Current Events > Apparently the World Baseball Classic is getting huge views outside the US

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Zikten 03/17/23 9:31:38 PM #1:	people are saying its getting higher ratings than the World Cup. For some reason most Americans don't care. Some are on Twitter calling it "pointless exhibition games" I don't understand it myself. Its the REAL World Series <cite>Zikten posted [p:972245351] in Apparently... [t:80382817]...</cite> <quote>people are saying its getting higher ratings than the World Cup. For some reason most Americans don't care. Some are on Twitter calling it "pointless exhibition games"I don't understand it myself. Its the REAL World Series</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MarcoRubio 03/17/23 9:32:29 PM #2:	Zikten posted... Its the REAL World Series No it's not --- She/Her <cite>MarcoRubio posted [p:972245366] in Apparently... [t:80382817]...</cite> <quote>Zikten posted... </cite><quote>Its the REAL World Series</quote>No it's not</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Antifar 03/17/23 9:32:56 PM #3:	The people who aren't into the WBC are missing out. It's a really cool event with global appeal and the best thing baseball has going for it at the moment. --- Please don't be weird in my topics <cite>Antifar posted [p:972245371] in Apparently... [t:80382817]...</cite> <quote>The people who aren't into the WBC are missing out. It's a really cool event with global appeal and the best thing baseball has going for it at the moment. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zikten 03/17/23 9:33:24 PM #4:	MarcoRubio posted... No it's not Its an international tournament <cite>Zikten posted [p:972245380] in Apparently... [t:80382817]...</cite> <quote>MarcoRubio posted... </cite><quote>No it's not</quote>Its an international tournament </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
hyperpowder 03/17/23 9:35:55 PM #5:	One of my employees actually took vacation to go to Arizona to watch this. I didnt even know this was even a thing --- Whoever beats my score I will give them a $10 PSN or Live card: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpiorAx40GY <cite>hyperpowder posted [p:972245422] in Apparently... [t:80382817]...</cite> <quote>One of my employees actually took vacation to go to Arizona to watch this. I didnt even know this was even a thing</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zikten 03/17/23 9:37:09 PM #6:	hyperpowder posted... One of my employees actually took vacation to go to Arizona to watch this. I didnt even know this was even a thing Apparently its every 3 years and is fairly new. I think the first one was in 2006. I've heard of it before but never realized exactly what it was til this year <cite>Zikten posted [p:972245442] in Apparently... [t:80382817]...</cite> <quote>hyperpowder posted... </cite><quote>One of my employees actually took vacation to go to Arizona to watch this. I didnt even know this was even a thing</quote>Apparently its every 3 years and is fairly new. I think the first one was in 2006. I've heard of it before but never realized exactly what it was til this year </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Antifar 03/17/23 9:37:25 PM #7:	To TC's point about viewership: https://twitter.com/Shawn_Spradling/status/1636765992541130757? https://twitter.com/BNightengale/status/1636784412728721408 --- Please don't be weird in my topics <cite>Antifar posted [p:972245450] in Apparently... [t:80382817]...</cite> <quote>To TC's point about viewership:https://twitter.com/Shawn_Spradling/status/1636765992541130757?https://twitter.com/BNightengale/status/1636784412728721408</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 03/17/23 9:37:52 PM #8:	I didn't think baseball was much of a thing outside of the US and Japan, and maybe Canada. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:972245465] in Apparently... [t:80382817]...</cite> <quote>I didn't think baseball was much of a thing outside of the US and Japan, and maybe Canada.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zikten 03/17/23 9:38:40 PM #9:	all I know is I heard some of the games are being watched more than some World Cup games. Maybe it was cause of some people boycotting the World Cup <cite>Zikten posted [p:972245478] in Apparently... [t:80382817]...</cite> <quote>all I know is I heard some of the games are being watched more than some World Cup games. Maybe it was cause of some people boycotting the World Cup</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FearlessMango 03/17/23 9:38:40 PM #10:	americans already act the same way for the world cup, but it's because soccer still hasn't become the big juggernaut sport in terms of popularity in the states that people have kept projecting since the world cup was hosted here the last time in 1994 for the WBC it's because they already have a "world series" so why should they care about this side competition --- https://imgur.com/YnyrA https://imgur.com/d22JftS <cite>FearlessMango posted [p:972245479] in Apparently... [t:80382817]...</cite> <quote>americans already act the same way for the world cup, but it's because soccer still hasn't become the big juggernaut sport in terms of popularity in the states that people have kept projecting since the world cup was hosted here the last time in 1994for the WBC it's because they already have a "world series" so why should they care about this side competition</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zikten 03/17/23 9:39:17 PM #11:	Questionmarktarius posted... I didn't think baseball was much of a thing outside of the US and Japan, and maybe Canada. It is big in Korea too and is huge in Central America and the Caribbean and maybe South America. <cite>Zikten posted [p:972245493] in Apparently... [t:80382817]...</cite> <quote>Questionmarktarius posted... </cite><quote>I didn't think baseball was much of a thing outside of the US and Japan, and maybe Canada.</quote>It is big in Korea too and is huge in Central America and the Caribbean and maybe South America. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MarcoRubio 03/17/23 9:39:38 PM #12:	Zikten posted... Its an international tournament Yeah it's the World Baseball Classic. The World Series is a series of games played by the winner of the AL and NL at the end of the MLB season. --- She/Her <cite>MarcoRubio posted [p:972245505] in Apparently... [t:80382817]...</cite> <quote>Zikten posted... </cite><quote>Its an international tournament</quote>Yeah it's the World Baseball Classic. The World Series is a series of games played by the winner of the AL and NL at the end of the MLB season.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
__aCEr__ 03/17/23 9:42:29 PM #13:	Questionmarktarius posted... I didn't think baseball was much of a thing outside of the US and Japan, and maybe Canada. A ton of players are from Latin America. --- See you next Wednesday. <cite>__aCEr__ posted [p:972245559] in Apparently... [t:80382817]...</cite> <quote>Questionmarktarius posted... </cite><quote>I didn't think baseball was much of a thing outside of the US and Japan, and maybe Canada.</quote>A ton of players are from Latin America.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 03/17/23 9:45:49 PM #14:	__aCEr__ posted... A ton of players are from Latin America. oh right. Derped hard there. oops. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:972245638] in Apparently... [t:80382817]...</cite> <quote>__aCEr__ posted... </cite><quote>A ton of players are from Latin America.</quote>oh right.Derped hard there. oops.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
K181 03/17/23 9:51:53 PM #15:	Questionmarktarius posted... I didn't think baseball was much of a thing outside of the US and Japan, and maybe Canada. South Korea, Taiwan, the Caribbean, Panama, and Venezuela. --- Irregardless, for all intensive purposes, I could care less. <cite>K181 posted [p:972245764] in Apparently... [t:80382817]...</cite> <quote>Questionmarktarius posted... </cite><quote>I didn't think baseball was much of a thing outside of the US and Japan, and maybe Canada.</quote>South Korea, Taiwan, the Caribbean, Panama, and Venezuela.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PiOverlord 03/20/23 9:23:45 PM #16:	I feel baseball could become big in India if people truly tried to set-up legitimate leagues there. --- Number of legendary 500 post topics: 35, 500th posts: 34; PiO ATTN: 6 RotM wins 1, LETTEN MY ARROW FLYEN TRUE <cite>PiOverlord posted [p:972304953] in Apparently... [t:80382817]...</cite> <quote>I feel baseball could become big in India if people truly tried to set-up legitimate leagues there.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DrizztLink 03/20/23 9:26:09 PM #17:	Zikten posted... Its an international tournament There are roughly twenty countries in this series. --- http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/9846/images/slowpoke.gif https://i.imgur.com/M8h2ATe.png https://i.imgur.com/6ezFwG1.png <cite>DrizztLink posted [p:972304993] in Apparently... [t:80382817]...</cite> <quote>Zikten posted... </cite><quote>Its an international tournament</quote>There are roughly twenty countries in this series.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UnholyMudcrab 03/20/23 9:34:43 PM #18:	DrizztLink posted... There are roughly twenty countries in this series. They represent all the continents, so there's at least that. --- http://i.imgur.com/VeNBg.gif http://i.imgur.com/gd5jC8q.gif http://i.imgur.com/PKIy7.gif http://i.imgur.com/3p29JqP.gif <cite>UnholyMudcrab posted [p:972305164] in Apparently... [t:80382817]...</cite> <quote>DrizztLink posted... </cite><quote>There are roughly twenty countries in this series.</quote>They represent all the continents, so there's at least that.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Shotgunnova 03/20/23 9:34:55 PM #19:	I do kinda wish the semis were best-of-three contests. --- Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame <cite>Shotgunnova posted [p:972305172] in Apparently... [t:80382817]...</cite> <quote>I do kinda wish the semis were best-of-three contests.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Dat_Cracka_Jax 03/20/23 9:47:44 PM #20:	Antifar posted... The people who aren't into the WBC are missing out. I'm sad I didn't pay much attention prior to the USA semi final game --- http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/8131/flame201010170949481638.jpg http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/5517/cateyes.gif Rams: 7-9 <cite>Dat_Cracka_Jax posted [p:972305431] in Apparently... [t:80382817]...</cite> <quote>Antifar posted... </cite><quote>The people who aren't into the WBC are missing out.</quote>I'm sad I didn't pay much attention prior to the USA semi final game</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Shotgunnova 03/20/23 9:50:12 PM #21:	Japan just tied it up against Mexico with a three-run blast in the bottom seventh. Been a great game so far. --- Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame <cite>Shotgunnova posted [p:972305485] in Apparently... [t:80382817]...</cite> <quote>Japan just tied it up against Mexico with a three-run blast in the bottom seventh. Been a great game so far.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zikten 03/20/23 9:58:34 PM #22:	And then Mexico immediately got another run <cite>Zikten posted [p:972305622] in Apparently... [t:80382817]...</cite> <quote>And then Mexico immediately got another run</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Shotgunnova 03/20/23 10:08:50 PM #23:	And another run from that grounder in the 5.5 hole. It'll be interesting to see if Japan recovers. --- Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame <cite>Shotgunnova posted [p:972305804] in Apparently... [t:80382817]...</cite> <quote>And another run from that grounder in the 5.5 hole. It'll be interesting to see if Japan recovers.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Delirious_Beard 03/20/23 10:17:42 PM #24:	L bunt --- https://i.imgur.com/hLHUnOI.jpg You act like I don't know my own way home <cite>Delirious_Beard posted [p:972305942] in Apparently... [t:80382817]...</cite> <quote>L bunt</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
brestugo 03/20/23 10:37:45 PM #25:	Americans are provincial compared to the rest of the world. Unfortunate because we have so much influence. --- Putin delenda est <cite>brestugo posted [p:972306292] in Apparently... [t:80382817]...</cite> <quote>Americans are provincial compared to the rest of the world. Unfortunate because we have so much influence.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Eat_More_Beef 03/20/23 10:42:06 PM #26:	https://youtu.be/IspEWM1aZXo Great video about it. --- I wrote a horror novel, called "Spare Parts." A whole damn novel! You can check it out, and other free short stories at http://www.aarondeck.com <cite>Eat_More_Beef posted [p:972306390] in Apparently... [t:80382817]...</cite> <quote>https://youtu.be/IspEWM1aZXoGreat video about it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kaiiwa 03/20/23 10:45:14 PM #27:	Japan comeback! <cite>Kaiiwa posted [p:972306454] in Apparently... [t:80382817]...</cite> <quote>Japan comeback!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Dat_Cracka_Jax 03/20/23 10:48:25 PM #28:	Gallegos pisses me off when he comes in on the Cardinals. He chokes in this too --- http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/8131/flame201010170949481638.jpg http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/5517/cateyes.gif Rams: 7-9 <cite>Dat_Cracka_Jax posted [p:972306534] in Apparently... [t:80382817]...</cite> <quote>Gallegos pisses me off when he comes in on the Cardinals. He chokes in this too</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PiOverlord 03/20/23 10:48:53 PM #29:	USA vs Japan! --- Number of legendary 500 post topics: 35, 500th posts: 34; PiO ATTN: 6 RotM wins 1, LETTEN MY ARROW FLYEN TRUE <cite>PiOverlord posted [p:972306542] in Apparently... [t:80382817]...</cite> <quote>USA vs Japan!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Shotgunnova 03/20/23 10:49:50 PM #30:	We will see you............tomorrow night! --- Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame <cite>Shotgunnova posted [p:972306562] in Apparently... [t:80382817]...</cite> <quote>We will see you............tomorrow night!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
_KGC_ 03/20/23 10:52:18 PM #31:	I'm still upset the Dominican Republic didn't even make it out of pools. How did that lineup struggle scoring runs? FUCKING LOOK AT IT --- "You got to be careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there." - Yogi Berra <cite>_KGC_ posted [p:972306606] in Apparently... [t:80382817]...</cite> <quote>I'm still upset the Dominican Republic didn't even make it out of pools. How did that lineup struggle scoring runs? FUCKING LOOK AT IT </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Calwings 03/20/23 10:57:57 PM #32:	Dat_Cracka_Jax posted... Gallegos pisses me off when he comes in on the Cardinals. He chokes in this too He's unreliable, but we've had worse. He's not Trevor Rosenthal at least. --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg <cite>Calwings posted [p:972306719] in Apparently... [t:80382817]...</cite> <quote>Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...</cite><quote>Gallegos pisses me off when he comes in on the Cardinals. He chokes in this too</quote>He's unreliable, but we've had worse. He's not Trevor Rosenthal at least.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Jiek_Fafn 03/20/23 10:59:11 PM #33:	Bring back Rock N Jock and we'll see all of America tune in --- I don't believe in belts. There should be no ranking system for toughness. <cite>Jiek_Fafn posted [p:972306746] in Apparently... [t:80382817]...</cite> <quote>Bring back Rock N Jock and we'll see all of America tune in</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Antifar 03/20/23 11:04:15 PM #35:	What a game that was --- Please don't be weird in my topics <cite>Antifar posted [p:972306857] in Apparently... [t:80382817]...</cite> <quote>What a game that was</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PiOverlord 03/20/23 11:07:50 PM #36:	Calwings posted... He's unreliable, but we've had worse. He's not Trevor Rosenthal at least. Tbh, Rosenthal made games scary but he got the job done for the most part. Sure, towards the end, he gave up a few games, but that just seems to be the cycle for closers in general. I really liked the Rosenthal era, lol. --- Number of legendary 500 post topics: 35, 500th posts: 34; PiO ATTN: 6 RotM wins 1, LETTEN MY ARROW FLYEN TRUE <cite>PiOverlord posted [p:972306925] in Apparently... [t:80382817]...</cite> <quote>Calwings posted... </cite><quote>He's unreliable, but we've had worse. He's not Trevor Rosenthal at least.</quote>Tbh, Rosenthal made games scary but he got the job done for the most part. Sure, towards the end, he gave up a few games, but that just seems to be the cycle for closers in general. I really liked the Rosenthal era, lol.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ajiri 03/20/23 11:09:17 PM #37:	So there's no American team? --- WIRED https://www.youtube.com/user/wired <cite>Ajiri posted [p:972306945] in Apparently... [t:80382817]...</cite> <quote>So there's no American team? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Antifar 03/20/23 11:10:27 PM #38:	Ajiri posted... So there's no American team? The American team is literally in the final --- Please don't be weird in my topics <cite>Antifar posted [p:972306966] in Apparently... [t:80382817]...</cite> <quote>Ajiri posted... </cite><quote>So there's no American team?</quote>The American team is literally in the final</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zikten 03/20/23 11:10:55 PM #39:	Ajiri posted... So there's no American team? There is. They made it to the final which is tomorrow. Tomorrow is the USA vs Japan championship game <cite>Zikten posted [p:972306975] in Apparently... [t:80382817]...</cite> <quote>Ajiri posted... </cite><quote>So there's no American team?</quote>There is. They made it to the final which is tomorrow. Tomorrow is the USA vs Japan championship game</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Calwings 03/20/23 11:16:43 PM #40:	PiOverlord posted... Tbh, Rosenthal made games scary but he got the job done for the most part. Sure, towards the end, he gave up a few games, but that just seems to be the cycle for closers in general. I really liked the Rosenthal era, lol. I called him Trevor Cholesterol because the dude raised my heart rate in basically every single save opportunity. Zikten posted... Tomorrow is the USA vs Japan championship game I'm hyped for this final. Two great teams filled with stars, and no matter which one wins, a Cardinals player gets to say they won the WBC. --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg <cite>Calwings posted [p:972307073] in Apparently... [t:80382817]...</cite> <quote>PiOverlord posted...</cite><quote>Tbh, Rosenthal made games scary but he got the job done for the most part. Sure, towards the end, he gave up a few games, but that just seems to be the cycle for closers in general. I really liked the Rosenthal era, lol.</quote>I called him Trevor Cholesterol because the dude raised my heart rate in basically every single save opportunity.Zikten posted...</cite><quote>Tomorrow is the USA vs Japan championship game</quote>I'm hyped for this final. Two great teams filled with stars, and no matter which one wins, a Cardinals player gets to say they won the WBC.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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