The fifa World Cup is still the best and maybe the women as well, basketball in the Olympics is second the world baseball classic is third. The world baseball classic should be in one country and after the World Series
@@Frankieefootballmundial yeah it's annoying that it stretches about two continents it should be just in one country the best ones would be USA, Japan, Korea(South of course) and maybe Taiwan or Cuba but that wouldn't be the best decision except for like the estadio latinoamericano.
Because of our garbage owner, Angels fans don’t get to watch many meaningful games, but the Classic will be fun to watch our two best players play meaningful games in Mike Trout (USA) and Shohei Ohtani (Japan). Definitely looking forward to this tourney.
What a shame they've wasted Trouts career. Dude is a top 5 player of all time and he's never gonna get a shot to show out for the masses. As a lowly tigers fan I've followed him since he and miggy battled it out the triple crown year. What an amazing player, fastest hands I've ever seen through the zone. Fastest right handed hitter down the line I've ever seen too(in his youth). MLB should be ashamed they can't sell his greatness to the youth
@@joshlewis575 Definitely a shame. I’ve actually like Cabrera for a long time now too. Whenever I see videos or segments on players being cool to fans the top two guys are always Miguel and Mike. Two of the best hitters in a couple generations now and two all-time greats and they both have tremendous personalities.
Obviously I’d like to see team USA make a run, but I don’t care that much. I’m just excited to see the passion and some of the best baseball ever played at this event
That's the best part about this tourney. The atmosphere that the Spanish, Korean, and Japanese fans bring. Those games are events over in those countries, and the atmosphere is always exciting. South Korean baseball games always look exciting, score could be 0 0 yet the fans are wild. MLB should take notes
im not Colombian or Dominican but those two countries are going to give people a surprise.i think Colombia won last years Caribbean series and Dominican republic has half of MLB players in the roster. but I still rooting for Puerto Rico.
Countries where baseball is common: USA Japan Korea Taiwan Canada Mexico Venezuela Cuba Dominican Republic Puerto Rico Nicaragua Panama North of Colombia Curacao(Netherland) Aruba( Netherland) Bahamas Australia (but not too much)
Hi, I'm new to the channel, an NPB fan, myself Japanese. Thank you so much for this recap, I just started to get into baseball so didn't know much about the last WBCs, I wish there were Japanese UA-camrs like you. It's just so exciting how Japan is not the favorite team with the members that we can bring (Ohtani, Darvish, Seiya Suzuki; and most importantly, my favorite players Masataka Yoshida and Yoshinobu Yamamoto). Super happy to see the competition. I heard it will be the first time Cuba let the exiled players on their team, so with the result of this WBC the future of Cuban baseball would change. Also as you said the Netherlands should be seen with attention cause this will be the last time with this generation and because the next generation is not grown yet they must give everything for good results as if this would be their last chance. Just one last piece of precision, our first general manager's name is Sadahara Oh and not Sadaharu Oh.
I've been to them all. All the Arizona games, Anaheim games, San Diego games, San Francisco and LA finals, and a round in Mexico City as well. This year I'll be in Phoenix. Miami sold out which blew me away so I guess my finals streak will end.
i went to the WBC 2017 Colombia vs USA pool game in Miami and broooooo, u have to go its akin to playoff baseball and that term doesnt get thrown around too much in miami so it was awesome… great vid btw !!
I remember watching the first ever 2006 WBC, every game was fun fun fun. But then, each one after and so on, I just stopped caring about it. It also doesnt help that it happens in February/March and not during the summer.
I love the WBC and I want it to grow. A pet peeve I do have is that the group stages are too regional by nature. For example its always USA Canada Mexico or Puerto Rican Venezuela and the Dominican Republic in the first round. Lets have some from variation such as USA Korea and Israel in a first round group.
This is also my World Cup event. Wish there was more support from USA fans though. I went to the Domincan vs. USA game, and I can honestly say that in the area I was sitting, there was a single USA fan (great guy btw) in an ocean of Dominicans. Kind of weird, considering the game is played in the USA.
There's not a lot of support from the USA baseball fans because it yanks guys out of spring training, and as we've seen now with Edwin Diaz, it can lead to an injury that will impact their team.
@@RobotShlomo I Totally understand that, but injuries can happen anywhere. If I'm not mistaken Diaz got injured celebrating, not even playing. Think about the 2 most famous athletes in the world (Leonel Messy and Cristiano Ronaldo) These two guys played for 2 of the bigger sports club in the world (Barca and Real Madrid) And they always play to represent their countries. Not only in the soccer world cup, but in smaller competitions like the south American soccer cup. So if the 2 bigger athletes in the world can do it...I don't see why US Players cant go and represent in a sport that is WAAAAAY less physical than soccer. As a baseball fan, I want this cup to grow as big as the soccer world cup, but if people treat it like an insignificant game it would never grow. Soccer is the king of all sports, not because of the game itself, but because it's international.
I remember the first WBC Americans weren't very interested. I remember a reporter asking people in Los Angeles and most didint know there was a tournament being played at dodger stadium. or what the world baseball classic was. MLB didint do a very good job promorting the first one.
I don’t think they took it seriously enough until 2017 so hopefully this year they’ll have a better turnout! I’ll be doing my part live-streaming all the games I can🙌🏻
Got this video recommend right now and what a video I loves sports in general and with the baseball classic it’s gonna unite people together and I just hope it’s gonna be an amazing experience
One big reason why people don't know about the popularity of baseball in other countries is because they don't know about the history of the Baseball World Cup (or as it was named first: "Amateur World Series"). It basically was the one and only international tournament throughout the entire 20th century, and the only reason the players were called "amateurs" is because they weren't in MLB. For example, Cuba dominated it, and without it, Cubans wouldn't be as experienced and savvy as they are in huge competitive situations while playing baseball. Same thing with Colombia, for instance. The Caribbean region of Colombia developed real, amazing talent in the 30s and 40s, so much that they organized and won the tournament in 1947, and then in 1965. Those two remain as great milestones for Colombian baseball, and cemented the link of the sport to our identity as "gente de pelota" (or big baseball people, if you wish). Those victories also led to the formation of a strong local league where the better players didn't go to the US, but stayed here, and it was like having our own MLB for two or three decades, even with players from the US, Venezuela, Cuba, DR and so on. When I was born in the 90s, I was told we as Caribbeans from Colombia loved baseball. Fast forward, you have John Smoltz in the booth impressed during the US vs Colombia game broadcast in the 2017 World Baseball Classic. He was astonished by how a country "without real baseball experience" had a stacked US team in shambles. It's not that we don't have real baseball experience. Thing is people don't know about the historical processes of this beautiful game around the world because MLB has absorbed all the attention and the talent because they're the ones with the big bank. No pun intended. I love MLB. But having a competition to showcase the cultural differences and distinct ways to play the game in the big stage is refreshing and exciting. Let the WBC begin!
Honestly, If Cuba allowed all Cuban MLB players to play they would have a good shot at it. Also, that 2006 was stackedd, many of the players are unknown because they ended up choosing not to come to the U.S but they were much better than Gurriel and all other Cubans that have come
Taiwanese American here. Taiwan was forced to used the Chinese Taipei name and the Olympics committee flag by China and the IOC. When Taiwan held a referendum to decide whether or not to request for a name change, the IOC threatened to ban Taiwan from the Olympics if the referendum passes, and as a result the referendum failed. Most real Taiwanese people would rather you refer to the country as Taiwan, and don't mind as much if you use the Olympics committee flag instead of the flag of the ROC government in exile. In all the English WBC broadcasts I've seen, the broadcasters would refer to Taiwan as Taiwan, despite the cards saying TPE.
@@NMRsports Thank you brother! This video got me stoked for it! You don't see too many people boosting the WBC so I appreciate the work you put in. If you end up going, I suggest blogging it!
@@NMRsports they’ll both be fun! Usa isn’t the defending champ in basketball because they sent a little weaker team last time. It was right after the raptors won the title. The rugby one will also be exciting because South Africa, defending champs, are on a bit of a slump right now, same with New Zealand, who is usually the best in the world. Ireland is the current world #1 and just beat France in the 6nations (the European championship which happens annually), France are the World Cup hosts and up until this match were the favorites to win the 6 nations and the World Cup. With Italy and Japan and Fiji and Georgia improving, Scotland having a golden generation, England and wales in turmoil, and Australia being so up and down like they always are, it’s gonna be a great September
Boy I wish I didn't have to pay $70+ for a live TV subscription when I only want to watch these games. You'd think in 2023 there would be options for things like this, but instead we seem to be traveling back in time so all the channels are siloed off again and it's just as expensive as a whole cable package.
I'm Korean American so I'm rooting hard for South Korea, but they have had some really bad performances in back-to-back WBCs. It feels like they hit their peak in 2009 when they took Japan to extra innings
I think it'll be the Dominican Republic and the USA in the finals. I hope Japan and Korea do well. I also really hope the Czech Republic does well. How the Czech team made it, is a great story!
I find it hard to believe how you can talk about the talent coming out of Japan and NOT mention one of the greatest players of all-time, Ichiro! All Ichiro gets is a footnote mention as being a part of team Japan!?!?
WBC won’t reach its full potential until the best players go and play for their country. Look at the US pitching roster for example. No Verlander, DeGrom, Cole, Fried, Kershaw, Nola, Burnes, Etccc. If the best players aren’t playing then what’s the point.
Can’t believe you totally glossed over the baseball World Cup which started in 1938 continuing until 2011. In fact Great Britain who make their debut in the bwc won the very first baseball World Cup.
I think the WBC is the only hope baseball has to save the future. Especially with nations in which baseball loses ground as the majority sport (Panama and Cuba: Soccer, DR and Puerto Rico: Basketball, and I'm not even telling you about the United States) Precisely these last 2 nations are too important within the WBC, they have reached the final phases (Dominican won the 2011 for example) And also to expand popularity or recover it, Colombia 30 years ago was a baseball country, but it succumbed to soccer, Venezuela was 70% 30% baseball-soccer 15 years ago now it is 40% 30%, it has to return to the old majority . Japan will always be a baseball country and Taiwan will also be too traditionalist. What I do see as impossible is for baseball to gain notoriety thanks to the WBC in countries like the Netherlands, Italy, Great Britain, Israel, China, the Czech Republic or Australia unless they make structural changes to baseball rules, which I see unlikely.
What changes did you have in mind? I personally wonder what baseball might have looked like had the early Massachusetts game won out, which involved a lot more running and prolonged action on the field (and to see speedy players like Billy Hamilton or Byron Buxton play it). The MLB historian said it was delightful game. To people who don't know baseball it just looks static, like nothing's happening, and that hurdle is usually never overcome to learn and appreciate the intricacies of the game, when there are other sports they already understand with instant appeal.
@@desamster I will give you an example, in Mexico when the matches are shown on TV the inning are reduced to 6, they are no longer 7 (only televised matches) I watched some games and I could see more dynamism than in a longer game. It went so well for them that in the final of the league it had about 8 to 9 million accumulated viewers. I say that as something that can be implemented. The only thing wrong with baseball is that most fans refuse to change the rules or at least a little bit, it was a ticking time bomb and now they have a lot of competition. He mentioned other countries because either they have another similar sport or they already have other sports on the podium. For example England has cricket which is a ball game, certainly the rules regarding baseball are very different but the essence of the hit remains, it would never succeed in that country because it would be duplicated for two sports. Same thing Australia. And in other countries I see it as unviable (Europe) because baseball is non-existent for them. So much so that there are few stadiums and with almost zero capacity. Spain has 2, one of 2,500 and one of 1,000, that is, with that I tell you everything.
@@sanslepard6165 It's true, baseball is very traditionalist. Seeing how mlb has evolved, it seemed logical to me to move back the mound and deepen fences. But that was probably a few bridges too far for the average fan, even though the statcast era fundamentally altered it into a power game. I know about Europe, baseball is very niche here. Doesn't get any mainstream attention here, like none.
@@desamster and the MLB boasts of having sell-outs in games in London but they do not realize that part of the tickets are coming from Japanese or Taiwanese. Anyway, the way I see it my way, baseball is going to stop being relevant in the USA from 2026, they have brutal competition. There is World Cup (soccer) in that year. They probably get a huge stream of young fans. If they don't do anything about it the average fan rating will continue to go up and there will be a point where it starts to plummet because of this. And to top it off there are walkout which suggests that there are problems (there are) that for a casual fan are frightening. No one would like to see something that has problems. I hope that one day this sport will pick up again, it had the potential to be a power in all of America, but it was not like that.
I´m a Venezuelan national and like baseball a lot but you´ve got hand it to soccer, no basebal game will ever have the impact that a Soccer World Cup match has around the globe, ever. Even in Baseball loving countries such as Japan, South Korea, and Venezuela which has never participated in a Soccer World Cup but has a strong fan support base. P.D : Major changes promoted by MLB to speed up games is a hint that Baseball is losing your young audiences, especially in the US. I suggest shortening the regular season , 162 games are way too many , some are meaningless with subzero ratings, also I propose having International MLB All-star games , USA vs the World for example, this would catch more attention in a lot countries others than the usual and might boost up baseball. As for the WBC I´m rooting for Venezuela naturally but my head tells me either the USA or the Dominican Republic will win it, they have too much talent in their rosters, even with their absenses. I put Japan and Venezuela as third and fourth favorites, Cuba and The Netherlands as longshots. As for the rest, I don´t think they have a wink of a chance, but who knows , if Morocco came in fourth in the last soccer world cup bringing down most favorites and predictions, maybe an underdog might surprise us.
I love baseball, but this is just a preseason tournament and nothing more. The real baseball doesn't start until August. I'll still watch mind you because it's best on best but most players are in spring training mode so I don't expect October baseball, I expect March baseball.
An a Japanese baseball fans, I can tell you that Every year soccer fans increase more and more, especially after world Cup 2023 qatar .Japan and skorea. Baseball need to reinform quickly before it collapse. It is used to like 80% baseball fans and 20 % soccer fans but now 60 ℅ baseball fans and 40 ℅ of soccer .
@@lalrindikaralte8252 yeah I mean it isn't even about gaining fans in new places like here in the UK but to stay with what they have in The USA and Japan I think even south korea fell alot. What I think the WBSC should do is host the WBC in one country but one that's most popular sport is baseball or a big one in the country so people actually care and travel won't cost so much, add more teams the FIFA world cup has 32 teams and its gonna get 46 for the next one in guess where?, USA, Mexico and Canada so we need to as unpractical as it may be get to 32 teams more countries more interest. I wrote a paragraph for no reason I really am a nerd🤓
fifa world cup , rugby world cup, tennis grand slam tournaments , Formula 1 and the Olympics are light years away of baseball sorry but this is a tiny event...
Who are you rooting for in the WBC?
For you to stream
I'm taking the Astros!
Colombia!!!! 🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴
Let’s go Gio Urshela!!!
@@Alex1999_3 The Angels got a ton of guys playing in it! I’m gonna watch some Italy games for Stassi and Fletch👀
The good old USA and since my mom is Mexican I’ll be rooting for Mexico too.
MLB would be wise to have the games on TV for free for all to see.
honestly right now i can pull up a live nba game but not mlb?
@@danielfrometa7867 the mlb season is not started yet…
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Blame Manfred
you cant even watch your hometown team play if you pay for the mlb stream... you think theyre smart enough to put this on tv
When the WBC came out it was the greatest thing ever and still is. I'm American and baseball is my game. This is my World Cup.
The fifa World Cup is still the best and maybe the women as well, basketball in the Olympics is second the world baseball classic is third. The world baseball classic should be in one country and after the World Series
@@Frankieefootballmundial yeah it's annoying that it stretches about two continents it should be just in one country the best ones would be USA, Japan, Korea(South of course) and maybe Taiwan or Cuba but that wouldn't be the best decision except for like the estadio latinoamericano.
@@britishbaseballfan they could stage it in Mexico
@@Frankieefootballmundial yeah actually they do have good stadiums in Monterrey, Mexico City and Tijuana but you know Mexico...
@@Frankieefootballmundial aoo😂awoeo😢😢 3:08 y😅eew😅😊😮😂😂w😂weww❤😂rwr😮😂
Honestly, to make WBC more popular, they need to distribute each group more fair. They need to draw each group just like WC.
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And players need to have insurance for it because the good players always pull out before the tournament
@@Kobe_Jay_Kenobii Jesus loves you!!
Because of our garbage owner, Angels fans don’t get to watch many meaningful games, but the Classic will be fun to watch our two best players play meaningful games in Mike Trout (USA) and Shohei Ohtani (Japan).
Definitely looking forward to this tourney.
Im excited to watch them compete!
What a shame they've wasted Trouts career. Dude is a top 5 player of all time and he's never gonna get a shot to show out for the masses. As a lowly tigers fan I've followed him since he and miggy battled it out the triple crown year. What an amazing player, fastest hands I've ever seen through the zone. Fastest right handed hitter down the line I've ever seen too(in his youth). MLB should be ashamed they can't sell his greatness to the youth
At least Ohtani has a World Series win… aka the 2016 Japan Series.
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@@joshlewis575
Definitely a shame.
I’ve actually like Cabrera for a long time now too. Whenever I see videos or segments on players being cool to fans the top two guys are always Miguel and Mike. Two of the best hitters in a couple generations now and two all-time greats and they both have tremendous personalities.
Obviously I’d like to see team USA make a run, but I don’t care that much. I’m just excited to see the passion and some of the best baseball ever played at this event
That's the best part about this tourney. The atmosphere that the Spanish, Korean, and Japanese fans bring. Those games are events over in those countries, and the atmosphere is always exciting. South Korean baseball games always look exciting, score could be 0 0 yet the fans are wild. MLB should take notes
@@joshlewis575 Jesus loves you!
Dominican Republic’s team is practically an All Star team this year.
I called them more of a 1st team all pro in my power rankings😂 they’re insane
Every Year , where have you been?
im not Colombian or Dominican but those two countries are going to give people a surprise.i think Colombia won last years Caribbean series and Dominican republic has half of MLB players in the roster. but I still rooting for Puerto Rico.
The DR might have the best WBC roster I’ve ever seen. That being said I really like Venezuela this year as a sleeper pick to win it all👀
Countries where baseball is common:
USA
Japan
Korea
Taiwan
Canada
Mexico
Venezuela
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Puerto Rico
Nicaragua
Panama
North of Colombia
Curacao(Netherland)
Aruba( Netherland)
Bahamas
Australia (but not too much)
I’m pumped for the WBC!
Hi, I'm new to the channel, an NPB fan, myself Japanese.
Thank you so much for this recap, I just started to get into baseball so didn't know much about the last WBCs, I wish there were Japanese UA-camrs like you. It's just so exciting how Japan is not the favorite team with the members that we can bring (Ohtani, Darvish, Seiya Suzuki; and most importantly, my favorite players Masataka Yoshida and Yoshinobu Yamamoto). Super happy to see the competition.
I heard it will be the first time Cuba let the exiled players on their team, so with the result of this WBC the future of Cuban baseball would change. Also as you said the Netherlands should be seen with attention cause this will be the last time with this generation and because the next generation is not grown yet they must give everything for good results as if this would be their last chance.
Just one last piece of precision, our first general manager's name is Sadahara Oh and not Sadaharu Oh.
I'm a huge WBC fan and can't wait for the tournament!
I've been to them all. All the Arizona games, Anaheim games, San Diego games, San Francisco and LA finals, and a round in Mexico City as well. This year I'll be in Phoenix. Miami sold out which blew me away so I guess my finals streak will end.
i went to the WBC 2017 Colombia vs USA pool game in Miami and broooooo, u have to go its akin to playoff baseball and that term doesnt get thrown around too much in miami so it was awesome… great vid btw !!
remeber when the dutch beat DR that was a crazy classic
I remember watching the first ever 2006 WBC, every game was fun fun fun.
But then, each one after and so on, I just stopped caring about it.
It also doesnt help that it happens in February/March and not during the summer.
I love the WBC and I want it to grow. A pet peeve I do have is that the group stages are too regional by nature. For example its always USA Canada Mexico or Puerto Rican Venezuela and the Dominican Republic in the first round. Lets have some from variation such as USA Korea and Israel in a first round group.
Exactly. We need to draw the group stages. Seed them based on world rankings. Highest seeds host the group.
This is also my World Cup event. Wish there was more support from USA fans though. I went to the Domincan vs. USA game, and I can honestly say that in the area I was sitting, there was a single USA fan (great guy btw) in an ocean of Dominicans. Kind of weird, considering the game is played in the USA.
I totally agree, that was part of why I made this video!
Lol I bet a lot of them were Dominican Americans or just Hispanic Americans rooting for the DR 😂
There's not a lot of support from the USA baseball fans because it yanks guys out of spring training, and as we've seen now with Edwin Diaz, it can lead to an injury that will impact their team.
@@RobotShlomo and the same thing can happen in spring training just like Gavin Lux
@@RobotShlomo I Totally understand that, but injuries can happen anywhere. If I'm not mistaken Diaz got injured celebrating, not even playing.
Think about the 2 most famous athletes in the world (Leonel Messy and Cristiano Ronaldo) These two guys played for 2 of the bigger sports club in the world (Barca and Real Madrid) And they always play to represent their countries. Not only in the soccer world cup, but in smaller competitions like the south American soccer cup.
So if the 2 bigger athletes in the world can do it...I don't see why US Players cant go and represent in a sport that is WAAAAAY less physical than soccer.
As a baseball fan, I want this cup to grow as big as the soccer world cup, but if people treat it like an insignificant game it would never grow.
Soccer is the king of all sports, not because of the game itself, but because it's international.
Great video and overview of the event. It doesn’t get nearly the coverage that it deserves. My moms Dutch so Nederland all the way!
I agree! Good luck, I think the Netherlands will make the semis. Check out my power rankings if you haven’t seen them!
You forgot to mention DR won UNDEFEATED
I live like 20 mins from Chase Field so I’m going to a few of the US qualifier games I can’t wait
Nice man! I’m super jealous
Team Dominican and Team USA are stacked wtf
Starting pitching kind of meh though. None of these MLB teams and their pitchers want to get injured, I guess I understand.
Nice video maaaan! Of course I'll ve cheering for México. We always ger our asses kicked. But this WBC, our roster Is promising.
Haha, Mexico is in the same spot that Canada is, where we produce some star players, but ultimately the game is decided by DR, Japan and USA.
@@KC-bg1th it’s all about the right team getting hot and playing consistent baseball
Atleast you get to step on us mate😂
I remember the first WBC Americans weren't very interested. I remember a reporter asking people in Los Angeles and most didint know there was a tournament being played at dodger stadium. or what the world baseball classic was. MLB didint do a very good job promorting the first one.
I don’t think they took it seriously enough until 2017 so hopefully this year they’ll have a better turnout! I’ll be doing my part live-streaming all the games I can🙌🏻
@@rubytuesday4379 agree.
Thanks for the history lesson NMR!
"International" idk about that technically "La Serie Del Caribe" is also international and has always been popular amongst participating countries.
Yuli gurriel could’ve been a HOF worthy player had he played his entire career in mlb
.817 and .751 OPS his age 33 and 34 seasons while not being a plus defender. Not HOF.
@@Redsoxman9991 you judging him outside his prime n besides I said “could’ve been” potential was there. Dude played half his career in cuba
@@Redsoxman9991 he literally is a gold glover
@@gerryomo9515 I heard that Yuli is playing in Japan now
@@dabear7862 he played there right before mlb too!
Finally the “World” portion of the title actually fits!
Got this video recommend right now and what a video I loves sports in general and with the baseball classic it’s gonna unite people together and I just hope it’s gonna be an amazing experience
It’s gonna be awesome! I’m excited to stream some games!
The champion will be any of these 3 (USA / Japan / DR), it is hard to predict I will go with the defending champions USA
They’ve got a solid chance for sure! But I still can’t put my money on anyone but the DR with that insane roster, USA has a stacked lineup though!
This is the REAL "World" Series
One big reason why people don't know about the popularity of baseball in other countries is because they don't know about the history of the Baseball World Cup (or as it was named first: "Amateur World Series"). It basically was the one and only international tournament throughout the entire 20th century, and the only reason the players were called "amateurs" is because they weren't in MLB. For example, Cuba dominated it, and without it, Cubans wouldn't be as experienced and savvy as they are in huge competitive situations while playing baseball. Same thing with Colombia, for instance. The Caribbean region of Colombia developed real, amazing talent in the 30s and 40s, so much that they organized and won the tournament in 1947, and then in 1965. Those two remain as great milestones for Colombian baseball, and cemented the link of the sport to our identity as "gente de pelota" (or big baseball people, if you wish). Those victories also led to the formation of a strong local league where the better players didn't go to the US, but stayed here, and it was like having our own MLB for two or three decades, even with players from the US, Venezuela, Cuba, DR and so on. When I was born in the 90s, I was told we as Caribbeans from Colombia loved baseball.
Fast forward, you have John Smoltz in the booth impressed during the US vs Colombia game broadcast in the 2017 World Baseball Classic. He was astonished by how a country "without real baseball experience" had a stacked US team in shambles. It's not that we don't have real baseball experience. Thing is people don't know about the historical processes of this beautiful game around the world because MLB has absorbed all the attention and the talent because they're the ones with the big bank. No pun intended. I love MLB. But having a competition to showcase the cultural differences and distinct ways to play the game in the big stage is refreshing and exciting.
Let the WBC begin!
As a Puerto Rican, that 2017 final is still a disheartening memory
good video, but should have talked more about the Dominican's undefeated season in 2013
Perhaps a different video🤷🏻♂️
Going to Miami for the first time to watch WBC games. Let's go Cuba!
Nice man good luck!
Never heard of this but I will definitely be watching now. See you at the watch party!
Teams USA and DR are ridiculous
Absolutely! I was most impressed by Venezuela’s roster though, I have them at #2 in my power rankings👀
So excited I’m going this year
Nice man! Which games?
Great Video! Pulling for USA Also Cuba! Dominican Republic is loaded!
Honestly, If Cuba allowed all Cuban MLB players to play they would have a good shot at it. Also, that 2006 was stackedd, many of the players are unknown because they ended up choosing not to come to the U.S but they were much better than Gurriel and all other Cubans that have come
Japan play the best baseball by far but its hard not to route for Cuba whose players arent allowed to leave they will suprise
We need a video on the Team Japan manger
Im deciding if I can make a full length video or not right now cause there aren’t alot of clips of him
I'm so mad they didn't do any games in Los Angeles
Esa es la verdadera Serie Mundial.
Taiwanese American here. Taiwan was forced to used the Chinese Taipei name and the Olympics committee flag by China and the IOC. When Taiwan held a referendum to decide whether or not to request for a name change, the IOC threatened to ban Taiwan from the Olympics if the referendum passes, and as a result the referendum failed. Most real Taiwanese people would rather you refer to the country as Taiwan, and don't mind as much if you use the Olympics committee flag instead of the flag of the ROC government in exile. In all the English WBC broadcasts I've seen, the broadcasters would refer to Taiwan as Taiwan, despite the cards saying TPE.
Thank you for letting me know! I’ll definitely use Taiwan moving forward.
Just bought my Puerto Rico vs Dominican Republic tickets. Then I sent this video to a couple of the boys to get them hyped. Let's go!!
That’s dope man! Have fun!
@@NMRsports Thank you brother! This video got me stoked for it! You don't see too many people boosting the WBC so I appreciate the work you put in. If you end up going, I suggest blogging it!
Already have tickets for a game in Phoenix!
Put some respect on Korea that team could go far
They’ll make the semi’s for sure, I just don’t know that they can compete with the DR, USA, Venezuela, and Japan with their loaded rosters
Those Korean batflips😂😂😂😂
Been waiting for this for 6 years
Quality Video 👍 New Sub . I hope people get behind this tournament
Thank you so much!
Soccer will always be my number one love, but man do I also love baseball 🤙🏽
Great video!
Thank you!
Bro I’m going when USA plays Colombia let’s goooooooo
Bro tickets in Miami have been sold out since October.
There are some for like $6 on the resale market for the pool games🤷🏻♂️
This year there’s also the basketball and rugby world cups happening
Interesting I’ve never heard of those
@@NMRsports they’ll both be fun! Usa isn’t the defending champ in basketball because they sent a little weaker team last time. It was right after the raptors won the title. The rugby one will also be exciting because South Africa, defending champs, are on a bit of a slump right now, same with New Zealand, who is usually the best in the world. Ireland is the current world #1 and just beat France in the 6nations (the European championship which happens annually), France are the World Cup hosts and up until this match were the favorites to win the 6 nations and the World Cup. With Italy and Japan and Fiji and Georgia improving, Scotland having a golden generation, England and wales in turmoil, and Australia being so up and down like they always are, it’s gonna be a great September
I wish it had a streaming option.
The games are going to be on Fox Sports
imagine if they allowed mlb players to play for cuba every wbc so we can finally win another gold
This year a couple of MLB players will be on Team Cuba! Yoan Moncada and Luis Robert I think are the only two
@@NMRsports yeah but it's honestly sad they can't have all cuban mlb players
Boy I wish I didn't have to pay $70+ for a live TV subscription when I only want to watch these games. You'd think in 2023 there would be options for things like this, but instead we seem to be traveling back in time so all the channels are siloed off again and it's just as expensive as a whole cable package.
I use a website called streameast for free
Try to search for illegal streams
I wish the games would be easier to watch on TV. What channel is the tournament even on? I would watch if they were on ESPN or Fox.
Team USA baby let's go! Hope we all get to see Trout bat against Ohtani
That would be a highlight of the decade
Rooting for 🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴 and we will win too
I like your chances😂
14m dollars for their team? Softball cancel culture going ask for 50% of that
Awesome Video
Thank you!
what day it begins?
March 8th!
I'm Korean American so I'm rooting hard for South Korea, but they have had some really bad performances in back-to-back WBCs. It feels like they hit their peak in 2009 when they took Japan to extra innings
WBC 2009 was golden age of team Korea baseball.
New to ur Chanel bro I’m from da Bronx Japan wining it all
I think it'll be the Dominican Republic and the USA in the finals. I hope Japan and Korea do well. I also really hope the Czech Republic does well. How the Czech team made it, is a great story!
Who was gonna tell me Freddie freeman is playing for Canada???
Mexicos pitching staff makes them a potential dark horse
Eric Hosmer is just a big game player.
That’s valid, I remember watching him dismantle my Angels in the 2014 ALDS
I love baseball and can't wait to watch the WBC, but comparing it in scope to the world cup is ridiculous!
Team MX!!
“Eric Hosmer of lol people” bro EH was elite around those years
Defensively he was but since 2015 his offense has been terrible overall
@@NMRsports I could be wrong but wasn’t that the year he won golden glove and World Series with the royals?
@@izzyshootsiphone no that was 2015
@@NMRsports Oh damn you're right. Sorry, this took place in 2017. For some reason I thought it was in 2015 😅
I find it hard to believe how you can talk about the talent coming out of Japan and NOT mention one of the greatest players of all-time, Ichiro! All Ichiro gets is a footnote mention as being a part of team Japan!?!?
Based on the start times for many of these games, a lot of people still won't see it
¡Vamos Borinquén!
taiwan #1
USA USA 🇺🇸
WBC won’t reach its full potential until the best players go and play for their country. Look at the US pitching roster for example. No Verlander, DeGrom, Cole, Fried, Kershaw, Nola, Burnes, Etccc. If the best players aren’t playing then what’s the point.
TEAM💪🇵🇷
vamos dominicana 🇩🇴
from japan...😂
Can’t believe you totally glossed over the baseball World Cup which started in 1938 continuing until 2011. In fact Great Britain who make their debut in the bwc won the very first baseball World Cup.
We're never doing that again promise me.
I wouldn't say some call it football, more like everyone outside of the U.S
Ichiro and Pujols, both absolutely dominated the 2000s… and immediately fell off in the 2010s. Both first-ballot Hall of Famers, easy.
Vamos RD 🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴💪🏻✊🏼
The WBC is not bigger because most Americans think is not an important tournament
The WBC is a sideshow, NOT A MAJOR EVENT!
At least we finally get to watch Mike Trout take a meaningful at bat after like a decade of not making the playoffs
Hey😔
I predict he’s going to go on a tear. Especially after his Eagles lost the superbowl. Mans is gonna be on demon time just watch
Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
I think the WBC is the only hope baseball has to save the future. Especially with nations in which baseball loses ground as the majority sport (Panama and Cuba: Soccer, DR and Puerto Rico: Basketball, and I'm not even telling you about the United States)
Precisely these last 2 nations are too important within the WBC, they have reached the final phases (Dominican won the 2011 for example)
And also to expand popularity or recover it, Colombia 30 years ago was a baseball country, but it succumbed to soccer, Venezuela was 70% 30% baseball-soccer 15 years ago now it is 40% 30%, it has to return to the old majority . Japan will always be a baseball country and Taiwan will also be too traditionalist.
What I do see as impossible is for baseball to gain notoriety thanks to the WBC in countries like the Netherlands, Italy, Great Britain, Israel, China, the Czech Republic or Australia unless they make structural changes to baseball rules, which I see unlikely.
What changes did you have in mind? I personally wonder what baseball might have looked like had the early Massachusetts game won out, which involved a lot more running and prolonged action on the field (and to see speedy players like Billy Hamilton or Byron Buxton play it). The MLB historian said it was delightful game. To people who don't know baseball it just looks static, like nothing's happening, and that hurdle is usually never overcome to learn and appreciate the intricacies of the game, when there are other sports they already understand with instant appeal.
@@desamster I will give you an example, in Mexico when the matches are shown on TV the inning are reduced to 6, they are no longer 7 (only televised matches)
I watched some games and I could see more dynamism than in a longer game. It went so well for them that in the final of the league it had about 8 to 9 million accumulated viewers. I say that as something that can be implemented. The only thing wrong with baseball is that most fans refuse to change the rules or at least a little bit, it was a ticking time bomb and now they have a lot of competition.
He mentioned other countries because either they have another similar sport or they already have other sports on the podium. For example England has cricket which is a ball game, certainly the rules regarding baseball are very different but the essence of the hit remains, it would never succeed in that country because it would be duplicated for two sports. Same thing Australia. And in other countries I see it as unviable (Europe) because baseball is non-existent for them. So much so that there are few stadiums and with almost zero capacity. Spain has 2, one of 2,500 and one of 1,000, that is, with that I tell you everything.
@@sanslepard6165 It's true, baseball is very traditionalist. Seeing how mlb has evolved, it seemed logical to me to move back the mound and deepen fences. But that was probably a few bridges too far for the average fan, even though the statcast era fundamentally altered it into a power game. I know about Europe, baseball is very niche here. Doesn't get any mainstream attention here, like none.
@@desamster and the MLB boasts of having sell-outs in games in London but they do not realize that part of the tickets are coming from Japanese or Taiwanese. Anyway, the way I see it my way, baseball is going to stop being relevant in the USA from 2026, they have brutal competition. There is World Cup (soccer) in that year. They probably get a huge stream of young fans. If they don't do anything about it the average fan rating will continue to go up and there will be a point where it starts to plummet because of this.
And to top it off there are walkout which suggests that there are problems (there are) that for a casual fan are frightening.
No one would like to see something that has problems. I hope that one day this sport will pick up again, it had the potential to be a power in all of America, but it was not like that.
average fan age*
I AGREE!
I´m a Venezuelan national and like baseball a lot but you´ve got hand it to soccer, no basebal game will ever have the impact that a Soccer World Cup match has around the globe, ever. Even in Baseball loving countries such as Japan, South Korea, and Venezuela which has never participated in a Soccer World Cup but has a strong fan support base.
P.D : Major changes promoted by MLB to speed up games is a hint that Baseball is losing your young audiences, especially in the US. I suggest shortening the regular season , 162 games are way too many , some are meaningless with subzero ratings, also I propose having International MLB All-star games , USA vs the World for example, this would catch more attention in a lot countries others than the usual and might boost up baseball.
As for the WBC I´m rooting for Venezuela naturally but my head tells me either the USA or the Dominican Republic will win it, they have too much talent in their rosters, even with their absenses. I put Japan and Venezuela as third and fourth favorites, Cuba and The Netherlands as longshots. As for the rest, I don´t think they have a wink of a chance, but who knows , if Morocco came in fourth in the last soccer world cup bringing down most favorites and predictions, maybe an underdog might surprise us.
I love baseball, but this is just a preseason tournament and nothing more. The real baseball doesn't start until August. I'll still watch mind you because it's best on best but most players are in spring training mode so I don't expect October baseball, I expect March baseball.
Team DR 🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴
Its the us , south america and japan ....hardly enough for a real world cup style competition
Australia, Czech Republic, Korea, Taiwan, Netherlands...
An a Japanese baseball fans, I can tell you that Every year soccer fans increase more and more, especially after world Cup 2023 qatar .Japan and skorea. Baseball need to reinform quickly before it collapse. It is used to like 80% baseball fans and 20 % soccer fans but now 60 ℅ baseball fans and 40 ℅ of soccer .
@@lalrindikaralte8252 yeah I mean it isn't even about gaining fans in new places like here in the UK but to stay with what they have in The USA and Japan I think even south korea fell alot. What I think the WBSC should do is host the WBC in one country but one that's most popular sport is baseball or a big one in the country so people actually care and travel won't cost so much, add more teams the FIFA world cup has 32 teams and its gonna get 46 for the next one in guess where?, USA, Mexico and Canada so we need to as unpractical as it may be get to 32 teams more countries more interest. I wrote a paragraph for no reason I really am a nerd🤓
you know Japanese players are legit when the manager has over a hundred more home runs career wise than Barry bonds on steroids. like holy bro.
He says "SOCCER AS SOME CALL IT" when it's EVERYONE besides the people from the U.S
You seem upset
Imagine not knowing that Canada, Australia, and Ireland exist
Crazy that you don’t name Venezuelan players as much crazy.
Check out my power rankings and you’ll be pleasantly surprised. I didn’t expect them to be as stacked as they are!
fifa world cup , rugby world cup, tennis grand slam tournaments , Formula 1 and the Olympics are light years away of baseball sorry but this is a tiny event...
Im aware of that I mentioned that those sports were more popular in the first 30 seconds of the video