Comments on: I guess it’s a question of who you hate more

By: Hannara

Hannara — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 01:51:04 +0000

If Japan don’t advance they will blame everything on AMerica too won’t they?? AMerica better pray Japan beat Korea because if Korea beat Japan again…. Holy crap that would be hilarious……ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

By: Hannara

Hannara — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 01:43:38 +0000

I think the game was fair….. Yes the umpire’s call was disgusting but American team obviously played smart and better baseball than Japan did… None the less America is going to win this tournament anyway since they are so superior compare to other teams….. We koreans thank the American since they had done us a favor. If Japan defeated U.S. that could have been disasterous for us.

By: R. Elgin

R. Elgin — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 10:26:09 +0000

I would bet that the Korean players want to beat the hell out of the U.S. team as a kind of calling card and demonstration as to why the U.S. teams should hire the same Korean players for the big bucks.

By: hardyandtiny

hardyandtiny — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 10:23:56 +0000

bad call, really bad call.

By: kyochan

kyochan — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 07:51:47 +0000

Okay, so the umpire makes a bad call at the top of the 8th. So what? Japan still had a chance to win it or at least go to extra innings.

- top of the 9th, Japan loads the bases again, this time Lidge just struck Tamura out. Three guys stranded.

- bottom of the 9th. 2 man on 1st and 2nd, Randy Winn bunts to advance the runner. Ogaswara forgets to put his foot on 1st base. Bases loaded, fielding error. A-Rod on deck.

- A-Rod hits it down second base, goes through both 2nd baseman and Shortstop. Game over.

There were so many runners stranded on base, Japan could have beaten the US even before the call. And maybe if they haven’t lost to Korea earlier, Japan wouldn’t have to worry as much about advancing to the next round.

I cannot wait until tomorrow’s USA-Korea matchup. Fortunately for Byung-Hyun Kim, Scott Brosius and Paul O’Neill does not play baseball anymore. But Korea has to face a team with at least six players who can crush the ball. We’ll see how Korean pitching holds up. The last thing Korea needs to worry about is the quality of the hotels.

Btw, if Ichiro keeps playing at his current level, he’s gonna end up batting #2 or #3 with Nishioka leading.

By: michael

michael — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 07:25:48 +0000

Didn’t see the whole thing but it looked like Park Chan-ho just barely nailed that one. Maybe he’s better as a closer.

By: cm

cm — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 07:12:40 +0000

Can’t wait for the US - Korea match. I wonder what controversy will follow. Korea just beat Mexico. It’s getting interesting.

By: cm

cm — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 06:42:26 +0000

Robert, you should actually reply back and point out the 1988 Roy Jones rip off of his gold medal boxing bout. Now that was clearly a bribe. I’d like to see what some of them have to say about that one.

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 06:35:19 +0000

Of course, the “Yankees and the monkeys are all the same” school of thought features quite prominently in the comments as well.
But then again, there are a couple of commenters asking the obvious, like:

그래도 미국뉴스는 심판비난하네.확실히 다르군.우린 월드컵때 아무도 심판판정에대해 보도하지않았는데

Taken from this article.

By: thorin

thorin — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 06:21:08 +0000

Sounds like some fans need to chill out with a frozen cabbage leaf under their caps a la 박명환.