Men's Baseball WBSC World Baseball Classic 2023

[Dragon 1,899]

  On 9/20/2022 at 9:23 PM, NearPup said:

What a game. qualifies for the WBC for the very first time. I don't think it's overstating things to say this is the greatest moment in the history of British baseball.

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You can argue that winning the  Baseball World Cup but beating the USA in 1938 might be bigger, but that was a tiny tournament compared to this

[Topicmaster1010 4,523]

What a turnaround, Czech Republic leads Spain 3-1 with one inning to go!

[Grassmarket 3,626]

2 outs, 2 men on base….

 

Ground ball to first!

 

Wow!  

Edited September 21, 2022 by Grassmarket

[owenp_23 564]

Two on, two out, two-run game

[owenp_23 564]

 Qualifies!

[NearPup 3,251]

Well done .

 

Kind of happy isn't qualifying given they have basically no homegrown players.

[Topicmaster1010 4,523]

Unbelievable. Czech Republic is going to the World Baseball Classic. First ever fully homegrown European team. Huge for not only Czech baseball but for European baseball as well

[owenp_23 564]

WBC Qualifiers are back next Friday in Panama.  vs  then  vs .

I pick  and  to advance out of Pool B.

[Topicmaster1010 4,523]

  On 9/21/2022 at 7:59 PM, owenp_23 said:

WBC Qualifiers are back next Friday in Panama.  vs  then  vs .

I pick  and  to advance out of Pool B.

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Panama is definitely the favourite but I think the 2nd spot will be a battle between Nicaragua and Brazil. Argentina isn't as strong as those 3 teams in my opinion.

[Topicmaster1010 4,523]

September 21st Final Scores:

 

 Czech Republic 3-1 Spain

 

Amazing run by the Czech Republic to qualify for their first WBC tournament after getting thrashed 21-7 by the same team they beat tonight! Even though I'm not sad they missed out, you do have to feel for Spain a little bit. They were two outs away from qualifying yesterday before Great Britain came back and then they lost again tonight. Reminds me a bit of the 2011 MLB World Series in game 6 between the St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers.

 

On another note, it hasn't officially been confirmed but I'm seeing from multiple sources that these are the updated pools.

 

Taichung	Tokyo	Phoenix	Miami
Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Cuba	Australia	Canada	Dominican Republic
Great Britain	China	Colombia	Israel
Italy	Czech Republic	Mexico	Puerto Rico
Netherlands	Japan	United States	Venezuela
Taiwan	South Korea	TBD	TBD

If this is true, then both Great Britain and Czech Republic have good chances of winning a game and staying in the tournament for 2026. Miami Marlins superstar Jazz Chisholm has already committed to playing for Great Britain which is a huge boost for them. The pool is pretty open so I wouldn't be surprised if they go on a surprise run like Israel did in 2017. Wins winning against Australia, Japan and South Korea will be almost impossible for the Czechs, they do have the luxury of being in a pool with China who in my opinion is the worst of the 16 pre-qualified teams.