How come the Japs kick our ass in baseball?

**wtf** · 03-22-09, 10:28 PM

they stick to fundamentals, and practice them religiously

they dont showboat

and they dont cheat, ever

you ever see ANYTHING about them in olympics? doping, no , never

**spongerat** · 03-22-09, 10:34 PM

they take it more seriously than the US players, and also we don't have our allstars playing

**fearless** · 03-22-09, 10:34 PM

**fearless** · 03-22-09, 10:35 PM

**WileOut** · 03-22-09, 10:40 PM

I swear if there is 500 threads about this I will post in every thread. We lost to the Japs because they play their best players and we dont.

If we play our best players we win. Its that simple.

Instead of having pride in their country our players say fuk you USA I'm not risking my million dollar contract on potential world wide embarassment.

**wtf** · 03-22-09, 10:41 PM

dis-agree

doesnt matter who shows up, usa pitching is no better , they would still lose, games might be closer, but still lose for sure

**pico** · 03-22-09, 10:49 PM

teamwork

**pico** · 03-22-09, 10:50 PM

Originally posted by WileOut

I swear if there is 500 threads about this I will post in every thread. We lost to the Japs because they play their best players and we dont.

If we play our best players we win. Its that simple.

Instead of having pride in their country our players say fuk you USA I'm not risking my million dollar contract on potential world wide embarassment.

our best players are not from the states.

**oOx5il3ntxOo** · 03-23-09, 12:37 AM

Originally posted by WileOut

I swear if there is 500 threads about this I will post in every thread. We lost to the Japs because they play their best players and we dont.

If we play our best players we win. Its that simple.

Instead of having pride in their country our players say fuk you USA I'm not risking my million dollar contract on potential world wide embarassment.

Wright, Braun, Rollins, Mccann, Pedroia etc maybe the best pitchers didnt come out but theyre not exactly bums "not playing our best players" shouldnt be an excuse

**Shortstop** · 03-23-09, 12:43 AM

Heart, pride, drive, work ethic, respect, etc.

**ijustwant2bpaid** · 03-23-09, 12:55 AM

if we played all ofour best american born players i think we would win, no one cares enough to go play with the risk of being hurt and missing out on millions either...

**Tsoprano** · 03-23-09, 12:59 AM

Originally posted by wtf

they stick to fundamentals, and practice them religiously

they dont showboat

and they dont cheat, ever

you ever see ANYTHING about them in olympics? doping, no , never

agreed

they go about it more professionally

**pat venditto** · 03-23-09, 01:00 AM

T made it.

**Tsoprano** · 03-23-09, 01:04 AM

Originally posted by fearless

**c-rok** · 03-23-09, 01:10 AM

Typical American cocky attitude in this thread. They lost because they didn't have their best players?

1) "your" best players mostly don't even come from America. When you have guys that are deciding between playing for USA or Dominican it's a joke. You play for your country, not where you may live now because of job opportunities. If I all of a sudden got a great job offer in Tokyo I would go, but I wouldn't consider Japan my country.

2) Wright, Braun, Rollins, McCan, Jeter, Peavy, Oswalt, Roberts, Granderson, Longoria...these aren't your best players? The USA roster is stacked full of MLB All Stars. The Japan lineup has how many? TWO. Dice-K has only been an all star once also I believe.

You guys are nuts. Japan beat the USA because as a team they are better. Individually maybe not, but as a team and as a country they play the sport of baseball better.

Instead of being very ignorant, and very cocky about USA, how about just simply saying Japan was the better team and congrats on the win? Would that be too difficult to do?

**Tsoprano** · 03-23-09, 01:13 AM

Japan IS the better team

c-rok is right, btw nice avatar

**wtf** · 03-23-09, 01:13 AM

the japanese/koreans focus on what is important, winning the game

usa is too worried about hitting a 900 foot home run, or some other meaningless feat

**Tsoprano** · 03-23-09, 01:14 AM

Did Japan even get a home run today?

**TeamPlayer** · 03-23-09, 01:53 AM

Besides playing baseball better, Japan also builds better cars, electronic devices, has an exponentially better educational system, and the list goes on and on. People really need to stop watching Fox News and all nostalgic WWII videos they love to play. It's phuckin 2009 people, not 1942

**Tsoprano** · 03-23-09, 01:55 AM

Factories are a team effort, they really know how to get together to make big things happen

**Rich Boy** · 03-23-09, 02:14 AM

US players just dont care.

**Shortstop** · 03-23-09, 02:22 AM

I think the 3,000 people at Dodger Stadium in attendance enjoyed the game.

**sallysnax8** · 03-23-09, 04:02 AM

japs play to win, play. for the integrity of the game. usa only cares about how much loot they gettin. japs take pride in how they play and are very fundamental..pitching is also lights out....ever see a jap spit on the field? they feel it disgraces the game

yD · 03-23-09, 04:22 AM

Originally posted by c-rok

Typical American cocky attitude in this thread. They lost because they didn't have their best players?

1) "your" best players mostly don't even come from America. When you have guys that are deciding between playing for USA or Dominican it's a joke. You play for your country, not where you may live now because of job opportunities. If I all of a sudden got a great job offer in Tokyo I would go, but I wouldn't consider Japan my country.

2) Wright, Braun, Rollins, McCan, Jeter, Peavy, Oswalt, Roberts, Granderson, Longoria...these aren't your best players? The USA roster is stacked full of MLB All Stars. The Japan lineup has how many? TWO. Dice-K has only been an all star once also I believe.

You guys are nuts. Japan beat the USA because as a team they are better. Individually maybe not, but as a team and as a country they play the sport of baseball better.

Instead of being very ignorant, and very cocky about USA, how about just simply saying Japan was the better team and congrats on the win? Would that be too difficult to do?

Typical foreigner calling an American "cocky" or "arrogant" when he's just speaking the truth.

American All Stars that were missing.

Berkman
Utley
Chipper(hurt)
Pedroia(hurt)
Youkilis(hurt)
Howard
Mauer
A Rod(Last time I checked being born in New York
means you are American. I mean, if A Rod is Dominican then Gehrig was German.)
Hamilton
Holliday
Bradley
Fielder
Teixeira
Halladay
Sabathia
Beckett
Paps

That's ok though. Keep thinking that it means nothing. I will say that yes, Japan is the better team with the current U.S. roster.

Kind of like Argentina, Puerto Rico, and Lithuania were all better basketball teams in 2004.

In these international competitions, you need your absolute(or close to) best players. We clearly didn't have that. I don't know why it's so hard to see.

You'll never see us celebrating if the U.S. ever beats a 2nd rate squad from Brazil in soccer. If Messi and whoever else they have(not a huge soccer guy) is out for a game and they lose, you know damn well Argentina(or any other soccer country) would say what i'm saying.

Yeah i'll admit they are the better team if you admit we were missing a lot more players than anyone else.

**jjgold** · 03-23-09, 04:45 AM

I am sure we would of been a little better with better players. I mean guy like Jeter is not an top flight player.

**Tsoprano** · 03-23-09, 04:52 AM

Rollins had half the team's hits late in the game.

Buncha broken down nimrods showed up last night to face Japan

**Willie Bee** · 03-23-09, 05:13 AM

All this wrapping up in flags for a game contrived by Osama bud Selig and his marketing folks is funny.

**Shortstop** · 03-23-09, 05:20 AM

Willie, I take it you're not a fan of The World Baseball Classic?

Florida Marlins +4050 to win the World Series. That's a great investment Willie.

**MBENZ** · 03-23-09, 05:28 AM

Fukk the WBC,the US won the big one 60+ years ago or this game wouldn't exist.

**Shortstop** · 03-23-09, 06:10 AM

**Willie Bee** · 03-23-09, 10:21 AM

Originally posted by Shortstop

Willie, I take it you're not a fan of The World Baseball Classic?

No, not really. Especially don't like the timing of it, though I'm not sure when would be a good time.

**fiveteamer** · 03-23-09, 10:25 AM

First Pearl harbour now this.

LOL @ America

**smitch124** · 03-23-09, 10:30 AM

I think the Japanese and South Koreans have very good players and play the game on par with the USA and the top Latin countries. One game though? In baseball, that means nothing, it hardly proves who is better, in my opinion its very close.

**Richkas** · 03-23-09, 11:05 AM

Originally posted by pavyracer

They don't take roids, their biggrest player is 5'-8" weighing 145 lbs and they all throw 95 mph. This is an embarassment for us.

Only sport that matters is football. Let them play a allstar team of NFL players in a game of football and see what happens to them dog and cat eaters.