USA Is Getting Worse At Baseball And MLB Loves it 

IT'S COMING HOME

England are the current ODI and T20 world champs in cricket. Won the 2003 Rugby world cup

@@broncos435 It grew up in England, quickly left to see the world, reluctantly visited back home once in 1966, like visiting a weird uncle, and now it's never coming back!

@@stackhat8624 2003 is 20 years ago.

Give England some credit, they have created a lot of popular sports around the world.

LOL

Because of nationalism?

Japan and Korea just hate each other that much for him to say that

@@miguelbesana6468 they got smoked in the playoffs it wasn’t just a loss

@@newsieboys1171 100%. The nationalism goes both ways. Both countries are at fault.

Yeah, I've been watching it religiously since I saw a video on Facebook a couple of days ago. It's been very entertaining!

I know exactly how you feel. I am now obsessed with it. I absolutely love this tournament

Honestly that's crazy to me bc I live in PR and literally the only ppl who aren't watching it are those who don't have access to it,despise sports or are literal babies pretty much everyone else is watching the WBC over here

sad to hear... dominicans watch every tournament... its unfortunate that the MLB nerfs our dominican team and doesnt let their all stars actually play

​@@JustNel lol. If that lineup ain't your stars than idk who else you're talking about

Yankees have fans overseas? Ewww!!!

@@rustyshackelford4224 I think they like the most popular mlb team tbh

@@GGMONTANA it’s actually more a case of mlb marketing only the popular teams. Like it’s a million times easier to get Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers merch here than it is to even see any kind of Mariners, Brewers, Rays merch. It’s very slowly getting better as baseball starts to slowly get bigger here in Aus but as a Mariners fan I still have to buy all my stuff from the US cos no store stocks anything other than those “popular” teams gear. It’s kinda like a rigged system

​@@rustyshackelford4224the Yankees are literally the most recognizable sports team in America 99% of new yorkers wear a yankees hat even if they don't watch baseball

@@rustyshackelford4224we worldwide baby

Agreed!

The time of FIFA is over…long live the WBC

The Japanese are the best in baseball no way around it. It's just the facts. Their pitching is amazing. And probably have the goat in ohtani. Then it's Jeremy Pena then Mike trout. The best player In all of baseball is not American. Nor the best pitcher it's between alcantara or julio. Usa invented this game but really their not the best. They always play home with all the advantages it's not fair for the visitors. And still they lose. Mexico beat them twice in their own house in a baseball classic. And in 1 they did have their best alex rodriguez,Derek Jeter etc... So that's just and excuse that they dont send their best in why they don't win. Ultimately the Japanese would of won anyway again their pitching is simply superior. It's just the facts like I said.

It’s just a pure damn joy

And it exists because baseball was kicked out of the Olympics.

No not really Not if we do not have are best players playing in it.

It’s a world championship game, not a series. Just one game

I see it as a true all star game, sorta.

@@spencerjones9807 true-the baseball version of March Madness lol

Lame

You would think so, except that our American sports media spends practically all of its time covering the NFL and NBA.

International tourneys for team sports are looked down upon in this country. They are treated like some unimportant exhibition akin to the NBA all star game. Not to mention that MLB's brand of no fun baseball is dying in America.

@@sportscardsandthings Cause less and less people are watching baseball here in the US

I just found out this existed today lol

Singapore is a tiny island (31 miles in diameter/50km). They will never have enough talent or resources dedicated to something like sports.

I feel this is what was needed. As a soccer fan I have to say, international games will always be the most important game. There is no division about which team you face go for, your nation is your team, and nothing brings more pride than seeing your country win every time.

Soccer sucks

@@tooltime4640 not as much as you

@@tooltime4640 american football is dogshit sport lmao

@@Sgt-Toxin The fact you call it soccer says it all. International football is not nearly as important as club football.

Doesn't help that the seasons literally don't line up and there wouldn't be as much money in it

MLB teams can only stop their players from participating in the WBC if they meet certain injury conditions

Well, if you ran the league. Would you allow your top players go out to compete, get hurt, and likely come back worse? It would hurt viewership. And really, it is not the MLB's fault the International League decides to hold their competition during the season. Plus, Japanese baseball teams are not like MLB teams. Japanese teams are owned by literal corporations. The team is slapped with the corporate name and logo. And it isn't uncommon for a team to end up with a corporate name change in the middle of the season. And those who manage the team are not always the best fit. A lot of the time, it is seen as a bonus, and for whoever is put into the management role to flaunt around to impress others (manly women). Also, to party and have a good time. Never seriously managing the team. So this is why Japanese teams can send players to go play on the international stage. It is because they don't play in a very well centralized league. At best, Japanese Baseball is like the Profesional Beer League. And I know that is a bit of an insult. As I know, Japanese baseball players are insanely good. And do get paid pretty fairly, these days, to play. Just compared to an MLB player. They make pocket change. And I call it a "Beer League" because those put into management roles do not take it seriously or really do not care. It is an image thing. And it is on couching staff to do basically everything. While trying to please the "manager's" whims.

​@@Qardo "couching staff" sounds like a position I was born for lol

​@@Qardo What a joke. MLB is the most coperate one. Japan follows the US model yet you said they don't care lol. MLB is the beer league. International baseball is the most pure baseball game out there.

It really isn't that popular at the pro level due to having such a small pro league. It's hugely popular at senior high schools, who bring in ringers that they have recruited from all over the country.

Ichiro was a legitimate superstar over there (probably still is to a degree). At least in terms of popularity he’s the Japanese Babe Ruth.

@@warlordofbritannia Not so...the remarkable Sadaharu Oh (mr. Oh) is obviously a player you need to learn about.

@@flamingfrancis I know who that is-again, I was judging in terms of raw popularity not actual stats

Soccer/Football is also as popular specially after the last world cup

US was not invested in this tournament.

Yeah lots of people at my school watched

what doesn’t exist??

This comment confused then hell out of me.

Underrated comment!

​@@poluticon .........he's referring to the name of the channel

@@aubreypassey6086 r/whoosh

I just saw a Korean vlog about watching the Korea vs Japan WBC 2023 match and he paid 1500$ per ticket for him and his Japanese wife

biggest international basketball tournament is the Olympics. Problem with baseball is that its a summer sport and MLB teams dont want to release players during the season. NBA and college basketball isn't played during July/August when the Olympics are on.

It's the same issue hockey is finding. The NHL doesn't want to release players for the winter Olympics anymore. The players themselves have to want it and demand it from ownership. That's where the NHL tried their own thing like the WBC a number of years back in pre-season. The players demanded to go for the last Olympics, but decided not to for fear of China's COVID quarantine and isolation rules. The world STOPS their soccer leagues for the world Cup. Heck the world soccer leagues STOP for qualifier and practice windows.

The Japanese are the best in baseball no way around it. It's just the facts. Their pitching is amazing. And probably have the goat in ohtani. Then it's Jeremy Pena then Mike trout. The best player In all of baseball is not American. Nor the best pitcher it's between alcantara or julio. Usa invented this game but really their not the best. They always play home with all the advantages it's not fair for the visitors. And still they lose. Mexico beat them twice in their own house in a baseball classic. And in 1 they did have their best alex rodriguez,Derek Jeter etc... So that's just and excuse that they dont send their best in why they don't win. Ultimately the Japanese would of won anyway again their pitching is simply superior. It's just the facts like I said.

All you have to do is figure out how the owners could make money from that.

@@ultrainstinct63 nice bait

Cool to see it growing internationally but ultimately sucks to see less and less Americans playing for American teams. American sports leagues should implement a system like the Japanese do where there needs to be a specific number of natural born citizens playing for their leagues.

So many pitchers could replace Manoah and Cease haha

@@dtice69 Ew, no. The best players should be in the MLB regardless of where they come from.

How do you not have Jacob degrom in that list?

@@jj2hostetler108 Because we all know he’s going to throw a no-no against Mexico…and then tear his rotator cuff

Doubt a kid in America will recognize Messi or Ronaldo over Trout or Betts.

@@josephsimmons9241 you’d be surprised

What do u mean by “similiar model” ?

@@josephsimmons9241 dude it’s not even a competition. Everyone knows Soccer players The only baseball players I’d recognize would be Ruth & Tatis Jr. ones a legend, the other cause of controversy (well Tbf I think I’d recognize some of the Padres players like Manny and the cool WBC players now but in a year? Idk.)

@@StripedJacket not Americans

Check out ebbets field they have the best apparel from that league actually made me a fan before I watched a pitch in that league

@Karl with a K and what about television? You saw in the video how many tuned in. They care more.

The Japanese are the best in baseball no way around it. It's just the facts. Their pitching is amazing. And probably have the goat in ohtani. Then it's Jeremy Pena then Mike trout. The best player In all of baseball is not American. Nor the best pitcher it's between alcantara or julio. Usa invented this game but really their not the best. They always play home with all the advantages it's not fair for the visitors. And still they lose. Mexico beat them twice in their own house in a baseball classic. And in 1 they did have their best alex rodriguez,Derek Jeter etc... So that's just and excuse that they dont send their best in why they don't win. Ultimately the Japanese would of won anyway again their pitching is simply superior. It's just the facts like I said.

Do they eat hotdogs at baseball games?

@@ultrainstinct63 I would say Dominican Republic is also one of the best baseball countries next to japan.

Damn shame, but I respect you getting it done. 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

Bally is worse than China

I know the feeling as an Astros fan. I remember in the 90's watching baseball in my local channels for free and then one day we had to make a channel exclusively for the Houston Astros and Houston Rockets because of deals blocking games for streams during home games. How crazy is that?

I used to be a huge Twins fan but haven't watched a game in years and have no idea how to even find them on tv. Its sad.

Got any links to those streams ? I’m looking to watch baseball but everything asks for a cable provider.

It’s like American football in the the American South. It’s like a religion there to them.

Well. Tonight..

@@erikletendre7512 the best game of the whole WBC .

​@@lmarquezgiron I thought U ppl played soccer? Er...excuse me "futbol". I didn't know y'all played REAL sports too lol

@@UltraClassicGaming Nah man, Venezuela’s national sport it’s Baseball. It’s a fucking religion

Yep. Baseball is the true national sport of Japan and has been for decades now, since right before WWII. The Nippon League is probably Quad A quality, despite the severely limited talent pool.

Prob the Nippon League is the 2nd best league in the world behind MLB. I can assure you that in that league a least a couple of hundred japanese players could enter to the MLB, the real reason imo is that japanese athletes like to play more in their country than in others. the only ones who go to MLB is more to test themselves than anything.

It's been that way for a long time

​@@dallio900 The ones who come abroad are doing to measure themselves to the pile of superstars here. The fact MLB backups often either are starters or fail to find playing time in Japan says there's a lot of solid MLB quality players in Japan although remarkably few of them are superstars.

Japanese baseball is more fun to watch imo

If you’re so proud to be from your island. Why leave for America?

@@gbrown8523 The same reason white people came to America, money.

@@gbrown8523 One thing has nothing to do with the other

@@gbrown8523 what does that have to do with anything?

Baseball games in Japan f-ing suck. The cheering is robotic and constant. It isn't even in regards to what is happening in the damned game. Moronic. Americans like to cheer good play, no matter which side. In Japan it's these groups of fans showing up and just making noise all the time.

Yep, I hate how it gets no coverage.

US is so obsessed with its self no wonder it gets no coverage there

I hope it’s get coverage too. But the problem is that people dont care. They have too many options here in the states for entertainment

@@LOLxUnique This is probably part of it, but surprisingly the US can do international sports coverage pretty well. You will see a lot of coverage of top foreign athletes and events the US has no chance to win during the Olympics.

I think a big part of the WBC’s problem is that it doesn’t work like the World Cup. During the WC, the entire soccer world comes to a total stop, there isn’t any other high level soccer on anywhere except for the WC. The event is also hosted by a single country (or sometimes a couple of neighboring countries). This means that fans can basically spend the whole month hopping from stadium to stadium watching as many games as they can, but it also adds a certain intangible feeling that makes each tournament special. Everyone in the soccer world remembers Italia ‘90 or South Africa 2010 or the infamous Qatar 2022. If the WBC wants to really be the World Cup of baseball (which I think it should), it needs to actually work like a World Cup.

Anyway, the US is in the final now, haha

@@IRanOutOfPhrases 11-5

@@Lol-ic8ee Huh?

Mexico beat USA in baseball and USA beat Mexico at soccer

I’m sure we’ll see plenty of that starting next season

Ohtani is the better overall player

​@@eddieshane4175 not a chance.

@@Hazesorry big chance! Trout is a over rated player IMO

@@Hazesorry lol. Trout was literally irrelevant last 2 seasons 😅

Sports are only ever interesting and meaningful on some kind of an ethnic basis. As MLB tries to become as foreign as possible to me as an American, I will inevitably become less and less interested in it, because I simply don't care that much about foreign players on a team that's supposed to be local to me in some way that I can understand. Sports is a metaphor for war, so celebrating the MLB being filled with foreign players is just like rooting for the wrong country. They're always moaning also about how MLB hasn't been taken over by blacks as the NBA and NFL have. Well, blacks as a whole clearly aren't the best at baseball. Investing in the inner city doesn't seem to pay off that much. They would clearly get better returns by investing in England, Germany, Netherlands, Australia. Or even American suburbs, how about that? Those are untapped economic markets, and those peoples are historically the best baseball players. Even if they were the 4th best I'd rather watch them.

Nothing like international games

​@@guyincognito320I wish more american baseball players go to WBC to represent America

@Mago de oz I like the World Cup, not league football. I imagine in 100 years the WBC will have long since eclipsed MLB which is run poorly. They make foreign players dress up in old timey clothes and play in a corn field. Then they ban Bauer for two years because he was falsely accused of rape by some piece of crap prostitute because he supports Trump on social media or something. Or because he says obviously true things about the game and its management, and reaches out to fans better than MLB ever has or will. Bauer is the most important player of this generation, and these cretins banned him for two years.

How is Puerto Rico competing against us I thought they were part of this country.

Will you be for it if the MLB turns out like the NBA now whereby they sell out their own country to China?? Riddle me that.

Why?

@@bloodwrage wdym do you not want to grow the game??

@@dee8518 No. "Growing the game" usually just means it becomes more commercialized. That's how you wind up with tenth inning ghost runners

@@bloodwrage did you watch this years postseason? 18 inning games aren’t fun for anyone

It will be interesting to see if a MLB linked academy system gets adopted in the US like there is for soccer who suffers from similar issues

@@fizzedball7078 that would be interesting for sure. I think if they really care about creating US born players they need to institute a system like the football academies in Europe and South America. At least that way they’d get proper training/coaching. It seems like the main goal of select teams is getting their kids scholarships or possibly making the major while many of those teams lack the proper guidance to develop those players.

Travel ball system definitely alienated folks I knew people who were excellent players that left baseball because of travel ball and other bureaucracy in youth baseball. I played varsity baseball on HS in the 9th grade but some one my friends who were better than me went into wrestling,basketball,football instead of HS baseball or even sports like soccer.

​@@fizzedball7078 I think u.s soccer academies are getting better the L.A galaxy is sending guys to barca now and other european clubs. The salary cap in MLS is what is crippling the league they have the money now they got to spend like euro clubs to develop world class talent.

@@fizzedball7078 Soccer is more popular than baseball in America or at least growing faster than baseball

As a Dominican, I love this!

Football took over America

They are persecuted for having national pride

@@mangomangay7747 so?

NFL and Basketball own USA

Lets tell the truth here...Please take what is said at face value...THE MAIN REASON THIS IS THE CASE...is because SIGNIFICANTLY LESS BLACK AMERICANS ARE PLAYING BASEBALL..the past two decades. The shift is happening again recently (4 of the 5 top 5 pics in 2022 mlb draft were black americans). If the world baseball classic existed in the 70's through early- mid 90s US would've won (hank aaron, eddie murray, Ozzie smith, willie randolph, barry bonds, Dwight Gooden, bo jackson, Gary Sheffield, ken griffey jr, tony gwynn, devon white, bary larkin, etc) Just look at the all star game lineups in the 80's and 90's

Israel had a team in this and their players were largely from you-can-guess-where.

@@digitalhistorian7786 Are they going more into Football?

@@digitalhistorian7786 no it’s not they’ll win again soon enough

And Japan won again, if they had a good pitcher the US could had done way better

Can someone explain to me how Puerto Rico has its own team?

@@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music It is a US territory and not a US State.

@@flamingfrancis So if it's part of the U.S. how is it competing against the U.S.? They're U.S. citizens.

@@flamingfrancis So why doesn't the District of Columbia compete against the U.S. in international sports?

They have enough of a distinct identity - and fanaticism towards baseball - that it would make hardcore Texans cry by comparison. Subnational territories having their own national teams is nothing new. Did you not notice the Pool Team USA was in at the World Cup had 2 teams from the island of Great Britain?

It would be embarrassing if they didnt when its the sport americans invented. and even then Japan now have the new babe ruth and are 3 titles to 1 over america

I remember watching a U.S. vs. Korea game--I think it was in a WBC--and learning that if we won our players would get a trophy or such and if the Koreans won they would get exempted from having to do their mandatory military conscription. The incentives didn't seem equal LOL.

Indeed, there is something different this time. I'm from Venezuela and in this edition, the whole country is thrilled with our team, myself included despite not being a baseball fan. I don't recall Venezuela ever being so passionate about the WBC. I love this! This now actually feels like a true baseball world tournament.

unless it's the Olympics( they do very well in the summer ) or the Fifa World cup (even though their team is not as good as other countries)

It’s super weird huh, especially since we all believe Americans are extremely patriotic

I find it weird tbh If you’re the best it shouldn’t be a problem with competing with others

Especially if it is a sport we don’t dominate in internationally.

it’s because, as i see it as an american, the us is barely even a country. to use football (soccer) as an example, most americans support the national team of their heritage, not even the us team. pretty much the only americans that view themselves as american are white americans of british, scandinavian, german, or french descent with roots in the us going back to the 18th century. outside of that group a lot of americans don’t even view themselves as american.

Bro said he wanted to end their whole career

@@sterlingburton5107 Their whole country

It’s just a Japan vs Korea thing it goes back hundreds of years 😂

True that. I had never seen Ichiro displaying any emotion whatsoever. He might have even cursed *gasp*.

@@d.g4466 Yeah, but the Japanese were usually the perpetrators so it's perplexing that he'd be the one with a chip on his shoulder.

I didn't know there were any Twins fans actually

💯😄

@@TroysPepperstick I'm a minnesota dude

@@TroysPepperstick there are dozens of us

@@poopmcgee2410 twins fan number 17 checking in

Tbh that’s neither good or bad

To some degree, true. While baseball has been played in Australia for around 170 years, it is very much in minority and kids / adults have choices you have not heard of like surf lifesaving for example. We pull well above our weight in terms of number of MLB players produced and also that, despite the huge distances involved, we have had a national champonship tournament since WW2. The sport attracts little media attention which does not help growth.

I agree. The US has the premier baseball league, football, hockey, and basketball. Many countries have 1 maybe 2 leagues to watch and both are not the same level as the US, maybe 1 is, maybe.

@@j.c.spencer9897 Although the points in the video were correct, Japan overall is still not even close to being as big and as high-skill of a player in baseball as MLB, Or for now at least.

“In some Latin it’s pretty much all that’s actually going on.” This comment would be laughable if it weren’t so breathtakingly ignorant. I am Dominican, and I can assure you, every country has a lot of bs going on 24/7. The difference is, except for a few big cities that are considered “baseball capitals” like NY, Boston and LA, Americans have largely abandoned baseball. Under every baseball post all you will see if a bunch of American trolls complaining about how “boring” it is. Americans have become so addicted to instant satisfaction and constant non stop stimulation. Baseball is more tense and exciting than football and basketball in my opinion, but you have to actually pay attention, which is hard for Americans of millennial ages and under. In Dominican Republic, it’s practically a religion and part of our culture. Basketball is becoming popular as well but baseball is in our blood. Everyone, women, men, children, watch baseball regularly. Kids play baseball with sticks and bottle caps. We love baseball.

Truth

You have to play it, it's a great sport to play. Watch TrueRGM's channel in October for post season baseball in awesome consensed game format.

But this channel is trying to convince you that baseball doesn't exist.

@@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music I believe in God.

@@andresgirardo8481 Can God throw a 103 mph fastball?

@@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music he can steal third base while standing on first.

​@Karl with a K I- where did you get these stats? I do agree that seats are too expensive but c'mon

Jokes on them they could have been great and gone done in history in the likes of the “dream team” & “miracle on ice” USA teams. They only care about $$

How far did you get?

@@leonscottkennedy3143 probably D3 college ball

The Japanese are the best in baseball no way around it. It's just the facts. Their pitching is amazing. And probably have the goat in ohtani. Then it's Jeremy Pena then Mike trout. The best player In all of baseball is not American. Nor the best pitcher it's between alcantara or julio. Usa invented this game but really their not the best. They always play home with all the advantages it's not fair for the visitors. And still they lose. Mexico beat them twice in their own house in a baseball classic. And in 1 they did have their best alex rodriguez,Derek Jeter etc... So that's just and excuse that they dont send their best in why they don't win. Ultimately the Japanese would of won anyway again their pitching is simply superior. It's just the facts like I said.

@@ultrainstinct63 yeah no that’s just wrong but go off bro

Lets tell the truth here...Please take what is said at face value...THE MAIN REASON THIS IS THE CASE...is because SIGNIFICANTLY LESS BLACK AMERICANS ARE PLAYING BASEBALL..the past two decades. The shift is happening again recently (4 of the 5 top 5 pics in 2022 mlb draft were black americans). If the world baseball classic existed in the 70's through early- mid 90s US would've won (hank aaron, Dave Parker, eddie murray, Ozzie smith, willie randolph, barry bonds, Dwight Gooden, bo jackson, Gary Sheffield, ken griffey jr, tony gwynn, devon white, bary larkin, etc) Just look at the all star game lineups in the 80's and 90's. It's the Elephant in the room. MLB baseball was at its peak when more Black Americans were in the league in the late 60s- late 90s

You should aldo check out Taiwanese baseball. It's pretty cool.

True, but at least they rebounded the next day.

@@jackhampton2062 nothing personell, kid

massive rivalry between the countries and good level of playing. The two irrenounceable ingredients to a great game. Ichiro has always been viewed as a polite guy, that did not talked much and let his bat speak for him. But there was a game vs Korea once that the koreans won, and planted their flag on the pitching mound. I don't know how to speak japanease, but when a guy is swearing you know it. Ichiro was spitting fire in the dugout

baseball is not growing right now if anything its following a steep decline.

@@propertymanager9149 Well the MLB is

It shows America's influence on the world.

The UAE now has a baseball ⚾ league

That's been a big thing especially in Japan. The players are overworked to the Nth degree. That's why they have such a sharp decline so early, and why they are more injury prone

To think the Japanese squad was weaker than their Olympics and Premier12 rosters made you think "damn". (Oh yeah, the weaker squad still consist of dynamite arms which went to MLB like Fujinami, Senga, and Hirano, plus the submariner Makita).

I respect your comment because if you've been going to baseball games for over 20 years then you've probably had sex during a baseball game.

I remember when this channel only had a thousand and a half, way back with the first Greinke video.

@@warlordofbritannia a favorite of mine.

Nah. Not crazy. Not “crazy.” /

Best you check on that, it is not #1 in several nations represented at this WBC.

I jus commented on how I vaguely remember being at the 96 Olympics in Atlanta and seeing Japan just demolish USA like 20 to 2 or something with the best players to ever play in American History

@@Megatron_James_Brady8121 Baseball at the Olympics in 1996 was amateurs-only. The US got beat 8-10 by Cuba in the Groups, beat Japan 15-5 in Groups, then lost 11 to 2 to Japan in the semi-finals. Not at all "best players in American history".

Do we really have to resort to throwing around insults?

All sports are expensive and most of the money goes to the owners of these things rather than anything else

You will find that there were more qualification games from nations that are not represented at the WBC than there are for any Cricket WC. Cricket's popularity is mostly attributable to the presence of India (1.3 + billion) and Pakistan (230 million). CWC has maybe five competitive nations but look at the outcome of games in this WBC.

@@flamingfrancis that's true, but what I mean is that in cricket, playing for your country is generally the most important aspect of becoming pro, in baseball it hasn't always been like that but it seems like going in that direction

​@@danielsalas3394This is mostly because in baseball the league appeared first while in cricket the league appeared much later.

Same. Dude got me watching games and collecting cards again to get familiar with team lineups.

Who doesn’t love him

Me too

Same, he's one of the best RU-vidrs discussing this sport right now

Between BDE, iTalk Studios, and Jomboy, they’ve turned me into a huge baseball fan.

the intros are so intense in a good way. One of the best youtube channels, lucky for us, it's only dedicated to the great game

I think NPB is roughly equivalent to a Quad A League, something like only ten percent worse

They always were. All hail the true hit king

The Japanese are the best in baseball no way around it. It's just the facts. Their pitching is amazing. And probably have the goat in ohtani. Then it's Jeremy Pena then Mike trout. The best player In all of baseball is not American. Nor the best pitcher it's between alcantara or julio. Usa invented this game but really their not the best. They always play home with all the advantages it's not fair for the visitors. And still they lose. Mexico beat them twice in their own house in a baseball classic. And in 1 they did have their best alex rodriguez,Derek Jeter etc... So that's just and excuse that they dont send their best in why they don't win. Ultimately the Japanese would of won anyway again their pitching is simply superior. It's just the facts like I said.