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World Baseball Classic

How do you rate the WBC?

  • Freakin' awesome.

    Votes: 9 25.7%
  • Good, but not great.

    Votes: 11 31.4%
  • Could take it or leave it.

    Votes: 11 31.4%
  • Very little interest. But at least there is mild interest.

    Votes: 4 11.4%
  • It's flat-out terrible.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

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the two Royals say "you're welcome America"
 

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It would really help grow the game if they put these games in primetime slots.
 

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10pm start is quite a bit later than WS games.
I think that's a direct result of these games going up against the NCAA Tournament.

They're hoping to grab some eyeballs from the end of the tournament to catch the late innings.

I don't like it, but I understand why they did it for the second round. Final round games all start at 9, with no tourney games opposite them.
 

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I think that's a direct result of these games going up against the NCAA Tournament.

They're hoping to grab some eyeballs from the end of the tournament to catch the late innings.

I don't like it, but I understand why they did it for the second round. Final round games all start at 9, with no tourney games opposite them.

Yeah, even then I'd prefer they go a bit earlier, but I think they didn't want to start the game (in LA) with a scattered crowd.
 

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9 pm tonight.

Good enough for you or is that after your bedtime?

Just saying man, games are ending at almost 2am ET.

A lot of the audience is asleep by then.

And not overly helpful when you say the goal of the WBC is to "grow the game."
 

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Just saying man, games are ending at almost 2am ET.

A lot of the audience is asleep by then.

And not overly helpful when you say the goal of the WBC is to "grow the game."

I agree. Just messing with you. I feel like the games should start at 830 PM EST the latest.
 

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I agree. Just messing with you. I feel like the games should start at 830 PM EST the latest.

I feel you.

I stay up, I love baseball more than probably anything in the world.

But damn i still pay for it in the morning lol
 

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Profar should have to walk back to camp
 

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Can't play much dumber baseball than what the Netherlands just did.
 

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Took me a while to figure out how he got out. Dumb dumb dumb.

And after that blast, they would have had 4.
 

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It would really help grow the game if they put these games in primetime slots.

These games aren't being played much later than your average World Series game.

10pm start is quite a bit later than WS games.

Fact is, over the last few years, I've heard quite a bit of complaining about the start times of the playoff games.

Young kids can't/shouldn't stay up that late.

Even for me, it's to damn late. I typically watch every playoff game regardless of the teams participating and by the end of the World Series, I'm fucking exhausted. This year, being exceptionally invested because of the Indians participation, the night after game seven, I slept for thirteen hours. That's crazy - I typically sleep 5-6 hours per night.

It's enough already. Start the fucking games at 7pm EST, like normal.
 

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Yeah, even then I'd prefer they go a bit earlier, but I think they didn't want to start the game (in LA) with a scattered crowd.

You're probably right, but fuck LA and their fans.
 

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9 pm tonight.

Good enough for you or is that after your bedtime?

It's fucking late. It being an elimination game with pitch count limits, that game will go to 1am or later. When you wake up between 5:30-6am, that's fucking late.

Slink Jr is seven years old. He won't see the first pitch.
 

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It's fucking late. It being an elimination game with pitch count limits, that game will go to 1am or later. When you wake up between 5:30-6am, that's fucking late.

Slink Jr is seven years old. He won't see the first pitch.

I wake up at 6. Did just fine with 5 hours of sleep last night.

How about you?
 

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Just saying man, games are ending at almost 2am ET.

A lot of the audience is asleep by then.

And not overly helpful when you say the goal of the WBC is to "grow the game."

MLB: we have a problem that young kids aren't getting into baseball, so let's start all the important/exciting games past their bedtimes.

Counter intuitive.
 

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I wake up at 6. Did just fine with 5 hours of sleep last night.

How about you?

I'm more bitching about the playoffs than I am the WBC. I really don't give a fuck about the WBC. Likely won't even watch all of tonight's game. Only saw a few dozen pitches of last night's game.
 
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