One of the most consistent hitting outfielders of his era with a 32.6 bWAR in 14 seasons. Too bad his overall value was hurt by his consistently bad defensive work in centerfield.
I'm so proud of team Colombia. We are competing at the highest level. We stood tall. It's been a long way since Edgar Renteria won the MLB World Series with the Miami Marlins in 1997. Look at us now! This is a great team. Playing against none other than Mexico, Canada, Great Britain and the U.S. We're out but we'll be back. ✌
The semi final game between Japan and Mexico was arguably the best WBC game ever and that perfectly represents just how clutch and entertaining the 2023 WBC has been. You can feel how much bigger and more relevant this tournament has been for baseball.
Yes, the 2017 WBC was a great tournament and I was enthusiastic about it. I'm a Japanese baseball fan, but it got me interested in MLB as well. Since then Machado, Arenado and Yadier Molina are my favorites. Of course, I also love the other participants. I understand that WBC still has its problems, but the enthusiasm of the players is real and I love it.
6:27 - 6:45 gave me chills. The edits of the pitcher throwing nasty sliders while the announcer is applauding him. It cuts for a second to him with his hands up, then back to the pitch.
Always loved the WBC cuz as a Japanese born dude living in the States, that was the only time you actually get to see your favorite NPB star play in front of you. Even though it is ran by MLB, I hope this becomes the world cup of baseball. For most countries participating, this is the "World Series" for them. Which took some time for US people to understand, but now we on the same page. Excited to see how MEX and PUR plays tomorrow!! (Winner plays against Japan)
@@cesarmendoza5600 I'm subscribed to Pacific League TV, but for Central League, all I can see is the highlights up on youtube. Clips from Japanese news shows
@@OMG-si3wn it definitely was... knew Murakami would come through at some point, but wasn't expecting him to come thru at such a dramatic timing lol Mexico played soooo damn well. GGs to all
“This tournament is fun and awesome now we’ve won it”, very American. Joke asides WBC should be the future of baseball. The MLB is too profit driven to develop baseball as a sport.
Hope we can get a retrospective on all 3 of the other WBC tournaments! There’s so much history to be learned in the other 3 but it’s usually brushed off to the side for 2017 for whatever reason
I'm watching this about a week after the 2023 edition wrapped up. The semifinal between Mexico and Japan had me hoping for a win for Mexico and we got so damn close. I thought that if we didn't beat Japan, we sure as hell weren't gonna make it easy for them, and we did. As for the WBC all around, I hope that more people jump on the tournament, that some teams agree to get their players to play for their national teams. Soccer fans get plenty of international competitions every year where the national teams go and play other national teams. Of course, since the timing of the baseball leagues isn't exactly the same, with some leagues running from spring to fall and some others during the winter, there'll be some more issues to get some off time where international tournaments can be played but I hope we get there.
As great as 2017 was, 2023 feels like it’s on a whole different level. This is the first time ever that my friends are talking baseball. I usually have no one to talk about it with except online, but for this tourney it’s on all the tvs at bars and everyone is talking about it. First time theyvw all discussed anything but football
The 2023 was the first time I've ever watched the wbc and I played baseball for years. I'm also over 50. I watched every game I could record and it was one of my favorite things to watch, ever. Can't wait for the next one, I'm hooked!
2017 Team USA is the most important team in the history of the World Baseball Classic. Unfortunately, Americans weren't taking the tournament as seriously as they should have before then, and a world baseball tournament without an engaged USA is not the same (it would be like a World Cup without Europe really taking it seriously). But that team defeated previous champions Dominican Republic and Japan, earned Team USA's first title and finally got American players and fans to really buy in. It will only grow from here.
I don’t even like baseball all that much but I will say that this current one is wildly entertaining. Atmospheres are crazy and it is pretty action packed as well
There’s a few kids from every country who maybe didn’t pay attention to baseball but get into it at least for this tournament.. those could end up being future mlb players who will later participate in this tournament making the tournament more diverse and competitive all around . It already is especially in a sport like baseball that is so much different than say basketball… any amount of talent can lose on any day in this sport
What a tournament this wbc every USA player said yes except Aaron judge but as a half Mexican it was sad seeing Mexico lose but I’ll never forget getting a baseball at the Mexico vs Great Britain game.
this year is looking way more fun and exciting so many good games this is more entertaining then anything i saw in the finals and semi's this year world series kinda mid right now compared to these matches
The wbc is somewhere between the Olympics and and the XFL Olympics bc of the stakes and XLF bc everyone seems to be a little off on defense like they arnt quite up to snuff
So far the 2023 WBC is looking GREAT! The USA advanced to the semifinals, as did Japan, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, and so many other teams. It will hopefully be as epic as 2017. Fingers crossed.
arguably that Colombian baserunner should be safe… pretty sure that’s textbook catcher blocking before having the ball. the runner def seems like he wouldve been at least insanely close to the plate at the same time as the throw if not for the catcher standing 2 feet in front of it
We need to change or implement a rule to make it so that every year where there will be a WBC, there will be a shorter MLB season so that every country’s best players can play with little to no restrictions
That's disgusting what happened to mexico. Them and venezuela should have just had a 3-5 inning playoff game or something. Reduced length to keep the strain down and not mess up the schedule. Settle it on the field, like they would all want.
So...I think 2023 has surpassed 2017
i was just going to say that..
Yep
Yes
Please make a breakdown of this year's wbc. This was a special one for people around the world
absolutely
This year’s tournament is the best one yet. The outlook is bright for baseball worldwide.
Completely agreed
Agree
Yup! All the countries have put out stacked rosters, and there are so many teams who could win the tournament.
Watching Adam Jones play was such a treat as an O’s fan. Dude was severely underrated.
The best part is we have another os centerfeider I'm exited
I love him cause my dad traded for him on my team in mlb the show thirteen I loved watching him play that game
One of the most consistent hitting outfielders of his era with a 32.6 bWAR in 14 seasons. Too bad his overall value was hurt by his consistently bad defensive work in centerfield.
my favorite player as well
One of the most underrated players of all time
WBC is so entertaining to watch
As a puertorrican, that finals was heartbreaking and we cursed and cussed Stroman for weeks. Ironic that he's playing for us now
Stroman was an ass to my team so that pendejo can kick rocks for all I care
That Colombia DR game was everything right about baseball man. What an awesome game! They flashed the bats and the leather with aplomb!
I'm so proud of team Colombia. We are competing at the highest level. We stood tall. It's been a long way since Edgar Renteria won the MLB World Series with the Miami Marlins in 1997. Look at us now! This is a great team. Playing against none other than Mexico, Canada, Great Britain and the U.S. We're out but we'll be back. ✌
I was really surprised by the Colombian team. They have talented players, hope baseball keeps growing in that country.
So far WBC 2023 has been fun. The Miami crowds have been insane.
Make a series of these! Amazing work as always!
thank you!
Can’t wait to see “the 2023 WBC: the greatest baseball tournament ever” in 6 years
Dude Jorge Alfaro is even clutch in the WBC.
Padres fan really do know how clutch he is
I remember the 2017 tournament. This was the tournament where the popularity of the WBC began to rise.2023 took it to another level.
Hears to hoping the 2023 WBC is just as good!
Nope
It has been awesome!
@@obeb787 Freddie Freeman and Edwin Diaz
@@JackTuretzky Things happen, its still a awesome tournament. Diaz might as well been celebrating from his home.
It's been awesome.
"It's gonna be tough for 2023 to surpass 2017"
Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout:
2023 wbc has been amazing. Yesterday game against mexico and japan was a nail biter
The semi final game between Japan and Mexico was arguably the best WBC game ever and that perfectly represents just how clutch and entertaining the 2023 WBC has been. You can feel how much bigger and more relevant this tournament has been for baseball.
Yes, the 2017 WBC was a great tournament and I was enthusiastic about it.
I'm a Japanese baseball fan, but it got me interested in MLB as well. Since then Machado, Arenado and Yadier Molina are my favorites. Of course, I also love the other participants.
I understand that WBC still has its problems, but the enthusiasm of the players is real and I love it.
the montage of the championship game was really well done, good job!
cant believe 2023 outdid this one😊
6:27 - 6:45 gave me chills. The edits of the pitcher throwing nasty sliders while the announcer is applauding him. It cuts for a second to him with his hands up, then back to the pitch.
Always loved the WBC cuz as a Japanese born dude living in the States, that was the only time you actually get to see your favorite NPB star play in front of you.
Even though it is ran by MLB, I hope this becomes the world cup of baseball.
For most countries participating, this is the "World Series" for them. Which took some time for US people to understand, but now we on the same page.
Excited to see how MEX and PUR plays tomorrow!! (Winner plays against Japan)
How do you watch the NPB? I’ve been wanting to watch the league but I haven’t been able to find anything on it
@@cesarmendoza5600 I'm subscribed to Pacific League TV, but for Central League, all I can see is the highlights up on youtube. Clips from Japanese news shows
@@chantaku-kd2fw the japan vs mexico game was insane
@@OMG-si3wn it definitely was... knew Murakami would come through at some point, but wasn't expecting him to come thru at such a dramatic timing lol
Mexico played soooo damn well. GGs to all
this tournament is just gonna get bigger and bigger, this WBC will break all records
“This tournament is fun and awesome now we’ve won it”, very American.
Joke asides WBC should be the future of baseball. The MLB is too profit driven to develop baseball as a sport.
Great recap... but you missed the best highlight! Molina throwing to Baez and robbing the DR of a stolen base!
Awesome video man thank you, brought back memories
I was at DR vs USA is SD. Till this very day, was the best and most fun ive had at a game.
I’m really enjoying this year’s WBC. I’m rooting for PR or Cuba to win.
unfortunate for you
Can't wait to see a video about 2023, amazing video
Hope we can get a retrospective on all 3 of the other WBC tournaments!
There’s so much history to be learned in the other 3 but it’s usually brushed off to the side for 2017 for whatever reason
Baseball is such a crazy day to day sport. It's so hard to predict a winner of any kind of tournament.
Now the 2023 tournament is over and as a Japanese, I keep saying I’m absolutely agreeing !!
who here after DR got eliminated?
The editing in this video is really awesome
Fantastic video, as always.
The tournament has been amazing this year so far. This is the first year I’ve rly gotten into it and I love the atmosphere
I'm watching this about a week after the 2023 edition wrapped up. The semifinal between Mexico and Japan had me hoping for a win for Mexico and we got so damn close. I thought that if we didn't beat Japan, we sure as hell weren't gonna make it easy for them, and we did.
As for the WBC all around, I hope that more people jump on the tournament, that some teams agree to get their players to play for their national teams. Soccer fans get plenty of international competitions every year where the national teams go and play other national teams. Of course, since the timing of the baseball leagues isn't exactly the same, with some leagues running from spring to fall and some others during the winter, there'll be some more issues to get some off time where international tournaments can be played but I hope we get there.
As great as 2017 was, 2023 feels like it’s on a whole different level. This is the first time ever that my friends are talking baseball. I usually have no one to talk about it with except online, but for this tourney it’s on all the tvs at bars and everyone is talking about it. First time theyvw all discussed anything but football
Your storytelling in these videos is insanely impressive
The 2023 was the first time I've ever watched the wbc and I played baseball for years. I'm also over 50. I watched every game I could record and it was one of my favorite things to watch, ever. Can't wait for the next one, I'm hooked!
Holy shit, Kodai. I’m learning about this stuff so far down the line 😭
They need to add fan support to the criteria. Those angels in the outfield for Japan and Chinese Taipei made watching Pool A and B so energetic.
2023 is the best one yet
this year is actually fire!!! each pool is exciting.
“It’ll be hard for the 2023 tournament to surpass 2017”
2023: HOLD MY BEER
Great video, now subscribed
2017 Team USA is the most important team in the history of the World Baseball Classic. Unfortunately, Americans weren't taking the tournament as seriously as they should have before then, and a world baseball tournament without an engaged USA is not the same (it would be like a World Cup without Europe really taking it seriously). But that team defeated previous champions Dominican Republic and Japan, earned Team USA's first title and finally got American players and fans to really buy in. It will only grow from here.
This tournament, and his constant great play makes Adam Jones my favorite player of all time
Great video
Really enjoy this video. Thanks. Mexico is taking wbc23
this title lasted 6 days lmao
I don’t even like baseball all that much but I will say that this current one is wildly entertaining. Atmospheres are crazy and it is pretty action packed as well
There’s a few kids from every country who maybe didn’t pay attention to baseball but get into it at least for this tournament.. those could end up being future mlb players who will later participate in this tournament making the tournament more diverse and competitive all around . It already is especially in a sport like baseball that is so much different than say basketball… any amount of talent can lose on any day in this sport
This year's tournament is by far bigger than the 2017 tournament. Everyone is watching. It's crazy and I love it.
Championship is tomorrow, but this has already surpassed 2017
Stanton to left!!!!!! ....... still gives me chills.
Good info
It’s time to run it every year, it’s perfect, during spring training
Yeah I’m gonna go with 2023 WBC the best Ever let’s go USA!
This year’s tournament definitely surpassed it. 😅
They gotta bring back round robin play for the quarter finals pool and also actual tie breaker games for the 2026 WBC
Please do a video like this on this year tournament
Big game tonight for the US
What a tournament this wbc every USA player said yes except Aaron judge but as a half Mexican it was sad seeing Mexico lose but I’ll never forget getting a baseball at the Mexico vs Great Britain game.
Grew up in Japan but am a us citizen. Did not care who won was glad they were both in the finals!
Ian Kinsler and Adam Jones playing their ass off in this WBC was so cool.
Until 2023’s WBC
this year is looking way more fun and exciting so many good games this is more entertaining then anything i saw in the finals and semi's this year world series kinda mid right now compared to these matches
One step closer to the dream match 🇺🇸vs🇯🇵
Im watching this aft 2023 WBC and YES 2023 makes this one look like dog water
By Far the 2023 WBC best of all time
2017 set up 2023, and 2026 is already eagerly anticipated. The WBC is now a Big Thing.
The wbc is somewhere between the Olympics and and the XFL
Olympics bc of the stakes and XLF bc everyone seems to be a little off on defense like they arnt quite up to snuff
hahaha yea right.. America cant beat the competition with easy even tho they invented the sport
Crazy how Stroman is now throwing for Puerto Rico this year😂😂😂 he better do what he did for the US for us
Had no idea he was liquen lmao always thought he was a black guy from long island
Well… not quite. But fear not Japan will avenge PR
Jesus manny doing manny things. That ball was obliterated
God I love baseball
Until this year 😊
So far the 2023 WBC is looking GREAT! The USA advanced to the semifinals, as did Japan, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, and so many other teams. It will hopefully be as epic as 2017. Fingers crossed.
And the favorited in Dominican Republic are out
hoping stroman does for pr what he did for usa 🙏🏽
As a Phillies fan watching Trea Turner go OFF is nothing short of beautiful
arguably that Colombian baserunner should be safe… pretty sure that’s textbook catcher blocking before having the ball. the runner def seems like he wouldve been at least insanely close to the plate at the same time as the throw if not for the catcher standing 2 feet in front of it
Funny how stroman, Stanton, and arenado are all half puertorican....
As a Mets fan my enjoyment of the WBC is officially gone forever
and if Diaz got injured doing something else in a freak accident, would you whiny fucks call for a ban on that as well? LOL
Keep crying Mets fans 😂😂
You're crying over a freak injury two weeks before a 162 game season. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@szlava3641 🤡 if it happened to judge you’d be in shambles 😂😂
@@TheTEN24 I would be upset BUT would I still continue to enjoy the WBC? Yes?
@@TheTEN24 Have you ever heard of Gavin Lux?
Would you do "2023 WBC: The Greatest Baseball Tournament Ever !" - I kid, I kid......
Damn Brandon Crawford made a lot of errors in this WBC
Thinking how wild 2026 will be and I want more games in Taiwan and other countries that show love and energy like that
Any time you get an opportunity to represent your country, it's an honor to do so.
pog
shit is gonna make me watch Ace of Diamond again
The Adam Jones WBC catch is still the best catch ever in baseball history
Well I guess you gotta remake this video
Is it just me or are a lot of Machados home runs solo shots?
We need to change or implement a rule to make it so that every year where there will be a WBC, there will be a shorter MLB season so that every country’s best players can play with little to no restrictions
first comment, good video
thank you!
Edwin Diaz 💔💔💔💔💔
The real question about the 2017 WBC is why everyone had those identical gunmetal gray road unis
That's disgusting what happened to mexico. Them and venezuela should have just had a 3-5 inning playoff game or something. Reduced length to keep the strain down and not mess up the schedule.
Settle it on the field, like they would all want.
What Bautista did is called adrenaline dude
Yellech, excuse the spelling, can't jump, is slow, and is just uncoordinated.
RAHHHHHHH🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Lee vs Greinke