Great Britain vs. USA Highlights | 2023 World Baseball Classic 

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Yep....Kinda like Boston's Uni.

like newspaper

I feel bad with how much effort went into them

We once sent a development team to a European competition, but didn't have any uniforms (or money) so they called the team Greater Berkshire 1938 and wore the national team jerseys with GB on the chest.

I was thinking the same thing, why didn’t they give them any personality?

I agree. I would love it this was yearly or bi-annual. The championship game from the last tournament is still one of my favorite games ever

I got into it this past week. Yes, it's more fun and interesting to watch than MLB.

@@vp_wrld Looks as though they're returning it to every 3 years instead of 4. The next one (on Wikipedia at least) is slated for 2026. Which I think is fine. 3 years is good!

It’s world cup of baseball It works fine with every 4 years like the World Cup

@@kng1122 Dont ever Compare Baseball to Soccer again!!!

My only wish would be that GB would develop the game more in the mold of how American baseball used to be. Like developing pitchers that can actually strategically pitch rather than always trying to max out the radar gun. Its a lost art. Don Sutton once said no matter how fast you pitch, hitters will eventually catch up to it, but if you are constantly keeping them guessing and changing speeds and location, the pitcher will always have the upper hand advantage and will save his arm in the process.

The Great Britain team is majority Americans.

@@trinidadjames203 It's no secret, I'm sure, but to have a team who is sporting their flag on a world stage, I'm sure is a huge morale boost for baseball fans there. Same goes for other countries where baseball isn't as popular. I'd also love to see the same for Americans and Soccer/Futbol.

@@Mark-sj3xb They can't all be Aroldis Chapmans. I also notice this with a lot of high school pitchers, where many believe that speed is THE unit of measurement of skill. Takes a good amount of strength to pitch fast, but witnessing the mental battle between a great pitcher and hitter is something neither will ever forget, and it's amazing to witness. I hope we can see more pros coming from across the pond, who can adopt the mentality you've stated.

Yea they're better than I expected, they're basically a really good minor league team, with some major league experience. Probably won't get past the first round though, I'm expecting it to be USA and either Mexico or Colombia.

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USA should be ashamed at the score. Well done Great Britain.

@@jamiepike6909 boy y’all really don’t watch baseball 💀

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Hitting baseball is hard

Team Japan looks incredible. I wouldn't be surprised if they beat us.

@@Mister_Clean Thank you, I'm proud to be Japanese. If I had my way, I really wanted to see Trout and Shohei play against each other!

If they both end up in the finals, that will be an amazing game to watch

@@jasongiannaros4091 I'll be rooting for both countries as hard as I can to make it to the finals. We can only hope that baseball will regain some of its popularity in the United States.

i want to see Japan play D.R. or Puerto Rico or Venezuela. I hate the way this tournament is set up where all the Asian teams have to play each other instead of a true blend of teams. I understand why they set it up like this (money, marketing, cut down on travel etc.) but it's one of the weakest aspects of this tournament

Ok but tell Arenado to ask Manny how to make an accurate throw. Dudes always hitting dirt.

@@hr5xz89ow Goldy won the NL MVP last year and arenado was in the top 3, what do you mean?

​@@hr5xz89ow Uh, which players are you referring to? It seems to me that every Brit player is playing at least independent league ball (high-A or AA caliber) in the states with most being in the minors or prior MLB players. Hardly plumbers and electricians.

Are they really the captains of the squad? Serious question btw

@@hr5xz89ow if you knew the first thing about baseball you’d know who Trayce Thompson and Vance Worley are

I agree, looks like it came from the Great Britain little league, those uniforms 😳. Odd!

this is awesome. i don't know why people here are being so negative toward GB. just qualifying for the WBC is a huge deal and it is probably cool for the British fans of baseball to see them represented on a big stage like this

Saludos desde EEUU! Nos vemos en la final 🇺🇸 🇩🇴

I hope the baseball program gets more money, I'd love for baseball to get more popular in the UK

Please can you brits stop copying everything we Americans do. And go play your European sports

​@@jediknight3164 we do don't worry. But some people wanna play American sports too. Don't get so in your feelings about it

Need to scount cricket players haha

​@@jediknight3164 really bro!? 😂

@@hr5xz89owthere are many countries in it who have good teams lmao. Don’t watch it if it displeases you

@@hr5xz89ow look at pool A or something. It’s pretty fun

@@hr5xz89ow Where have you been for the last few days? There has been quite a few great games so far. A few blowouts, sure, but much less than anticipated. This WBC is shaping up to be one for the ages.

I'm really happy they are getting more popular.

@Josh T that was funny, but at the same time it wasnt.

And nootbar shining in japan

Absolutely love it

@@jeikukroniisguardiandog3296 Wish I could watch team Japan, but I’m not awake nearly early enough

As a Cubs fan I'll cheer them on until the MLB season starts lol

Wainwright three Thompson a cookie though and wasn't that sharp to be honest.

loved it when Schwarber said “it’s Schwarbin time” and Schwarbed all over the place

@@hr5xz89ow I agree. he’s the best 3rd baseman I’ve ever seen and honestly might be the best to ever play the position.

@@hr5xz89ow Arenado was literally third in MVP voting last year

@@hr5xz89ow Judge has been pretty consistent. Other than when he’s injured.

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you guys cant beat us in anything

@@zerip9756 1812

I mean we obviously didn't use our best pitcher when you got 41yr old wainwright on the mound. But yet its not fair bc our country has such a big pool of players to choose from.

it was a slow rolling

I love the WBC, just wish the rich owners wouldn't block USA's top arms from playing like Degrom, Scherzer, Verlander, Cease, Gallen, Kershaw, Mclanahan, Rodon, Strider, Nola, Burnes, Wheeler, Cole, Fried, Helsey, Woodruff etc. Imagine Verlander starting the gold medal game against Japan and Otahni? Degrom coming out of the bullpen.. Woud be awesome.

If the USA sent it's best pitchers there would no contest. The best baseball, BY FAR is the MLB post-season. I love the WBC but to America it is just a fun exhibition match.

But it's all about the money. Every player from around the world wants to play in the MLB, that's the highest tier, not really this WBC. So the MLB IS a world event. USA does NOT have their best pitchers on the team, so it's less "worldly" than you might think.

@@thefox47545 Yes, but its once every four years and its an MLB sanctioned event. MLB makes money off of it and the owners just pocket it without releasing their top American pitchers. Had the potential to be a best on best, but the owners ruined it. Whatever I have no interests in MLB baseball anymore and will only watch the WBC

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at least the relievers are pretty top talent.

Harper. Fun times for Phils fans.

Only one I can think of is Jorge Soler.

I'm definitely going to london

It’s amazing to see how much traction Baseball and American Football has grown in the UK. I was stunned watching. How many people there watched the Super Bowl. So it’s not just soccer anymore for England.

@@lisaroberts8556 The thing with the UK is that we have such a crowded sports market already. Think, geographically we're about 1/40th the size of the US, population wise about 1/6th the size....and we already have football, rugby, cricket golf, tennis, athletics etc. as our main sports. I think baseball can break through however, owing to the fact we are so crazy about sports here. Everytime the NBA, NFL or MLB comes to town, it sells out. Those leagues now need to do a better job of marketing the product when games aren't being held here.

Is it better than Cricket?

@@kng1122 I dont really like cricket, so yes.

Well, we did give baseball to baseball, does that count?

Your British soccer team couldn’t beat america in your own damn sport and your baseball team can’t beat america in our sport. Hold the L 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Please can you brits stop copying everything we Americans do. And go play your European sports

@@jediknight3164 well stop playing hockey, tennis, football(the one you use your feet in silly americans🙄)and baseball we made it lol

​@@britishbaseballfan yeah this guys a fool he's written this same thing on about 20 diff comments 😂😂 mad rat

​@@britishbaseballfan The irony, right? all 'uniquely' American sports are based on British ones 😂😂😂

@@johnniejay they didn't even make hamburgers or hot dogs bro ESPECIALLY APPLE PIE

Go where? Also, why is it called the world series when there are only teams from north america in it? Shouldn't this be the world series? Celebrating a win over a country that doesn't even have a baseball stadium, is like being proud of winning a boxing match against a baby

@@solaflair I bet you’re fun at parties

@@solaflair bruh

​@@solaflairmad America better

@@solaflair maybe its the world series in the North America because ummmm......after the world classics majority of the international players are in the US then?! 😂🤷🏽‍♂ MLB is a pretty diverse league filled with so many nationalities from all over the world, so what should it be called then? lol

Canada’s are worse

Bahamas has for some time been an independent country. If being from a Commonwealth country is sufficient to qualify for Team GB, then why not a team of Canadians?

@@rajivmurkejee7498 exactly, Dominion of Canada was under British rule for a hot minute, so was India and a lot of other places around the world

I find it even stranger that team Italy has players named Fletcher and Harvey on their team! How Italian. I get they have some Italian heritage and they can play, but still strange to see. It’s not that fair when you have a team like Czech Republic made up of mainly all Czech players…and then a team like Italy. Would a team of strictly Italian players not be able to compete???

If you look at the rosters I bet team USA is the only team with the whole roster born and raised in the country they play for.

Great Britain baseball isn't as well funded as a lot of other baseball federations, so they're trying to recruit as many players as they can. and it's not like Trayce Thompson was going to make Team USA anyways, might as well try to play for another team if it works out i don't understand why this is such a big deal for people. there used to be Brazilian players regularly playing for Japan in soccer as recently as 15-20 years ago.

The batting yes, the pitching, not really. That's what I'm worried about. Team USA's pitching could be MUCH MORE stacked. They have lots of guys I've never even heard of.

Would be great if US vs DR

Trout vs Shohei would be a such showtime as dream yey

@@scuderia4187 Trout will strikeout

@@thefox47545 No No！　what I wanna watch is that Trout pitches against Shohei lol

Please can you brits stop copying everything we Americans do. And go play your European sports

​​@@jediknight3164 a) how are we 'copying' you and b) whats a 'european sport'?

Baseball was invented by British people and was played in England before the US was even a country, maybe it’s you that are copying us 😉

@@jediknight3164 hockey, made in the uk, tennis, made in the uk, golf, made in the uk, baseball, made in the uk, gridiron(american football), derived from rugby. Tell me who's copying who now.

@@jediknight3164 Is this the only comment you got you Americunt. Stop speaking English then. Stop using the internet while your at it as we invented that along with baseball you spactard

Mostly American Minor leaguers so they aren't bad.

@@Reagles8 against top mlb players? Great

Other than a few exceptions like Waino I think a lot of teams are going to do really well against USA's lackluster pitching squad.

I forgot there was an atmosphere lol

@@CinephileSanityTV yeah , seeing the DR Venseula game makes I see the prespective

Most people there since '01.

@@plane216 2007, 2011, 2017

I mean Dbacks playoff games are packed

I don't get it to be honest. Is it the ego and expectation that you should win all time since you're the US. This is baseball where anything can happen. But I guess it shows the passion for baseball in other countries is on a whole other level compared to the US.

@@rasiel957 It's not the expectation that you win all the time, it is that you know the US will win and the real games start in the knockout rounds. Trust me, they will be up when they get to those.

Hello Hirohito have another burrito!!!!!

@@Mynipplesmychoice where you from？

GB players aren't native British, they are American by born

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@@u.s.m.n.tconcacafchampions6326 They want to reduce the odds of PR, DR and Venezuela. And increase the odds of Japan and Them. It's stupid cuz USA does not need that. But why you have Venezuela Vs. DR... And USA with the easiest contender. It's easy, they want to start winning, and some of the favorite start losing.

I love Wainwright but is that the best we could do?

Look's like Boston's grey Jersey.

Please can you brits stop copying everything we Americans do. And go play your European sports

​@@jediknight3164 do you have nothing better to do than write this on every comment? Did a brit steal your girl or something why you so bothered 😂😂

They look like standard prison issue uniforms

​@@Jay-lr3me it's a bot, block and report

Every baseball fan wants to see that match up

pretty small actually. Especially, considering the Angels have him scheduled for opening day 3/24 meaning he won't be able to pitch in the WBC semi-finals or finals but only the quarterfinals.

None, he will pitch at the Quarters, then bat for the Miami games, should they beat Italy

@@ytvel4273 hah, it was even the game decider!!

@@IsThisThePrizeIveWaitedFor And it was intensely epic matchup!!

Strong line up but decent bullpen it won't be enough against Japan, Dominican republic or Venezuela. Sorry USA not your year

exactly. it wasn't an absolutely overpowering win by the US, which most people expected, so well done GB indeed.

We aren’t broadcasting it. Or more fitting we are broadcasting American broadcast on the 400th channel. It’s a little weird. We very much do not have baseball in the uk. Even though the 2,000 fans are massively passionate. For a British team to be representing it feels like we are stealing a living from Bahamas or tinidad. Hope for more football chants “We forgot you were here”, “we’re winning away…”

I’m guessing it would be like most British sports broadcast. Very minimal. More like commentary rather than rapid fire play by play action, which is preferable to me. I’ve never under stood why there’s a need for constant talk on a television broadcast. Just let the action speak for itself

@@Mark-sj3xbit’s tradition, for most part of the history of MLB people would listen in the radio. Back in the day tvs where scarce

@@Bardocke Baseball has been on TV most of everyone’s life by now. They’ve had tome to adapt LOL

Please can you brits stop copying everything we Americans do. And go play your European sports

@@jediknight3164 bro you copy pasted the comment 💀