# The World Baseball Classic **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 12, 2009, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-baseball-classic/489177 "2009-03-12T07:02:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-baseball-classic/489177/41 "2009-03-24T03:55:11Z")
Wow, what great baseball. Ichiro’s perfect bunt is erased by a phenomenal double play by S. Korea. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-baseball-classic/489177/42 "2009-03-24T04:00:10Z")
That really was a heck of a play. I’m really impressed by the Korean team. The catch in right was pretty nice too. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-baseball-classic/489177/43 "2009-03-24T05:04:49Z")
Korea ties it 3-3 in the bottom of the ninth! ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-baseball-classic/489177/44 "2009-03-24T06:03:49Z")
Great game. That was really entertaining stuff. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-baseball-classic/489177/45 "2009-03-24T07:18:35Z")
If you missed the game, you can see some video highlights [here](http://mlb.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?mid=200903243987583). In particular, check out: Uchikawa throws Ko out at second. Korea stops Japan’s seventh-inning rally. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-baseball-classic/489177/46 "2009-03-24T16:23:50Z")
That last pitch Darvish throws is simply nasty (it’s one of the highlights). I’ve watched it a few times. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-baseball-classic/489177/47 "2009-03-24T20:32:33Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Well, the US lost to the Japanese… and if sports talk radio is any indication, nobody in the US cares. > > Which means that, in the short run, at least, the WBC is going nowhere. The other side of that is that Japan-S. Korea may be the first great international baseball rivarly. Five games in the WBC, split 2-2 going into the final, and a great game to cap it. ---
**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-baseball-classic/489177/48 "2009-03-25T06:01:07Z")
I missed the final game because I was flying to Europe. Flight attendants were walking down the aisles with signs showing the score in more or less real time. Of course there was cheering every time Japan scored - just to show the level of interest. Even my wife who dislikes baseball watched the game and loved it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-baseball-classic/489177.md?page=2)