tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27400569.post332265871429924935..comments2024-02-23T02:43:28.895-06:00Comments on Yellow Chair Sports: Two-bit Post Facto Lame Observations on the WBC (or Why I Love the WBC Deptite its Tremendously Obvious FlawsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27400569.post-89871512790250733852018-07-14T08:01:11.889-05:002018-07-14T08:01:11.889-05:00Discover How You WILL Master Your Habits And Repro...<b>Discover How You WILL Master Your Habits And Reprogram The Subconscious Mind To Get Any Result You Want In Your Personal Growing and Fulfillment!</b><br /><br />Introducing... <b><a href="http://motivational.syntaxlinks.com/r/TheArtOfDefeatingProcrastination" rel="nofollow">Procrastinating Your Procrastination</a></b>!Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287821785570247118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27400569.post-82057204965188144082009-03-24T16:19:00.000-05:002009-03-24T16:19:00.000-05:00Mike - the best idea on determining a player's eli...Mike - the best idea on determining a player's eligibility I've heard is to just have the rule be that the player has to pay taxes in the country he's playing for. There's no way A-Rod would play for the DR in that case.<BR/><BR/>Also - your idea about holding the tournament in the middle of winter doesn't really work, because major league teams would put the kibash on that right quick, not wanting their pitchers to take on the extra workload after a full season. <BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, as much as I like this thing, there really isn't an "ideal" time for it, at least from a pitching perspective. The fact is that pitchers not named Tim Lincecum generally have a higher risk for injury, and major league teams are hesistant to risk their top arms in a relatively meaningless exhibition season (which is why, in my opinion, the idea of moving the finals to the All Star break will never happen).<BR/><BR/>Also, Vince - come on, did any of those players you racially profiled even prove your profiling wrong? All the Asian hitters have that same, short chop swing that leaves you lunging on your front foot and their pitchers all have crazy deliveries and throw some manner of a forkball.<BR/><BR/>Also, both of you need to take it easy on Mark DeRosa. You'll be laughing less when he's not saving the Cubs' ass this season.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01547108094270238761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27400569.post-13100756596378573492009-03-24T14:50:00.000-05:002009-03-24T14:50:00.000-05:00PS: I love the Dutch jerseys. The Oranje are pure ...PS: I love the Dutch jerseys. The <I>Oranje</I> are pure class. Orange is like the Dutch national sports color. Like Gold and Green with Australia and Navy and Red with the US.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06181248524843705767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27400569.post-79226290949290099642009-03-24T14:13:00.000-05:002009-03-24T14:13:00.000-05:00Given the clusterfuck that is the Fire's front...Given the clusterfuck that is the Fire's front office, I think at this point I envy Seattle (whose FO is doing everything right) than hate them. Gimme a season or two.<BR/><BR/>As far as the WBC goes, I also personally love the idea. I just don't have the attention span anymore to sit down and watch baseball when there's the NCAA tournament going on.<BR/><BR/>My suggestions for how to improve it for next time.<BR/><BR/>1.) Hold it in the middle of winter, so there's less of a "Oh, we need to get ready for the season" excuse and a full US team is available for selection without having to tap Mark DeRosa. There's more than enough warm-weather sites in Latin America, the South, and domed stadiums to provide a good number of venues.<BR/><BR/>2.) Set strict rules for players' Nationalities. The idea that (before he was hurt) that A-Rod could play for the US in one tournament and for another country in the next tournament defeats the entire purpose of a "National team." My suggestion: The player must be a citizen, or have at least one ancestor no farther back than a grandparent who was a citizen of that country, and once a player plays a single game for his country in either the WBC or the Olympics/Olympic qualifiers (should it be brought back), that is their country and they gotta stick with them.<BR/><BR/>3.) I'd also mix up the groups a little more. Here, the winners and runners up in Pools A & B went into Second Round Pools 1. The End result was that Korea played Japan 5 times in this tournament and I think USA played Venezuela 4 times.<BR/><BR/>Pool 1: Group A and C winners, Group B and D runners up.<BR/><BR/>Pool 2: Group B and D winners, Group A and C runners up. That wasn't so hard, was it?Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06181248524843705767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27400569.post-32194578851419721692009-03-24T03:14:00.000-05:002009-03-24T03:14:00.000-05:00Really? Are we entire days into the MLS season wit...Really? Are we entire days into the MLS season without Mike finding a reason to hate Seattle? And I was looking forward to a convoluted reason to express rage...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com