2023 World Baseball Classic

He needs to pound a fast ball inside. Then work away. They are looking away and leaning over the plate. That last strikeout was good.

I bet Betts is thinking along with you, 1td.

And then darnit, Betts hits a sharp one, but it’s caught. Still two more chances with some not too shabby hitters up.

And Goldy delivers with 2 RBIs. Now 9-2.

Uh oh…

Mo and Oli clinching certain body parts now. Arenado coming out of the game after taking a pitch on the left hand. My expert medical guess is that it just hurts, and nothing else, so Mo and Oli can relax.

Like Wainwright, Mikolas has a better result in his 2nd inning of work.

Not that it means anything, but I saw the Altuve HBP and he stayed down and was obviously in a lot of pain. If you saw it, you pretty much knew the outcome wasn’t going to be a good one. Nado looked to be okay. Let’s hope so.

Turner’s rippn’ it up. Philly should be pretty good this year.

All of Trea’s homers are getting boring. He needs to show he is a more complete and versatile hitter and can generate runs in multiple ways.

That’s good to know, TexasCard. Johnny can put down the bottle of Glenfiddich…

Now they’re showing the world who’s boss of baseball.

I didn’t know that, Euro. Looks like the next half inning could be the last.

Yep TexasCard, that’s right. I was suspicious but didn’t know about the run rule. I really knew next to nothing about WBC and never paid attention in previous years, but have surprising enjoyed watching some of these games. I guess some of us are starved by now and felt like we got shorted out of games last season!