he should be praised for even competing in the WBC. That's the spirit of someone who wants to lead his country to victory in their sport. Then you got the cheapass yankees like Judge who dont give a shit about anyting unless he's paid for it.
It's like Michael Jordan being the best three point shooter in the game as well. All that talent in one person. He's not exactly Jordan or Steph Curry but he's close and he has both their specific skills combined.
@@Aks.868 In short, it’s has been a LONG time since a really good pitcher has been a really good hitter. It’s just doesn’t happen in modern baseball. Ohtani isn’t just good though. He’s one of the best pitchers and hitters in MLB. He’d be a well above average player if you just made him do one and not the other. We haven’t seen a player like him in literal decades.
@@Aks.868he's a two-way player (pitches and fields at a top tier level) which is extremely rare in baseball. Not only that but he's very, very good as well as lacking superstar attitude.
⚾️ People wanted to see Ohtani on a big stage like the WBC it was like a playoff in every game, and Shohei was Incredible, he hit .435 with 8 RBIs also a 420 foot HR and tied a record 10 walks, and also as a Pitcher went 2-0 with 1.84 ERA and 11 Ks in 9 innings and a save Ohtani MVP🏆
I taught high school in Japan for years. The young guys that come out of the schools and go to koshien are already on a level of American minor leagues. Ohtani, is a superhuman player but was built in an environment that finds guys like him and creates wonders.
@@oxeye8891 they've actually paid 30 million. There was the 20 million posting fee they paid to the nippon ham fighters for the right yo sign ohtani. Still a bargin. Edit your state is factually correct just incomplete from the teams standpoint.
The WBC has been fantastic this year and I’m really going to miss it. I watched previous years but this year I was glued to even the late night / early morning games across the Pacific. It was really wonderful and I found myself going through wild mood swings through the tourney. Can’t wait for 2026!
The WBC feels like the adult Little League World Series. It’s fun to see the guys play and act like kids who just play baseball because they love the game.
Yes. This is the first year I got World Cup vibes from the WBC. Hoping it only improves from here. We can't just send ok pitching anymore USA, get your act together!
@@tielmaster7879 i think that japanese team could still have put 3 runs on any combination of US pitching in a tournament like that. The japanese pitchers are nasty
@obsidian00 with all due respect but the “Babe” would not be able to do what he did playing in todays modern day baseball. He would probably be working at pub or bar somewhere in the midwest. Ohtani is a unicorn.
Team USA lost the game because they do not know how to bunt! Throughout the tournament they showed zero ability to bunt and use basic fundamentals--- and it hurt them in the last inning against Japan. Mookie Betts did not know how to bunt and ended up hitting into a double play. This is very important, and the American media is silent about it.
Too many stars in the team USA. Stars don’t bunt. US play macho power ball, while Japan play with all the techniques and not necessary power, though nowadays Japan too have power hitter like the NPB triple crown/HR King, Murakami and Okamoto.
Mookie hit a weak ass ground ball on the second pitch of the at bat after not even allowing Witt to try to steal. I don't give a shit what nerd analytics say, I'm not telling my leadoff hitter to bunt with a man on and nobody out bottom 9 down by 1.
@@nickbk4418 With that attitude you keep losing live or die games. No room for 12 years old macho ego in the game of professional baseball. It’s a game for grown ups.
Wouldn't it be great to see the angels in the world series this coming season. Ohtani and Trout together would be a fire combo in the world series, hope they make it that far.
I'm A big fan of both these players so that was exactly the situation I did NOT want to see because one of them would have to fail. My compromise was for Mike to get a hit - not a home run because that would be a blown save for Shohei and a possible series loss which would be devastating. This was also such a big moment for Mike - who has been deprived of big moments his entire career. I wanted him to get on base, and even though I wanted Ohtani to preserve the win, I felt sad when Mike struck out - it's not how I wanted that game to end.
I’m a Stro’s fan from Montana lol but I would have been disappointed if Altuve didn’t play in the WBC. Injury sucks but can happen at anytime, shit happens.
You say that the U.S. didn't have a top pitcher, but if that's the case, Japan had only three top hitters too. Senga, who moved to the Mets, was top 2 in ERA last year. Good for you, Mets.
Unfortunately, the US has always some excuses. American pitchers are MLB players!! The US always say NPB is Triple A. So how is it that Triple A pitchers are better than MLB pitchers? Look at the US lineup, ALL STAR with multiple MVP, how can they not break the triple A pitchers of NPB? Complaining about US pitching becomes just an excuse for America not to understand that playing with more humility and willingness to learn may be more important than just be a superstar.
@@steviejohnson378 Exactly! Also those players on Japan, except a few players, play with each other year-round. They came into this tournament already red hot and our guys are just starting spring training. They don't even have their timing down! Mike trout couldn't buy a hit.
This was the True World Series, media doesn’t report much on spring practice injuries Fun level WBC > MLB season We also know Judge is 💰 MVP while Ohtani is world MVP
@@cwebed-stuy9951 The US would've still lost to Japan. The US would've been swept. Besides, this tournament is going to grow. I wouldn't be surprised if the model changes to where the US won't even qualify.
@@OddDudeSays nope 👎 cause how many games would USA only score 2 runs? You don’t know the game of baseball. 1 game elimination is different from 7 game series
@@cwebed-stuy9951 My biggest point is that USA baseball sucks. If $ is not behind it, then Americans don't care. All of the flag waving and chants of USA is pathetic and meaningless.
Who said we don't need the WBC? Just because two players got hurt and it might interfere with MLB season preparation? If it weren't for the WBC, such historic moments would never exist
I hope Ohtani will never be injured and provide us with years of two way play But history has shown us that this type of stuff is impossible.. just look at Bo Jackson The gods don't like it when we get too close to them...the best case scenario is that Ohtani will be a great hitter or a great pitcher...but it is inevitable that he can not continue doing both...he must and will eventually choose I honestly hope he proves me and the gods wrong...but there is just no way he can play both ways and not break down
I think he's still got maybe 5 more years playing both sides. Remember he pitches right-handed and swings left handed. Maybe after 5 years he will just DH and relief from time to time I guess. God bless him! 👍🏻
The question is; how does MLB take this an turn it into kids watching baseball every day? Twitter users saying "this helps grow the game", and then they don't watch for another 4-6 years doesn't grow the game, because the same problems like small market viability, franchise instability, game length, and ticket prices still exist.
I think a big step towards capitalizing on all this new interest would be to end the blackout rules. Luckily the RSNs are having trouble staying afloat so this is an opportunity for MLB to do something.
It opens the door. Even if only 3 out of 10 new viewers stick with it, that’s a good move forward. Honestly I think the biggest problem is the culture around baseball. What makes the WBC so good is those boring unwritten rules are out the window.
This shows MLB that they don't need Americans to watch the sport day in and day out for it's sport to grow outside the US unlike the NFL who still needs Americans to watch it sport
@@JAG214 baseball is a game built on watching it day in and day. That's how they make their money. Football is not an apples to apples comparison, as there are only 17 weeks in a season. You can't turn baseball into swimming where you say "see you in 4 years".
I think John Smoltz wrote the script for that epic ending. -) Trout and Ohtani happens to be two of my favorites. And for those who said "the WBC is nothing, no one cares...", here's what Bart Simpson would say to that "eat my shorts...." LOL I just looked up what the "dream tieam" was. What did we loose to Egypt in basketball? LOL
Didn’t know that! Come to think of it, it’s just a domestic title. Of course, people wouldn’t admit the change the name of “World Series”, so just call WBC a “Global Series”.
@@cwebed-stuy9951 ←you MLB fans keep saying same thing from 2006😆😆😆😆 Keep dreaming. Unless owners and teams don’t cooperate, team USA will keep losing.
@@ringsmontgomery3042 USA has the most gold medals in the world. They don’t lose often. MLB is played in America, Americans care about winning a professional championship in their home country more. Why isn’t Ohtani in the Japan league? Why is he in USA ?? I’ll wait
@@cwebed-stuy9951 You’re talking about platform. Platform and actual prowess is two different thing. Wimbledon is most prestigious tournament in world of tennis, but that doesn’t mean that champion is British.
People act like the angels werent a dominate team in the 2000s, they have the 7th best W/L record since 2000. The team will win again, lets not act like Trout and Ohtani havent been part of the problem. Ohtani couldnt pitch for the first 2.5 years and was an average hitter. Trout has had season ending injuries that have handcuffed the team. People love Ohtani now but just 3 years ago people said he couldnt do two way or hang in the MLB yet the angels accommodated him and changed to a six man rotation all for him. He is loyal and will stay on the angels.
Ohtani was an”average” hitter because he had TJ surgery! Other pitchers don’t play for whole 2 season, Ohtani played all through and never had an off season. You make it sound like Angels created him. Ohtani was already a two way player in Japan and a Japan series champion. The good thing with the Angels is that they followed the concept of Ohtanis previous Japanese team and Maddon removed the final restrictions in MLB.
@@t.r.5870 bienvenido amigo 👍🏽👍🏽 espero haya más gente que se vuelva fanático al béisbol gracias al world baseball clasicc y de dónde eres? Yo soy mexicano
This can not transfer to the mlb season, the format of 1 game elimination lets every team go hyper focused, almost playground rules, no pretense, simply 1 game head to head for bragging rights, you can’t expect a team or their fans to keep that intensity for over 100 games
Trout not use to big game moments and it showed. That strikeout pitch was sick, placed perfectly, but Trout had some terrible strikeouts throughout this WBC. If Kyle Tucker wasn't held out hurt I truly believe we would've had one or two more runs vs Japan, he's proven he can hit in big moments smashing the ball in many MLB playoff games, and he was having a great WBC until he got banged up. But no exaggeration when they said baseball won the WBC because that was some of the best couple weeks of baseball I've ever watched
The fact that Shohei missed his spot and threw 102 to make it full count is exactly why Mike Trout got his moment. Shohei gave it 100% to strike him out
If the Angels begin the season badly, they will be public enemy number 1 in the baseball world. How can you waste two generational talents so badly?? They are really hurting baseball by being so bad.
I don't put all the blame on the Angels. Trout had the chance to leave, but chose to stay for a huge payday. Ohtani, on the other hand, didn't have a choice to leave until his contract expires at the end of this upcoming season. If he stays with the Angels, then he has only himself to blame if he doesn't win a championship in his career. However, there is 0.0000001% chance he will be staying. If playing in the playoffs every year and getting a huge paycheck are important to him, then playing for the Dodgers makes the perfect sense.
He's coming to the Dodgers baby! He ain't leaving southern California at the end of the season...it's the only place in America that has the largest Japanese community outside of Honolulu
Omg this argument is so old and overused. It’s a new year. Ohtani won this tournament because he was surrounded by depth. Angels haven’t had that. This year they have depth. Just wait and see what happens. They’re getting to the postseason. Saying it now.
I remember when the USA men's basketball team lost the gold metal and was ridiculed by the entire country. Now when the United States lose and it's America's favorite pastime, now its about how great baseball is again. No they lost...
When USA men's basketball lost in 2004, they came back with a vengeance in 2008 with the Redeem Team. We'll see if USA Baseball has a similar fire lit under them after last night's loss, or if they continue pretending that the WBC doesn't matter.
@@cwebed-stuy9951 forgot your “” there. Let me help you “World” Series. And dont give me that crap about how the MLB have all kind of nationalities playing there
Oh man, as a brazilian and of course a soccer fan, I have to say that our "brothers of ice" have more in common than us than they think. Hockey should totally have a World Cup in the TRUER sense of the term. Maybe work with the IIHF to make the World Championship every four years, expand it so that more cities can host on a country. Every four years in the offseason
I mean just give him the mvp already. He doesn't need to do anything. He gave 250000 the mlb more viewers out of those 2 million. More views, more capital. I mean what is there to say. Lol
Best final since 09 when Korea and Japan went to extras with Darvish closing it out. Korea v. Japan is the best international baseball rivalry and that game should have put the WBC on the map.
Pitching did their job in the most important game of the tournament. Hitting into a double play and striking out in the 9th inning weren’t all-star quality.
what was so bad about the pitching in the last game? The reason US lost was because their players don't have good fundamentals. They can't bunt and they can't make contact in critical junction of the game ... unlike Japan. That was the difference. Not the pitching. At least for this one game.
@@RunForPeace-hk1cu agree with you there! Why WBC is so exciting is that the players get the hearts of the time of innocence somehow, they are not playing for money but for the team! MLB players has become too macho Stars and too much money oriented (the baseball gurus made them that way!) so with a line up so star studded, nobody would bunt or play fundamentals. Blaming on Pitchers are sorry excuse when SUPER STARS/MVP of the US can not break through NPBs Triple A pitchers (Americans always refer NPB as Triple A league)
@@mirikaku5811 I mean … runners on first bottom of the 9th. Ohtani walked the first batter. Put a pinch runner in there. Your fastest runner. Steal 2nd off a good start. Mookie Petts bunt and move the runner to third. Sac fly or ground out will tie the game. Just make contact. One hit will tie the game.
@@RunForPeace-hk1cuDid you even watch the game? They *did* put a pinch runner in. And I'm sorry, but anyone who is advocating bunting Mookie Betts in that position is playing for a tie...why? You would still have to win in extra innings! That was the U.S.'s best chance to win right there in the top of the ninth inning -- you take your chances swinging away with Betts and Trout 100 times out of 100. @RunforPeace2020 is a big fan of kissing his sister, apparently.
US team embarrassed themselves and their country. Feel bad for Trout because he'll have to relive that everyday since the enemy responsible is in the dugout with him. I couldn't do that.
American baseball is dying. As usual management is way too cheap. I can watch an NFL player catch a ball from 6 different angles and I can practically feel the sweat spraying off his face and onto my TV. North American baseball the same 3 camera angles you can't hear the ball hit the glove you see no dust you see no grit they don't even wear masks and yet you can't see their faces no neat angles on close place it's disgraceful. They will eventually slidelow the next sport that catches on and realizes that visually you have to make the game appealing or nobody's going to watch. Stop trying to talk them up when they are doing nothing care to improve viewership or participation.
Does this guy realize Japan are 3 time champs of the WBC? lol. He speaks as if America is the all time winner. This is why WBC should get more attention cause it exposes the American ignorance of that they're the best at baseball because its their sport. Nope. MLB is powered by foreign power, and the WBC exposes that.
Now time to fix the strike zone ambiguity. Try explaining the strike zone to a kid learning about the game. That strike zone you see on screen doesn't matter as long. The ump decides. Can they challenge it? No, what the ump calls is final.
There's no ambiguity in the rule book. The strike zone is defined as reaching from the batter's armpit to his knees. The umpires have taken it upon themselves to redefine it to their personal preferences, even saying "Well, my strike zone is this...". If a referee said in football "my definition of pass interference is this...", he'd be drummed out of the league.
@@RobotShlomoIt's hysterical to me that a commenter actually posted "there's no ambiguity in the rule book," followed by, "it's defined as reaching from a batter's armpit to his knees." How exactly do you tell where a hitter's knees are when they're covered by a uniform and you're standing behind the plate, crouched behind another player? And when has a strike *ever* been called as high as a player's armpit? Certainly not in my lifetime (unless it was an Angel Hernandez "special"), and likely not in yours, either. But yeah... it's all completely "unambiguous!" 🙄
I was rooting for Trout for pretty much the same reason. Ohtani needs to endure just one more year with the Halos, then he'll have years of opportunities to play meaningful baseball with a contending team. Trout on the other hand will have to wait until 2026 to play some meaningful baseball in the next WBC. I was hoping that Trout can finally have his moment of baseball bliss. Instead, Trout will have to watch himself swing and miss in the infinite replays of Ohtani free-agent hype reel.
You baseball will be the one that has the most media coverage. "BUT NOT THE BEST" Apart from the fact that they range from fraudulent tactics with the "MLB Re$triction$ on how many innings players can play" And if not ask Venezuela. "JAPAN HAS NO RE$TRICTION$"
This may be an unpopular opinion but I personally think that MLB players in the USA should not have the option to play for their country of origin in the WBC.
How can everyone ignore the fact that Japanese professional baseball has a limit on the number on the number of NON-JAPANESE who can play on each team? How is that not a question?
Is to avoid teams calling player overseas, consider that this rule was imposed when Japanese baseball was weaker than most of american countries, immagine in the 90 having Tokyo Gigants whit 9 starting Cubans…
@@archie15900 The position players weren't the problem, the pitching staff was. Unfortunately, our best pitchers are a bunch of bums that would rather play spring training than represent their country.
This is either trolly sarcasm, or the most historically-ignorant comment I have ever read on a sports video (which would really be saying something). I can't quite decide which is worse.
Japanese baseball is f boring. I don't like otani's face. I consider a 2-way player as mediocre. Kids don't play baseball. Many play soccer instead. Playgrounds are used for soccer not baseball.
Trout did get his moment. It was glorious. As amazing a hitter as he is, there is no shame in getting struck out by Shohei.
he should be praised for even competing in the WBC. That's the spirit of someone who wants to lead his country to victory in their sport. Then you got the cheapass yankees like Judge who dont give a shit about anyting unless he's paid for it.
right. it felt like two heroes facing each other, like hector vs achilles. two greats fighting each other where it only matters a bit who wins.
Ohtani on par with Michael Jordan as an athlete at the top of his sport in the eyes of the world.
Not a baseball fan. But what’s with all the hype about this guy?
It's like Michael Jordan being the best three point shooter in the game as well. All that talent in one person. He's not exactly Jordan or Steph Curry but he's close and he has both their specific skills combined.
@@Aks.868 In short, it’s has been a LONG time since a really good pitcher has been a really good hitter. It’s just doesn’t happen in modern baseball.
Ohtani isn’t just good though. He’s one of the best pitchers and hitters in MLB. He’d be a well above average player if you just made him do one and not the other. We haven’t seen a player like him in literal decades.
@@Aks.868 baseball is played by 9 people in a team and they each take turn defending and attacking. Basically Ohtani can almost do it all himself
@@Aks.868he's a two-way player (pitches and fields at a top tier level) which is extremely rare in baseball. Not only that but he's very, very good as well as lacking superstar attitude.
⚾️ People wanted to see Ohtani on a big stage like the WBC it was like a playoff in every game, and Shohei was Incredible, he hit .435 with 8 RBIs also a 420 foot HR and tied a record 10 walks, and also as a Pitcher went 2-0 with 1.84 ERA and 11 Ks in 9 innings and a save Ohtani MVP🏆
Rooting for the White guy, very typical for Dan Patrick.
I taught high school in Japan for years. The young guys that come out of the schools and go to koshien are already on a level of American minor leagues. Ohtani, is a superhuman player but was built in an environment that finds guys like him and creates wonders.
Baseball for kids in Japan is almost militaristic in its discipline.
@@chrismattson1787
Sadly? Those days are over.
Wokeism is everywhere in the globe.
They probably have the wear and tear of a 25 year old vet, though.
@c.c. actually it's worse in 2021 he was getting 3M. Overall the Angels have paid him around 10M for the past 5 years. Insane bargain.
@@oxeye8891 they've actually paid 30 million. There was the 20 million posting fee they paid to the nippon ham fighters for the right yo sign ohtani. Still a bargin.
Edit your state is factually correct just incomplete from the teams standpoint.
The WBC has been fantastic this year and I’m really going to miss it. I watched previous years but this year I was glued to even the late night / early morning games across the Pacific. It was really wonderful and I found myself going through wild mood swings through the tourney. Can’t wait for 2026!
Batted .152 against him. Insane.
The WBC feels like the adult Little League World Series. It’s fun to see the guys play and act like kids who just play baseball because they love the game.
Yes. This is the first year I got World Cup vibes from the WBC. Hoping it only improves from here. We can't just send ok pitching anymore USA, get your act together!
@@tielmaster7879 i think that japanese team could still have put 3 runs on any combination of US pitching in a tournament like that. The japanese pitchers are nasty
Amazing WBC, i enjoyed it very much, Japan vs Mexico was an unbelievable game.
This is what the Olympics wanted, but baseball wasn't willing to stop play for a month.
WBSI should stop exploring from participating nations.
They should stop unfair practices or there will be no competition.
Of course not! Baseball is on life support in the US as it is. They take a month off in the middle of the season and it's dead!
Shohei Ohtani, the greats player ever!!
He is the second coming of the “Babe”…
@obsidian00 with all due respect but the “Babe” would not be able to do what he did playing in todays modern day baseball. He would probably be working at pub or bar somewhere in the midwest. Ohtani is a unicorn.
Done almost everything after that closer performance. Just hand him the MVP when the season starts. GOAT-ani and no one's come close.
Hopefully this is a wake up call to the MLB that baseball is a global sport
Congratulations, Team Japan 🎉
Team USA lost the game because they do not know how to bunt! Throughout the tournament they showed zero ability to bunt and use basic fundamentals--- and it hurt them in the last inning against Japan. Mookie Betts did not know how to bunt and ended up hitting into a double play. This is very important, and the American media is silent about it.
Too many stars in the team USA. Stars don’t bunt. US play macho power ball, while Japan play with all the techniques and not necessary power, though nowadays Japan too have power hitter like the NPB triple crown/HR King, Murakami and Okamoto.
Mookie hit a weak ass ground ball on the second pitch of the at bat after not even allowing Witt to try to steal. I don't give a shit what nerd analytics say, I'm not telling my leadoff hitter to bunt with a man on and nobody out bottom 9 down by 1.
That’s 2023 baseball unfortunately
Meanwhile, the Japanese league back to back MVP was happy to bunt against Mexico. Different mindset.
@@nickbk4418
With that attitude you keep losing live or die games.
No room for 12 years old macho ego in the game of professional baseball.
It’s a game for grown ups.
Wouldn't it be great to see the angels in the world series this coming season. Ohtani and Trout together would be a fire combo in the world series, hope they make it that far.
I'm A big fan of both these players so that was exactly the situation I did NOT want to see because one of them would have to fail. My compromise was for Mike to get a hit - not a home run because that would be a blown save for Shohei and a possible series loss which would be devastating. This was also such a big moment for Mike - who has been deprived of big moments his entire career. I wanted him to get on base, and even though I wanted Ohtani to preserve the win, I felt sad when Mike struck out - it's not how I wanted that game to end.
I’m a Stro’s fan from Montana lol but I would have been disappointed if Altuve didn’t play in the WBC. Injury sucks but can happen at anytime, shit happens.
good to see that the fans are like you for the most part
Fox really messed up not putting on network TV.
Ohtani is the new McGuire&Sosa in that he’s saving baseball. And we don’t have to worry about steroids
This is the new baseball event
They need to doing it every year and renamed to World series.
@@oneviwatara9384 USA would win like their the Yankees. From 1950s. Considering all the pitchers & Batters would be involved
The WBC this year has been the best baseball I’ve seen in the last 20 years…the MLB is a poor comparison to what we just witnessed! 😅
You say that the U.S. didn't have a top pitcher, but if that's the case, Japan had only three top hitters too.
Senga, who moved to the Mets, was top 2 in ERA last year. Good for you, Mets.
Unfortunately, the US has always some excuses. American pitchers are MLB players!! The US always say NPB is Triple A. So how is it that Triple A pitchers are better than MLB pitchers?
Look at the US lineup, ALL STAR with multiple MVP, how can they not break the triple A pitchers of NPB? Complaining about US pitching becomes just an excuse for America not to understand that playing with more humility and willingness to learn may be more important than just be a superstar.
@@mirikaku5811 Calm down it’s a single game not a seven game series
@@steviejohnson378
Exactly!
Also those players on Japan, except a few players, play with each other year-round. They came into this tournament already red hot and our guys are just starting spring training. They don't even have their timing down!
Mike trout couldn't buy a hit.
Dominant pitching normally wins over strong hitting.... you can pitch around the best hitters.
日本も最も優秀なセットアッパーとスターターは参戦しておらず、ポジション別に見ても複数選手は選ばれませんでした。これはシーズンへ向けての個人的な事情を持つ選手も居れば、短期決戦で有効ではない選手として外されたからです。シーズンの成績が良いからといってこの短期決戦に選ばれるかといえばそうではありません。
This was the True World Series, media doesn’t report much on spring practice injuries
Fun level WBC > MLB season
We also know Judge is 💰 MVP while Ohtani is world MVP
World Series means more than a Olympics cup. Americans don’t care about WBC
True World series is best of 7.
1 game elimination isn’t
@@cwebed-stuy9951 The US would've still lost to Japan. The US would've been swept. Besides, this tournament is going to grow. I wouldn't be surprised if the model changes to where the US won't even qualify.
@@OddDudeSays nope 👎 cause how many games would USA only score 2 runs? You don’t know the game of baseball. 1 game elimination is different from 7 game series
@@cwebed-stuy9951 My biggest point is that USA baseball sucks. If $ is not behind it, then Americans don't care. All of the flag waving and chants of USA is pathetic and meaningless.
Would like to see USA add top tier starting pitchers for the WBC.
They refused to play. No pride for their country. Sad.
@@mrLak3 they didn't refuse but were forced by their mlb teams to not play.
"True World Series"
Our baseball hall of fame should induct all-time great Japanese players even if they didn't play in America.
I can't wait for this baseball season.
2:45 "I'm rooting for Mike Trout not because he's American." LOL Call BS on that.
Who said we don't need the WBC? Just because two players got hurt and it might interfere with MLB season preparation? If it weren't for the WBC, such historic moments would never exist
I hope Ohtani will never be injured and provide us with years of two way play
But history has shown us that this type of stuff is impossible.. just look at Bo Jackson
The gods don't like it when we get too close to them...the best case scenario is that Ohtani will be a great hitter or a great pitcher...but it is inevitable that he can not continue doing both...he must and will eventually choose
I honestly hope he proves me and the gods wrong...but there is just no way he can play both ways and not break down
I think he's still got maybe 5 more years playing both sides. Remember he pitches right-handed and swings left handed. Maybe after 5 years he will just DH and relief from time to time I guess. God bless him! 👍🏻
The question is; how does MLB take this an turn it into kids watching baseball every day? Twitter users saying "this helps grow the game", and then they don't watch for another 4-6 years doesn't grow the game, because the same problems like small market viability, franchise instability, game length, and ticket prices still exist.
I think a big step towards capitalizing on all this new interest would be to end the blackout rules. Luckily the RSNs are having trouble staying afloat so this is an opportunity for MLB to do something.
It opens the door. Even if only 3 out of 10 new viewers stick with it, that’s a good move forward. Honestly I think the biggest problem is the culture around baseball. What makes the WBC so good is those boring unwritten rules are out the window.
This shows MLB that they don't need Americans to watch the sport day in and day out for it's sport to grow outside the US unlike the NFL who still needs Americans to watch it sport
@@JAG214 baseball is a game built on watching it day in and day. That's how they make their money. Football is not an apples to apples comparison, as there are only 17 weeks in a season. You can't turn baseball into swimming where you say "see you in 4 years".
@SSTWELVE many of the boring unwritten rules are actually violating written rules already. MLB just doesn't enforce them.
I think John Smoltz wrote the script for that epic ending. -) Trout and Ohtani happens to be two of my favorites.
And for those who said "the WBC is nothing, no one cares...", here's what Bart Simpson would say to that "eat my shorts...." LOL
I just looked up what the "dream tieam" was. What did we loose to Egypt in basketball? LOL
The World Series, which began as a project by a newspaper company called The World, is no longer the World Series.
Didn’t know that!
Come to think of it, it’s just a domestic title.
Of course, people wouldn’t admit the change the name of “World Series”, so just call WBC a “Global Series”.
@@ringsmontgomery3042 if USA put Gerrit Cole, Scherzer, Burnes, DeGrom, Verlander etc on the field they won’t lose.
@@cwebed-stuy9951 ←you MLB fans keep saying same thing from 2006😆😆😆😆
Keep dreaming.
Unless owners and teams don’t cooperate, team USA will keep losing.
@@ringsmontgomery3042 USA has the most gold medals in the world. They don’t lose often. MLB is played in America, Americans care about winning a professional championship in their home country more. Why isn’t Ohtani in the Japan league? Why is he in USA ?? I’ll wait
@@cwebed-stuy9951
You’re talking about platform. Platform and actual prowess is two different thing.
Wimbledon is most prestigious tournament in world of tennis, but that doesn’t mean that champion is British.
People act like the angels werent a dominate team in the 2000s, they have the 7th best W/L record since 2000. The team will win again, lets not act like Trout and Ohtani havent been part of the problem. Ohtani couldnt pitch for the first 2.5 years and was an average hitter. Trout has had season ending injuries that have handcuffed the team. People love Ohtani now but just 3 years ago people said he couldnt do two way or hang in the MLB yet the angels accommodated him and changed to a six man rotation all for him. He is loyal and will stay on the angels.
Ohtani was an”average” hitter because he had TJ surgery! Other pitchers don’t play for whole 2 season, Ohtani played all through and never had an off season. You make it sound like Angels created him. Ohtani was already a two way player in Japan and a Japan series champion. The good thing with the Angels is that they followed the concept of Ohtanis previous Japanese team and Maddon removed the final restrictions in MLB.
I never liked baseball but now I’m a fan !
Te hizo nuevo fanático el clásico mundial de béisbol?
@@Odioelfútbol si!
@@t.r.5870 bienvenido amigo 👍🏽👍🏽 espero haya más gente que se vuelva fanático al béisbol gracias al world baseball clasicc y de dónde eres? Yo soy mexicano
This can not transfer to the mlb season, the format of 1 game elimination lets every team go hyper focused, almost playground rules, no pretense, simply 1 game head to head for bragging rights, you can’t expect a team or their fans to keep that intensity for over 100 games
Trout not use to big game moments and it showed. That strikeout pitch was sick, placed perfectly, but Trout had some terrible strikeouts throughout this WBC. If Kyle Tucker wasn't held out hurt I truly believe we would've had one or two more runs vs Japan, he's proven he can hit in big moments smashing the ball in many MLB playoff games, and he was having a great WBC until he got banged up. But no exaggeration when they said baseball won the WBC because that was some of the best couple weeks of baseball I've ever watched
The fact that Shohei missed his spot and threw 102 to make it full count is exactly why Mike Trout got his moment. Shohei gave it 100% to strike him out
WBC > MLB
John Nostradamus Smoltz!
You compare this USA team with 1988 basketball team?……
Mr. Smoltz predicted it!!
As soon as Mike Trout got to Miami he couldn't buy a hit!
2:10 Dan wearing his pajamas lol
If the Angels begin the season badly, they will be public enemy number 1 in the baseball world. How can you waste two generational talents so badly?? They are really hurting baseball by being so bad.
I don't put all the blame on the Angels. Trout had the chance to leave, but chose to stay for a huge payday. Ohtani, on the other hand, didn't have a choice to leave until his contract expires at the end of this upcoming season. If he stays with the Angels, then he has only himself to blame if he doesn't win a championship in his career. However, there is 0.0000001% chance he will be staying. If playing in the playoffs every year and getting a huge paycheck are important to him, then playing for the Dodgers makes the perfect sense.
He's coming to the Dodgers baby!
He ain't leaving southern California at the end of the season...it's the only place in America that has the largest Japanese community outside of Honolulu
Omg this argument is so old and overused. It’s a new year. Ohtani won this tournament because he was surrounded by depth. Angels haven’t had that. This year they have depth. Just wait and see what happens. They’re getting to the postseason. Saying it now.
@@seekthao smh...kudos to you for keeping the faith, even though you'll end up getting hurt at the end
@@seekthao This was literally the same thing Angels fans were saying last season, so yeah, I won't believe it until I see it.
usa not sending there best players is sad. usa was only missing good pitching
Stat of the day song... 🤔
There will be more young 2-way players in the future because of what Ohtani did
Ohtani is an average baseball player - "Aliens from a different planet"
They used to say that Brooks Robinson played like he came down from a higher league. Ohtani must have played there too.
Baseball was the winner.
Right on John!
The guy is ni human. We are watching history.
Hopefully this will be a "wake-up call" to get USA's best players out there next time. FYI... 70% of all MLB players were born in the USA.
I remember when the USA men's basketball team lost the gold metal and was ridiculed by the entire country. Now when the United States lose and it's America's favorite pastime, now its about how great baseball is again. No they lost...
When USA men's basketball lost in 2004, they came back with a vengeance in 2008 with the Redeem Team. We'll see if USA Baseball has a similar fire lit under them after last night's loss, or if they continue pretending that the WBC doesn't matter.
@@Klako-ls6yt WBC don’t matter only World Series does
@@cwebed-stuy9951 Keep telling yourself that
@@cwebed-stuy9951 forgot your “” there. Let me help you “World” Series. And dont give me that crap about how the MLB have all kind of nationalities playing there
NHL, are you listening?
Oh man, as a brazilian and of course a soccer fan, I have to say that our "brothers of ice" have more in common than us than they think. Hockey should totally have a World Cup in the TRUER sense of the term.
Maybe work with the IIHF to make the World Championship every four years, expand it so that more cities can host on a country. Every four years in the offseason
@@otaviofrnazario So true! Hockey is us what football is to you!
This is the real world series not the mlb.
I mean just give him the mvp already. He doesn't need to do anything. He gave 250000 the mlb more viewers out of those 2 million. More views, more capital. I mean what is there to say. Lol
Hopefully Ohtani signs with my red sox 🤞🏾
Japan didn't have to rely on analytics to play great baseball!
Best final since 09 when Korea and Japan went to extras with Darvish closing it out. Korea v. Japan is the best international baseball rivalry and that game should have put the WBC on the map.
Ohtani is the 🐐
Diaz is still an injury…. Whether he was jumping or not.
The greatest baseball games you will see are in Korea and Japan..everyone is there to root for their team.. not stuff their faces
What stop lol. They full out set up k-barbecue stands at the baseball games in korea lmao
The US had ALL star hitters. Pitching was average for the league.
Pitching did their job in the most important game of the tournament. Hitting into a double play and striking out in the 9th inning weren’t all-star quality.
what was so bad about the pitching in the last game? The reason US lost was because their players don't have good fundamentals.
They can't bunt and they can't make contact in critical junction of the game ... unlike Japan.
That was the difference. Not the pitching. At least for this one game.
@@RunForPeace-hk1cu agree with you there! Why WBC is so exciting is that the players get the hearts of the time of innocence somehow, they are not playing for money but for the team! MLB players has become too macho Stars and too much money oriented (the baseball gurus made them that way!) so with a line up so star studded, nobody would bunt or play fundamentals. Blaming on Pitchers are sorry excuse when SUPER STARS/MVP of the US can not break through NPBs Triple A pitchers (Americans always refer NPB as Triple A league)
@@mirikaku5811 I mean … runners on first bottom of the 9th. Ohtani walked the first batter.
Put a pinch runner in there. Your fastest runner.
Steal 2nd off a good start.
Mookie Petts bunt and move the runner to third.
Sac fly or ground out will tie the game. Just make contact.
One hit will tie the game.
@@RunForPeace-hk1cuDid you even watch the game? They *did* put a pinch runner in.
And I'm sorry, but anyone who is advocating bunting Mookie Betts in that position is playing for a tie...why? You would still have to win in extra innings! That was the U.S.'s best chance to win right there in the top of the ninth inning -- you take your chances swinging away with Betts and Trout 100 times out of 100.
@RunforPeace2020 is a big fan of kissing his sister, apparently.
US team embarrassed themselves and their country. Feel bad for Trout because he'll have to relive that everyday since the enemy responsible is in the dugout with him. I couldn't do that.
Japan vs USA game was a great! Not to interested in it for the most part!
American baseball is dying. As usual management is way too cheap. I can watch an NFL player catch a ball from 6 different angles and I can practically feel the sweat spraying off his face and onto my TV. North American baseball the same 3 camera angles you can't hear the ball hit the glove you see no dust you see no grit they don't even wear masks and yet you can't see their faces no neat angles on close place it's disgraceful. They will eventually slidelow the next sport that catches on and realizes that visually you have to make the game appealing or nobody's going to watch. Stop trying to talk them up when they are doing nothing care to improve viewership or participation.
i love my japan.
Does this guy realize Japan are 3 time champs of the WBC? lol. He speaks as if America is the all time winner. This is why WBC should get more attention cause it exposes the American ignorance of that they're the best at baseball because its their sport. Nope. MLB is powered by foreign power, and the WBC exposes that.
Oh stop it. US always had stacked team.
Now time to fix the strike zone ambiguity. Try explaining the strike zone to a kid learning about the game. That strike zone you see on screen doesn't matter as long. The ump decides. Can they challenge it? No, what the ump calls is final.
There's no ambiguity in the rule book. The strike zone is defined as reaching from the batter's armpit to his knees. The umpires have taken it upon themselves to redefine it to their personal preferences, even saying "Well, my strike zone is this...". If a referee said in football "my definition of pass interference is this...", he'd be drummed out of the league.
You're both wrong.
@@RobotShlomoIt's hysterical to me that a commenter actually posted "there's no ambiguity in the rule book," followed by, "it's defined as reaching from a batter's armpit to his knees." How exactly do you tell where a hitter's knees are when they're covered by a uniform and you're standing behind the plate, crouched behind another player? And when has a strike *ever* been called as high as a player's armpit? Certainly not in my lifetime (unless it was an Angel Hernandez "special"), and likely not in yours, either.
But yeah... it's all completely "unambiguous!" 🙄
US is suppose to be the best in the world when it comes to Baseball, we invented it! Damn, shame. 😔
Nah fun fact 1st time america played puerto rico they got bludgeoned 32-11
これは日本の優勝ではなく、野球の優勝だ。野球はまだ生きている。
Again u said best off the tip
I was rooting for Trout for pretty much the same reason. Ohtani needs to endure just one more year with the Halos, then he'll have years of opportunities to play meaningful baseball with a contending team. Trout on the other hand will have to wait until 2026 to play some meaningful baseball in the next WBC. I was hoping that Trout can finally have his moment of baseball bliss.
Instead, Trout will have to watch himself swing and miss in the infinite replays of Ohtani free-agent hype reel.
Trout choose to sign big contract with Angels, guys, money or title only one, he knew it when he signed with Angels for stable future life
You baseball will be the one that has the most media coverage. "BUT NOT THE BEST"
Apart from the fact that they range from fraudulent tactics with the
"MLB Re$triction$ on how many innings players can play"
And if not ask Venezuela. "JAPAN HAS NO RE$TRICTION$"
Who cares, it’s baseball. C ya in October, enjoy ur day.
This may be an unpopular opinion but I personally think that MLB players in the USA should not have the option to play for their country of origin in the WBC.
Salty Amerians xD
Tell that to a boruica he will act like its sept 23rd 1868
How can everyone ignore the fact that Japanese professional baseball has a limit on the number on the number of NON-JAPANESE who can play on each team? How is that not a question?
Is to avoid teams calling player overseas, consider that this rule was imposed when Japanese baseball was weaker than most of american countries, immagine in the 90 having Tokyo Gigants whit 9 starting Cubans…
Many of the best U.S. players did not play. Good for Japan though as it means more to them.
Same for every team.
The best of the best in japan didn’t play either.
Excuses, excuses….
@@archie15900 The position players weren't the problem, the pitching staff was. Unfortunately, our best pitchers are a bunch of bums that would rather play spring training than represent their country.
This is the biggest victory for Japan since Pearl Harbor.
That wasn't a victory. It was a "L" for both countries and all the innocent lives lost.
I concur
@@RadThamrong Midway was definitely a L for Japan.
Edgy
This is either trolly sarcasm, or the most historically-ignorant comment I have ever read on a sports video (which would really be saying something).
I can't quite decide which is worse.
Japanese baseball is f boring.
I don't like otani's face.
I consider a 2-way player as mediocre.
Kids don't play baseball. Many play soccer instead. Playgrounds are used for soccer not baseball.