dodger Stadium has the inside track for the semifinals and finals.

The semifinals and finals were sold out at San Diego's 45,000-seat home of the Padres in 2006. Japan vanquished Cuba, 10-6, to win the tournament and Japanese pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka, who now toils for the Red Sox, was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.

Attendance for the '06 tournament at its seven venues was 737,112 tickets sold, a major coup considering that the Asian bracket didn't reach the 80 percent capacity in Tokyo Dome that was originally projected.

It was the first time that Major League players were allowed to represent their native lands in an international baseball tournament. The baseball competition in the Summer Olympics, which is slated for Beijing in August, includes non-25-man roster MLB players only.

In another new wrinkle for '09, a rules change has been made in the qualifying portion of the tournament, which will now be a double-elimination format in the first two rounds.

In '06, there was round-robin play as teams with the top two records in each bracket ascended to the second round and the semifinals with a complicated formula based on runs scored used as the first tie breaker.

The semifinals remain as single-elimination games.

Also, unlike '06, there will be a crossover of brackets in the semifinals. In '06, Cuba defeated the Dominican and Japan ousted Korea in the semifinals.

"The best baseball players in the world are looking forward with great anticipation to playing in the 2009 World Baseball Classic," said Don Fehr, the executive director of the Players' Association, who is a partner with Major League Baseball in the venture. "Implementation of double-elimination and crossover games to the World Baseball Classic next year will make the games even more intense and the tournament even more exciting for both players and fans. It will be an unforgettable experience."

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Starting during Spring Training sucks.They should start it during the World Series.So whoever is in the world series won't be showing up to their country team.But players who team season ended without playing in the playoffs would report to their teams for workouts.So its a way to keep Baseball going even into the NFL season. Theyre are baseball fans who dont give a rats ass about football.So why not keep the sport going just a bit longer until spring training starts?
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