Play both ways, giggity

“World champions…”

Oh wow no way. It's so cool we got to see players like Ohtani, Abreu, and Altuve finally play now that its an international series.

No that’s just you

WBC has teams from all over the world, the “world” series only has teams from the U.S.

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Wrong. He played in the WBC and absolutely doesn't have the world series to look forward to

That was a series? I think it was just one game. He played in the World Game.

Trout just played the World Series and now just has the U.S series to look forward to

It's arguable between Trout and Judge for #2 but Ohtani is the undisputed best player in baseball

It’s already a huge deal in Japan and pretty much every country except the U.S which is pretty sad. The fans here simply don’t care as much and the players don’t care as much as the other nations. But I do hope it becomes more prestigious here as well. Team U.S fielded a fantastic roster but on the pitching side they still have a lot of room to grow where pitchers simply did not want to opt for it.

The other nations players like DR, Puerto Rico, Japan, Korea, etc. take it very seriously and I’ve seen from many players that this tournament means more to them than the World Series. And you can see it in how much passion they play with.

And they’re still probably gonna miss the playoffs

Baseball is weird

That game was amazing.

Yes, and they play for the same team in MLB.

Bc it’s slow and boring

Universal DH allows Ohtani to hit more often. He can hit every day, rather than just when he pitches.

Oh, I know, I grew up in Hialeah. It's been that way for decades all one of them has to do is touch sand. Not the millions of hoops any other immigrant has to go through.

You mean all of them? Cuz I grew up in Hialeah. Bruv, it was all of them.

Yes

Are these 2 the best players in the MLB?

Who? All Cubans or just the Cubans who support authoritarian dictators and personality cults?

I lost interest in MLB over the years, but this tournament pretty much brought me back to the sport, It wouldn’t surprise me if the WBC gets bigger than MLB. You can tell the passion when playing for your country as opposed to a paycheck.

I've described it before as like a symphony, so you've got it right. The building tension is what makes it so different, and there's no time limit, so even though things can feel slow, the tension still builds, and you have no idea when it will climax.

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Also, he chose the Angels because they were gonna let him play both ways.