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#1 User is offline   ASkolnick 

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Posted 2009-March-09, 08:37

I am curious if anyone from other countries than the USA actually cares?
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Posted 2009-March-09, 08:59

wouldn't be surprised if the Japanese do.
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Posted 2009-March-09, 09:12

The Japanese team had 40,000 people show up for a practice in Japan. I would say they care. South Korea (with a huge rivalry against Japan) also cares.

If you watched the finals in 2006, it would be obvious that Cuba cares too (huge numbers of fans gathered to watch the finals... on TV). And listening to the players, it seems quite likely that folks in the Caribbean such as Dominican, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, and so forth also care.

In fact the people in these countries care a lot more than Americans do -- most Americans who watch baseball are much more interested in the major league season than any international events.

Now, as to whether many people in Italy, Netherlands, South Africa, or Australia care (or even realize they have teams competing)... that may be a different story.
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Posted 2009-March-09, 10:21

I'd be surprised if it didn't make the news in the Netherlands that their team beat the DR.
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Posted 2009-March-09, 11:00

What two countries play against each other in this? How did they qualify? From the responses here I guess it's USA vs Japan?
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Posted 2009-March-09, 11:44

Gerben42, on Mar 9 2009, 12:00 PM, said:

What two countries play against each other in this? How did they qualify? From the responses here I guess it's USA vs Japan?

No, there are many many teams involved in this.

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Posted 2009-March-09, 12:19

Venezuela plays Canada or Italy to get to the next stage but they were beaten horribly yesterday by the US.

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Posted 2009-March-09, 13:55

Canada supposedly managed to fill the stadium with their fans. It was in Toronto, but still...
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Posted 2009-March-09, 14:15

ASkolnick, on Mar 9 2009, 09:37 AM, said:

I am curious if anyone from other countries than the USA actually cares?

Does anyone from the US actually care? I think that this event is a bigger deal outside the US.
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Posted 2009-March-09, 14:42

Sure, we care. We beat the hosts Mexico into submission last night, 17-7.

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Posted 2009-March-09, 17:05

I'm actually really into the WBC. It's definitely not as great as the Olympics or the World Cup but I always get into international competition.
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Posted 2009-March-09, 17:39

Adam and I enjoy watching the WBC. Adam's even going to the final game, and has really good seats.
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Posted 2009-March-10, 08:21

I am from the USA and I agree very few from here seems to care. I like international competition, so I find it interesting.

I agree not as good as World Cup soccer. I joke I am the only native born American who actually likes watching soccer, especially at the international level.
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Posted 2009-March-10, 08:57

ASkolnick, on Mar 10 2009, 09:21 AM, said:

I am from the USA and I agree very few from here seems to care. I like international competition, so I find it interesting.

I agree not as good as World Cup soccer. I joke I am the only native born American who actually likes watching soccer, especially at the international level.

Well, there are at least two of us! (Never got into cricket or rugby, though.)
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Posted 2009-March-10, 09:40

Rugby, no. But I do remember when Australian Rules football was on. I kind of liked that.
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Posted 2009-March-11, 03:15

kfay, on Mar 9 2009, 05:21 PM, said:

I'd be surprised if it didn't make the news in the Netherlands that their team beat the DR.

You are right about that, I heard it on the radio this morning.
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