Some of ya'll get worked up over the dumbest s%*#, seriously.

33 minutes ago, Capn12 said:

Some of ya'll get worked up over the dumbest s%*#, seriously.

100% True!

9 hours ago, Chick Mercedes said:

This is why playing in these tournaments is dubious.

Can you not pull a hammy in a spring training game?

2 hours ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

Not sure i agree. Can get injured in spring training as well.

Can get injured jumping off the back of a pickup truck.

10 hours ago, Autumn Dreamin said:

Teel was still in uniform walking around high fiving teammates after the game, so unlikely to be too serious

 

10 hours ago, tray said:

I guess that's funny to you as well. I hope they prove you wrong and compete for the division. 

The injury wasn't the joke, he was mocking the current state of the White Sox.

1 hour ago, Squirmin' for Yermin said:

Can you not pull a hammy in a spring training game?

You can, but it’s always easier to stomach when something happens to your kids under your own watch as opposed to when others are taking care of them.

1 hour ago, Squirmin' for Yermin said:

Can you not pull a hammy in a spring training game?

When you are paying a game in spring at 100% versus the 80/90 percent happening in ST games, I would bet money that makes a difference.  Can you say for sure it wouldn't have happened in Sox camp?  No.  But also, intensity does matter for those things.

They’re going 110% when they’re not 100% ready for the season. Don’t think you can say the same for Spring Training.

Edited March 11Mar 11 by Bob Sacamano

9 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

When you are paying a game in spring at 100% versus the 80/90 percent happening in ST games, I would bet money that makes a difference.  Can you say for sure it wouldn't have happened in Sox camp?  No.  But also, intensity does matter for those things.

Yep.  My son played an entire first half of football with a knee injury.  He wasn’t pulled until the team’s trainer checked him out at half time.  They all still thought it was just a grade 1 or 2 knee sprain.  The trainer told him to ice it, see if it gets better after a few days, and then have a doctor check it out if it doesn’t.  He walked around on it for a week until a doctor checked him out and told him he had a full tear of his ACL and damaged meniscus and needed knee surgery.

Edited March 11Mar 11 by WhiteSox2023

How has there not been an update on Teel yet 

3 minutes ago, ChiSoxFanMike said:

How has there not been an update on Teel yet 

 

I heard an update from Italy's Manager but it was only that Teel would not be playing. I am worried about Teel.

Teel worked out with weights in the off-season and according to him, gained about 20 pounds. Some players benefit from extra muscle mass and weight. 

 

 

6 minutes ago, tray said:

 

I heard an update from Italy's Manager but it was only that Teel would not be playing. I am worried about Teel.

Teel worked out with weights in the off-season and according to him, gained about 20 pounds. Some players benefit from extra muscle mass and weight. 

 

 

That’s good.  He could easily lose that 20 pounds over the course of the season so hopefully he keeps eating that chicken and pasta.  He looked too skinny last year.

Edited March 11Mar 11 by WhiteSox2023

12 hours ago, Chick Mercedes said:

It is to their egos. Not to their MLB team 

It’s some of the most compelling baseball happening anywhere in the world, behind only mlb playoffs and certain pennant chases. If you’re a baseball fan, or even just a sports fan, the value is self-evident. The very game he got hurt in was awesome.

If you’re a White Sox fan over a baseball fan, I’d see why you feel that way. But it shouldn’t be difficult to imagine the other side. 

4 minutes ago, Eminor3rd said:

It’s some of the most compelling baseball happening anywhere in the world, behind only mlb playoffs and certain pennant chases. If you’re a baseball fan, or even just a sports fan, the value is self-evident. The very game he got hurt in was awesome.

If you’re a White Sox fan over a baseball fan, I’d see why you feel that way. But it shouldn’t be difficult to imagine the other side. 

It's great for the game and for growing the game. Every country but the US loves it too. I'm a big fan of the WBC, I just wish they moved it to mid-season or something so pitchers could actually participate without the dread hanging over their head.

1 hour ago, Kyyle23 said:

You can, but it’s always easier to stomach when something happens to your kids under your own watch as opposed to when others are taking care of them.

These aren't your kids. 

I confess I'm not fond of the WBC just for the reason of injury potential as well as guys having to play hard (in theory) for something totally meaningless but over and above that what bothers me are these rosters.

You've got guys who weren't born in a particular country playing for it because their grandmother on their step-mothers side had a distant cousin who lived in said country for a year or two. (I know that doesn't make sense but just trying to make a point).

If you are going to have this exhibition series at least make the rule to play for a nation you have to be born there and be a citizen of it. Stop stretching things to try to field a roster. If you don't have enough legit players from your country you don't play, aren't invited.

Edited March 11Mar 11 by Lip Man 1

4 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said:

I confess I'm not fond of the WBC just for the reason of injury potential as well as guys having to play hard (in theory) for something totally meaningless but over and above that what bothers me are these rosters.

You've got guys who weren't born in a particular country playing for it because their grandmother on their step-mothers side had a distant cousin who lived in said country for a year or two. (I know that doesn't make sense but just trying to make a point).

If you are going to have this exhibition series at least make the rule to play for a nation you have to be born there and be a citizen of it. Stop stretching things to try to field a roster. If you don't have enough legit players from your country you don't play, aren't invited.

Huh? You have to have a parent born there to participate.

3 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

Huh? You have to have a parent born there to participate.

A parent is not the same as the player itself.  

6 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

Huh? You have to have a parent born there to participate.

Is this true?  I thought that one parent has to either have been born there OR be a citizen there.

Edited March 11Mar 11 by WhiteSox2023

3 hours ago, Lip Man 1 said:

A parent is not the same as the player itself.  

You insinuated that there was some distance connection. Nothing distant about being 50% something. 

Edited March 11Mar 11 by Look at Ray Ray Run

2 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

That isn’t true.  One parent has to either have been born there OR be a citizen there.

Sorry, born wrong word. "From" there as citizens would be.

What was wrong was him saying it was a distant cousin.

20 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said:

I confess I'm not fond of the WBC just for the reason of injury potential as well as guys having to play hard (in theory) for something totally meaningless but over and above that what bothers me are these rosters.

You've got guys who weren't born in a particular country playing for it because their grandmother on their step-mothers side had a distant cousin who lived in said country for a year or two. (I know that doesn't make sense but just trying to make a point).

If you are going to have this exhibition series at least make the rule to play for a nation you have to be born there and be a citizen of it. Stop stretching things to try to field a roster. If you don't have enough legit players from your country you don't play, aren't invited.

That's true of Italy...twenty two players born in US.

But also why Francisco Cervelli drove around the country 15,000 miles in a van promoting the sport and European championship to develop more native born players even though he's also Venezuelan.

Other nations do want it more, like the Asian countries, Latin American countries...everywhere but where baseball was actually born as a sport.

You have to find ways to get the younger generations engaged...and this is one of the main marketing strategies.

If you watched the Czech pitcher who was leaving the game to retirement and his regular job in Ostrava and you saw the tears before and after the game when he received multiple standing ovationd out of respect. the Australian pitcher's father cheering like a proud lunatic with pride or some of the players actually crying afterwards when they lost to Korea...it meant a lot to all of them.

Czechia was already down 0-4 in the tourney, basically playing for just national pride and scared the hell out of the Japanese fans and team/manager.

All five countries went crazy for their teams in the Tokyo Dome and supported them far more than US fans in Houston...whose manager looked at that game as a mere formality.

Edited March 11Mar 11 by caulfield12

4 hours ago, Lip Man 1 said:

If you are going to have this exhibition series at least make the rule to play for a nation you have to be born there and be a citizen of it. Stop stretching things to try to field a roster. If you don't have enough legit players from your country you don't play, aren't invited.

How many teams would this eliminate from the WBC, though, because there wouldn't be enough players to field a competitive team for many of the nations?  

And "I don't care" isn't a sufficient answer since the whole point of the tournament is to broaden an interest in baseball more globally beyond the places it already is dominant.

Edited March 11Mar 11 by 77 Hitmen

NFL up to 13 international games in 2026 for the very same reasons the WBC exists...or approaching 100 year anniversary of the All-Star game at mid season.