It was a good run but ultimately it was wasn't meant to be for Team USA. They lost in their semi-final game against Team Japan thus eliminating them from the WBC.
Team Japan advances to the Finals of the WBC for the second straight time. Team USA will break up and everyone will go to their respective camps to complete Spring Training and get ready for the season.
"To put on that Team USA jersey, to be a part of this, it's such a blessing," Brian Roberts said. "It was so awesome."
It was a tough time for Team USA this year in the tournamet as they battled through injuries to key players such as Chipper Jones, Kevin Youkilis, and Ryan Braun. Many people have questioned the moves by manager Davey Johnson for leaving pitchers in longer than they should've been in but the name of the game is to win. Team USA didn't.
They were 3 outs away on Monday night from being eliminated by Puerto Rico and they fought back to win and advance. There should be no shame in this team, they played as hard as they could but their weaknesses were exposed at the hands of Team Japan.
"You want to win," Mark DeRosa said. "It's frustrating. We just didn't go out there and perform tonight."
Tonight is the Championship Game for the WBC between Korea and Japan, Team USA will be watching from afar, maybe next time Team USA can go all the way.
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The league and the organizers of team USA should be ashamed. The fact that they don't take the game seriously, leaving Oswald in to get his work in instead of trying to win the game. It's pathetic.
ReplyDeleteagreed, they shouldve managed the game like it was game 7 of the world series
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