not surprising. central america is better at baseball. like, the dominican republic was absolutely dominating last i checked (7 or 8 years ago). if you follow the feeder leagues at all
Unfortunately, being genocidal doesn’t exclude a country playing in international tournaments. Cue several “this loss was promised 3000 years ago” jokes.
And Japan beat them to the crown in 2023 (they got knocked out in the semis to Venezuela this time).
Actually baseball has its roots in the British game of rounders. Team GB is mostly Americans with Bahamian heritage. Team Italy is mostly Americans with Italian heritage. So the WBC is a lot of team USA 1 vs team USA 2 vs team USA 3.
Don’t forget Venezuela beating US at their own fucking sport (baseball)
Did they actually? Lmao, when was this?
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/65578126
not surprising. central america is better at baseball. like, the dominican republic was absolutely dominating last i checked (7 or 8 years ago). if you follow the feeder leagues at all
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL-lmlkrmJal3m1rov-FXlDLLaHpPJL6L
Unfortunately, being genocidal doesn’t exclude a country playing in international tournaments. Cue several “this loss was promised 3000 years ago” jokes.
And Japan beat them to the crown in 2023 (they got knocked out in the semis to Venezuela this time).
Actually baseball has its roots in the British game of rounders. Team GB is mostly Americans with Bahamian heritage. Team Italy is mostly Americans with Italian heritage. So the WBC is a lot of team USA 1 vs team USA 2 vs team USA 3.