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cooling dot com. You are now listening to pH and X dbacks after dark bro team USA
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better send Vinnie Pasquantino the biggest fucking gift basket they've ever
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sent to anyone maybe the entire Italian team because I need to have Nespresso
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make a Vinnie Pasquantino shape espresso machine that's what he did for them
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three home runs for ever man ever in a world baseball classic game Europe set
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because you wanted team USA to learn their lesson we are not fans of team USA on
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the show I we've been very clear about that we've been anti team USA but I know
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I just I would have loved the storyline that this super team that was
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assembled couldn't get out of pool play and they barely squeak by because the
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Italians are just fully Italian in right now and the Mexican problem nothing
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Italia is a problem bro they are a problem they're like sneaky good really they
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really are but my bigger problem is the colossal fuck up that was what happened
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with team USA absolutely absolutely and don't get me wrong like there are
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levels to this fuck up and then you have on top of that MLB trying to like
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delete the video of the interview of Mark Derosa on the MLB network talking and answering
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questions and saying in his own words in his own fucking words oh yeah they had
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already moved on without understanding the situation and we talked about this on the show
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today rock we talked about this on the show where let's be honest Mark Derosa
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was not the only person that thought this team had moved on because he discussed
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the pre-game press conference the party that went on by team USA yeah after beating team
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Mexico you do not party like that simply because you won a single world baseball classic pool
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play game motherfucker you party like that because you advance to the next round so while
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Mark Derosa might be at fault here and and and yeah very incompetent as far as that stuff goes
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I feel like he is not the only person on team that was convinced that they had moved on to the
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next round it's why the guys were dragging assets why we saw such poor play they're against Italy
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that game ended up being an 8 to 6 victory summer the USA was just fucking giving runs away early
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they were down 8 to nothing you know like this was just mismanagement from the time he was on the
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but I guess mismanagement from the time they beat Mexico from the moment that game ended
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all the way up until basically where you and I sit right now where they should be thinking
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they're lucky stars that they are advancing to the quarterfinals after Italy beat the breaks
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off of Mexico tonight they should have the same mentality that Kobe had in that playoff in finals
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run where the guy asked him about the game that the one game that they won and Kobe's response was
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job ain't done that game against Mexico to team USA yeah you guys were happy you won that game but
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you know what the job wasn't done and it blows my mind that nobody from the top to the bottom
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yeah okay so about the rules are how this works and again we've taught you and I have talked
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many many times about how our group chat gives us so much clarity everybody should have a
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group chat like you and I have multiple friends that we have in it yes where they are willing to
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destroy you as a human being in order to get their point across that you might be wrong in this
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situation right marked a Rosa needed a group chat marked a Rosa needed the unsafe safe space he
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needed friends that saw him on the MLB network and ripped his ass he needed a dozen plus text messages
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from friends going you fucking fraud you think you moved on have you not been do you not look at
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basic standings do you not look at the news do you not even listen to the broadcast because
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how does how does Derosa not have a group chat with like him Harold Reynolds Matt Baskurgeon right
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where it's double be network buddies right 100% I'll tell you this much I mean this might this
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might be a foregone conclusion because I don't think they would they would have brought him back
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for next go round of the word WBC the next go round sure if team USA loses somehow
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Derosa's got to go well yeah I mean there's no question that there's no question
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all right but I mean again I think it's easy to blame Derosa he later said he missed spoke
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which no you didn't you said that so confidently and so sure I mean rocket goes beyond that he
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fucking benched Bryce Harper Alex Breggman Cal Rally Bryce Tarrang none of these fucking guys were
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in the lineup don't tell me that you miss spoke yeah yeah you had Clayton fucking Kershaw
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warming up in the bullpen when Mason Miller hadn't fucking pitch jet and you were going to put him
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in there with bases loaded yeah Clayton Kershaw it's not just it's not just pregame right it was
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management of the game in the game that told you that Mark Derosa thought this team had already
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advanced and that this win or loss against italy italy was meaningless yeah and that is just
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crazy because again and I guess this was the point I was trying to get around to even I'm screaming
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and yelling about lineups how did somebody how did nobody tell him how did nobody tell him how
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did nobody discover that this was incorrect between the time that he said those words on the MLB
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network all the way up until the start of the baseball game against italy like how were
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they're not changes made why did they not pivot I mean italy already is proving to be a very good
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baseball team on the way that they handled team Mexico and again there's only reason why USA is now
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advancing is because team Italy is and this and this is honestly this is one of the great things about
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the world baseball classic as you get a team that's not completely stacked top to bottom with superstar
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is like like Dominican USA these guys like italy yeah italy's got some MLB guys but their entire
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roster is not MLB come on Vinnie Pasquantino is like the most notable guy or Noah and Jack can't
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be on that can't be on yeah yeah absolutely I mean aside from that like you got other guys that are
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like they're gonna after this is over they're gonna go home to their real job to their career
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and do what they do and that's the beauty of this shit it's just it's the beauty of baseball it's
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the fucking beauty of baseball man but it's it's it's the beauty of this tournament the
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fact that we have guys that are factory workers playing against Aaron judge we have 17-year-old kids
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pitching to Aaron judge and getting him out right like that shit is so cool and that's what makes
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this tournament great but I mean now what people are accusing the USA of is not taking the shit
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seriously right and they don't and I mean it goes beyond just the mistake that's being made
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here right you also have Tarek schoolable returning to the Tigers and not participating anymore
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you have the fact that they do have some dominant pictures as part of their starting rotation
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but should they make it to the semi-finals or the championship probably none of those guys are
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going to be pitching boy yeah you're not gonna get a Paul Schienz is Schienz going to give them one
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more stars and I think Schienz is going to give them one more but like I think the way that it
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shapes up is that Nolan McLean who started here against Italy would be their starter should they
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make to make it to the championship game which no longer seems like a foregone conclusion right because
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do you have a problem with schoolable electing to not stick around for one more start
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yes I do you do okay yes I do because I think that if you're committed to this you're committed to
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this to see it through it's the reason why the Japanese team is such a good team they are not here
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just yeah as a goodwill tour and and and they've never been I feel like Japan has always sent
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literally their best players in the world no matter where they played as a part of their team
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to dominate this tournament and it's the reason why they're the only multi-time winner
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and it's the reason why they're still the big bad for the WBC because their lineup is still
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better than everyone else's their pitching staff is still better than everyone else's and more
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importantly you don't have Shohei Otani leaving in the middle of the tournament because he's
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already taken his 25 at bats which by the way I still find it fascinating that Otani couldn't
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get insured to pitch but he still was able to get insured to go there and hit right so there's
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that aspect there's definitely I mean there's there's I mean the the risk from hitting is I mean
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significantly less well no it's just the the insurance rules are so that based on his injury that
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he had due to pitching he didn't twice he's done this to his elbow yep it's a it's the what
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do they call you see different injuries you can have an injury you could have missed things or
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no I mean they call it a what do they call it a re reoccurring injury or persistent injury or
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whatever the case may be right but it's it's again it's it's insurance trying to find ways to
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you know turn guys down and not especially not have to be imaginative they had to pay
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Otani salary not just for one year but for four years yeah and that's where I mean I understand
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the business side of what Tara scruples doing this man is either going to get a long-term contract
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during the season or he's going to get traded and get a long-term deal so he's got a lot to risk
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and I get it it's WBC so I don't totally fault him for what he's doing it's it's it's
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for team USA yeah I mean I just I don't know I mean these are the reasons why team USA is receiving
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criticism versus how important this tournament seems to the other teams of the of the country
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right or of the world I should say and and and the USA this situation was just embarrassing
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like they looked out they they walk away without you know being eliminated from this tournament
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but this was an extremely embarrassing situation not just the mistake made by Rosa but the
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the fact the fact this team was out there partying after beating team Mexico because they didn't know
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next day's game was so important and then they come out flat and unfocused and looking awful
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against Italy and Italy is already a good enough team that you can't do that with but yeah you
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can't dig around and you just have all sorts of things that are a bad luck the the
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sadly sadly Mexico also found out that you know Italy doesn't play around the night so that's very
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true and I'm not thrilled I'm not thrilled about I thought Honestly and already I think Mexico
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looked pretty flat today too yeah I don't know what I don't know what I don't know what it was
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that I I was expecting a much better showing from team Mexico but I mean aeronol was dealing
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a Nola was dealing early he was dealing so I mean they didn't get they didn't get off to a good
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start and then I mean and then the pivot to the other game our boy best second basement and
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baseball baby you see you can tell Marta's nuke that he hit oh yeah the the the the downside
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of that is he hit that nuke off of aeronol may have talked about that part we don't need to focus
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on that we'll just I mean I mean it's like it tells me to be honest the Dominican you know the
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Republican Dominican I was smashing baseball today Vladie smacked on Toddie hit one the it's been
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a show it was it was a it was a good game they beat Venezuela by score seven to five yes both teams
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advanced I there was a point in time where I was like shit watch Venezuela fucking walk these boys
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off because the dr's pitching is not and they're strong suit sure I think that's probably safe to be
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said about a lot of the teams oh yeah I think the back end of the USA bullpen is probably
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the best made well maybe Japan Japan US probably have the best bullpen in the game right now but
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but I'm I'm more concerned about team USA's starting pitching oh of course yeah outside of guys
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named school and stands right yeah plus again starting Paul Goldschmidt who is the fifth
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worst batter the fifth worst qualified batter against right-handed pitching against the right-handed
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pitcher in that a game versus Italy still baffling to me but yeah El Marte by the way 107.4
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mile per hour off the bat went 403 feet and smoke that ball it's great to see Katel I mean he
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hasn't been having a great WBC neither is Jerry but from a diamond backs perspective what I will
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say is hey at least if you're going to have bad games get him out now yeah get get it figured out
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get warmed up and then come out red hot for the for the regular season hey so before we pivot to
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the matchups for Friday Saturday did you realize that if Mexico actually would have won an
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advance today that the round one matchup would not have been the dr versus Korea it would have
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been the dr versus Japan yes yeah brother changes things significantly the way the way the way
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that whole bracket thing works out with the qualifier or the quote so crazy it's like I mean I don't
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hate the way that they did the run thing with this tournament either like tonight was exciting
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because if Italy wins or if Mexico won but scored four runs or fewer yeah got Italy advancing
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if they scored five runs or or more you have USA advancing the game goes an extra innings that
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changes so like that lower that lower zero overall right math of it right but team USA luckily
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advances and hopefully they that you know this mistake they made was the wake up call that they
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needed that you know you can't one take any of these teams lightly and two fucking pay attention
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to the goddamn schedule what the fuck I mean and speaking of you know taking teams likely the night
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game on Friday it's it's game two it's USA versus team Canada and Canada ain't no slouch either
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no no they're not I mean all of these teams that are left have significant MLB players on them yes
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and on any given night their lineup could match up with any of the favorites what is as well
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who plays for team Korea that I'm missing is it the dude from the Giants June yeah okay yeah
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the the grandson of the wind is that his nickname that's his nickname yeah that's the
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fucking greatest nickname in the history of nicknames yeah his I didn't know that that's phenomenal
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yeah his grandfather was like or his father was like the son of the wind so he's now the grandson
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of dog your nickname is the grandfather of the wind brother and so on and he's pretty electric
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man and then again there's there's good players I think high song Kim from the Dodgers is on
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there yeah as well so yeah I mean they have some dogs and you know I think the one thing is his
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that Korea in Japan both have players who we've never heard of in some cases who might just be
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as good or better than I mean any MLB player you know I mean Korea's got I mean I mean they got
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the they got the DR that's the early games for Friday afternoon 3 30 our time Korea DR
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followed by USA I mean Friday nights incredible but then you got Saturday your boys team Puerto Rico
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baby versus Italy Italy that's a tough matchup I will say this that Italy's offense has been
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incredible and I believe the Puerto Rico team has the best ERA in the world baseball classic so
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that's pitching staff essentially going up against the best offense and then the night game Saturday
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team Venezuela versus samurai Japan yeah that's that's wild Venezuela's lineup is crazy underrated
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yeah no I didn't realize how dope that lineup wasn't like actually I was like oh shit I didn't know
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you were on his way but I didn't know you were like oh okay yeah we got Jackson Churrio you got
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you know Romulo Kunyu Junu you got the Cone Treras brothers like there's a lot going on there
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that's exciting for that team and yeah that team is that team is good man they hung tonight right
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like they hung tonight with the Dominican Republic so I mean I anything can happen and that's
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the that's a crazy part about this is being a single elimination tournament in baseball like any
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given day any team can be better than another team like there's no sport I think that is like that
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more you could say that about football you could say that about basketball but like baseball truly
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it's the reason why they play series instead of just playing one game sets right it's because
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typically you want to prove who's the best two out of three rather than leaving it up to just oh
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hey we played one game because anybody in baseball can be good on it bro we uh we got six more days
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that is greatness I know and then it's back and then it's back to regular old spring training
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which is great too but I mean no it's not you're fucking lying I mean I'm lying but I mean
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too expensive yeah well I can't wait for the regular season that's what I can't wait for
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they can't get here fast enough coming soon we can see this diving backs team that we've kind of
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seemed scattered all over the place back together as one uh and I hope when all is said and done
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that this uh this whole WBC experience was just you know ultimately good for for our our guys to
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get there to get get get their games ready for the season I mean that's really what this is about
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I mean this is the first time we've had this many players on the you know 26th man roster participating
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in the WBC so that means it's four is it four of our four of our every day starting field and
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outfield players are starting well our entire infield yeah essentially right first day second
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are you are you right yeah Santana because today Santana are not a Nolan Jerry yeah
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and then young Alec out in um Jesus wow yeah yeah and I'll be back and then we also have Erod
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Michael Sorroca out there who both will be continuing on in the court in the quarterfinals so
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both of those those guys will still be where their teams as well but man imagine how
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great I love it I can't wait for this weekend bro no hey you you already know what I'm doing so
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yeah plopping your ass down in front of a TV I mean 28 straight hours of how you get me you
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you're giving me a early a noon game and then a six o'clock game so I got time for a little nap in
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between and then it's prime time baseball Japan then as well and that's going to be a game well
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cannot wait to talk with you about it after all it's said and done and a winner has been determined
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