Yeah but USA wins in the BBC Final.

Congrats Japan.

That too was my first ever baseball game and I really liked how the tension continues to climb once you get to the later innings.

They "temporarily" did it as part of the Coronavirus rule changes. But they just made it temporary.

And yeah, MLB sees all the excitement around Ohtani and their immediate response is "obviously no pitchers should hit."

My kids and I were all "this had better not result in a walk, this either has to be a strikeout or a homerun." Was glad not to be disappointed, even though we were rooting for Team USA.

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If they forget the unwritten rules and let the players celebrate and show emotion then yes I would agree.

Edit: I mean in the MLB. The WBC was fun as hell, all the emotion and crowd involvement was great. MLB take notice

That’s how I felt about cricket when I saw my first ODI in the fall, and now I’m excited for the pro T20 league to start up here in the States. Go Super Kings!

They only implemented it last season so it's understandable for some people not to know that rule change.

Damn, I'm an outdated old man. When did that change?

Pitchers don't hit in the NL anymore. Both leagues have a DH.

I'll never understand why Ohtani signed with the Angels. Also, wouldn't it make more sense for him to play in the national league, since he's the rare hitter + pitcher?

I don’t think it’s completely out of the question for the angels to get a wildcard spot. Still unlikely. And definitely not what those two deserve

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Mike Trout right now

I’m originally from Pakistan so had zero exposure to baseball growing up. Even after moving to the US, I didn’t really bother cause I thought the rules were too complicated.

But my Japanese friend asked if she could watch the game at my place so I learnt the rules specifically to watch this game and I was hooked since I actually knew the rules now. This was my first full baseball game and I think I’ll be watching MLB regularly once the season starts lol

How can you not be romantic about baseball?

What a great game, and a great tournament overall. Best baseball I have watched in a long time. I love the single elimination game aspect of it

People keep saying it's hit a peak. I saw one person say between the WBC and pitch clock rules, we may be witnessing a new beginning.

Superhero vs superhero. Ohtani even mentioned it in his pregame speech to his speech. Absolute greatness on display

I just feel bad for Ohtani and Trout. After all this excitement, now they gotta suffer through 162 meaningless games.

Such a good match up.

That was fun.

Baseball might be back

If this were a movie I would bash it for being too cliché.

Amazing tournament, amazing game.

I fucking love baseball.