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    j0hnd0e

    ispano6 at 01:52 AM JST - 25th March

    The problem with Team Korea was that they were trying to win a political war (and not the WBC) using baseball as the battle-ground. If Team Korea had any notion of sportsmanship they probably would not have let their pride get the better of them and would have prevented them from making the wrong call to pitch to Ichiro.

    j0hnd0e : In terms of sportsmanship, baseball is a rough sport. The korean article photo of Nakajima's arm blocking the legs of the korean baseman is simply a sour stab at attempting to make Team Japan look dirty. Baseball is a man's game, base runners will clock out the catcher to ensure a run, or slide into the path of a basemen to prevent him from getting a double out. THAT IS HOW BASEBALL IS PLAYED.

    The problem with you, ispano6, is you're biased and don't know anything about baseball. If you had watched the game, Ko was at least several feet AWAY from the basepath. A player can slide into the path of a defensive player IF he is IN THE BASEPATH, if you go WAY OUT of the basepath as Nakajima did, the hitter is out AUTOMATICALLY due to interference. You can also knock the catcher out, as long as the catcher is IN THE BASEPATH blocking the plate, but you don't go SEVERAL FEET OFF THE BASEPATH chasing the defensive player and using your hands to take out the legs from under him! Come on, I know you're pro-Japanese but be objective here. And protesting the umpire's call for being called out? That's being whiny, don't you think?

    And I never mentioned anything about Lee's head first slide and broken helmet;he risked it by not sliding legs first.

    Since you brought up Lee, the beanball last week was intentional, can't deny that, as Utsumi has a history of throwing at the head and Lee being the catalyst of the Korean offense in the previous loss to Korea, look at the context of the incident, and if you have any REAL baseball playing experience like I do, then you can add up 2+2.

    You're just an rmchair baseball expert and don't know the rules :)

    The korean article photo of Nakajima's arm blocking the legs of the korean baseman is simply a sour stab at attempting to make Team Japan look dirty

    Yea, I guess the Koreans altered the photo using Photoshop, is that what you're saying? Ha ha ha ha. You are ridiculous.

    Posted in: Ichiro delivers as Japan beats South Korea 5-3 to win WBC title

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    j0hnd0e

    By the way, that is why the hitter was called out even when he beat the throw to first base, due to the flagrant interference of Nakajima. But of course, the Japanese only focus on the hitter beating the runner, which is typical Japanese logic and victim mentality.

    Posted in: Ichiro delivers as Japan beats South Korea 5-3 to win WBC title

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    j0hnd0e

    I see so many comments about 'poor sportsmanship' on the part of Koreans, but the photo to the link tells a thousand words. The photo is of Nakajima trying to take out the legs of the Ko, who is well outside of the baseline. Nakajima even got a verbal warning from the 2nd base umpire for protesting the interference call, which is arrogant and pretty much represents Japanese 'high and mighty' attitude. Not to mention being a poor sport, this is a dangerous move that could cause a career threatening injury.

    http://sports.media.daum.net/nms/baseball/news/general/view.do?cate=23789&newsid=1163534

    Posted in: Ichiro delivers as Japan beats South Korea 5-3 to win WBC title

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    j0hnd0e

    My thoughts on the game.

    First, great thrilling game by both teams, but a game marred by bad sportsmanship on Japan's part (trying to take out the legs of Korean infielder WAY out of the basepath then complaining about the interference out call) and biased calls by the homeplate and 2nd base umpires.

    As even the US commentators mentioned, it's just NOT RIGHT to make such bad calls in a game of this importance, referring to a strikeout call on a ball so low that was almot in the dirt but brought back up by the Japanese catcher.

    The Japanese pitcher consistently got the outside/inside/low/high strike calls while the Korean pitchers mostly had to throw right down the middle. If you don't agree, you didn't watch the game closely.

    The 2nd base umpire made 2 crucial out calls even when the replay shows that the hands were in first.

    This entire tournament was for the US and Japanese teams to win for economic benefits, as the advantageous schedules in Tokyo (Japan had advantageous schedule as well as home advantage) and the seedings showed.

    And that is why team Korea's accomplishment's shine that much, having a high school baseball player population that is 1/80th of Japans and playing the final game with good sportsmanship without any complaints even with the obvious numerous bad calls.

    This rivalry between Japan and Korea is very good for both nations in terms of keeping each other sharp; neither team will get better playing only teams like China and Taiwan :)

    Until 2013~

    Posted in: Ichiro delivers as Japan beats South Korea 5-3 to win WBC title

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