WBC game tonight thoughts ???

**presley177** · 03-02-06, 05:55 PM

Originally posted by bigboydan

ok guys, need some advice here. whos the play and why

Korea -170
Chinese Taipei +160

Korea. too much pitching and power.

although..Chinese Taipei are a scrappy team full of speedsters and bunters. ...I think Korea wins 7-3

**Willie Bee** · 03-02-06, 06:00 PM

It's a grudge match and the loser has a tough row to hoe. I don't know much about most of these guys except the few who have played over here. But I agree with Presley that Korea has the edge on offense. And their manager is already treating it like Game 7 of a Series.

Stephen Ellsesser / Special to MLB.com

TOKYO -- Jong-Beom Lee has had enough disappointment.

Korea's captain for the World Baseball Classic, the outfielder remembers walking off the field in Sapporo, Japan, in 2003 after Korea lost in the Olympic qualifiers. It was a close, tight game, and the Koreans fell late. Chinese Taipei was the victor.

"We couldn't reach the Olympics, and now I know I will have to be concentrated until the last out, through the whole game," Lee said. "They beat us, but I don't think we will lose this time. I want to walk off the field with no regrets."

Lee's attitude heading into the World Baseball Classic is by no means singular.

"Beating Taipei is my personal goal," said Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Hee-Seop Choi. "All I want to do is beat them. We will get the runs we need. We just need to beat them."

**presley177** · 03-02-06, 06:06 PM

Originally posted by Willie Bee

It's a grudge match and the loser has a tough row to hoe. I don't know much about most of these guys except the few who have played over here. But I agree with Presley that Korea has the edge on offense. And their manager is already treating it like Game 7 of a Series.

Stephen Ellsesser / Special to MLB.com

one important thing to note there is that Korea didn't have the advantage of some major leaguers playing with them. Korea i believe has about 4-5 if not more major league or former major league pitchers..along with a few postions players like Choi.

**presley177** · 03-02-06, 07:02 PM

I forgot to mention...this game is being played with major league type baseballs which is a HUGE dramatic differential from the baseballs both Korea and China are used to. Korea's major league pitching will benefit greatly from that.