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Of the 223 players with at least 350 plate appearances in 2012, J.P.
Arencibia ranked 169th in wOBA. Among those players born in the United
States, he’s not one of the top 100 hitters. Maybe he’s in the 100-150
range.
Yet there was Arencibia getting what may well have been the biggest at-bat
for Joe Torre’s team in Friday’s game against Mexico. Team USA was down 5-1
with two on and none out in the bottom of the fifth. A right-hander was on
the mound for Mexico. Arencibia is right-handed.
The U.S. is carrying three catchers. Joe Mauer was DHing, but there was
little danger in batting for Arencibia and putting in Jonathan Lucroy
afterwards. That would actually be an upgrade. Lucroy is a better player than
Arencibia.
Of course, Buster Posey and Matt Wieters are also better players than
Arencibia. They’re not here. A.J. Pierzynski, Alex Avila and John Jaso are
better players than Arencibia. I’d probably argue for Chris Iannetta, Jarrod
Saltalamacchia and A.J. Ellis, too.
Which is why Team USA is never going to win the World Baseball Classic as its
presently constructed. It’s not just that many of the country’s best
players don’t want to play. It’s that those in charge do a lousy job of
picking the players that do. And then it does an even worse job of employing
the players who are picked.
Gio Gonzalez is Team USA’s second best pitcher. He’s not even going to be
used in Round 1, since it’s such a given that the team is going to advance
to Round 2 (except that’s hardly the case). Eric Hosmer, starting for the
ailing Mark Teixeira, is the wrong fallback to the wrong choice to play first
base in the first place. Don’t even get me started on Heath Bell.
Willie Bloomquist was on the provisional roster, for crying out loud.
And there was Arencibia. He’s not one of the United States’ five-best
catchers. It’s arguable whether he’s in the top 10. Yet there he was
starting against Pool D’s toughest opponent in Friday’s opener. Because he’
s handled a couple R.A. Dickey bullpen sessions. And then he was left in to
take a crucial at-bat in the fifth, even though Dickey had already been
pulled.
As I’m writing this, Team USA is still in the game against Mexico. Maybe it
will come back. Maybe it will still advance to Round 2.
But winning the tournament? That’s not happening. Team USA wasn’t designed
with any thoughts of winning the World Baseball Classic. It’s just there to
get taken down by a more interested team.
作者:
idioteque (radiohead)
2013-03-09 13:43:00Arencibia有够可怜XD
作者:
chl001 (charlas)
2013-03-09 13:45:00Arencibia疯狂中枪,几乎每段都被酸 :P
作者:
zgoi (zgoi)
2013-03-09 13:48:00帮翻译 战犯:Arencibia
作者:
jerrywin (正义中肯柯文哲)
2013-03-09 13:50:00Joe Torre sucks
作者:
taker627 (你马英九吗?)
2013-03-09 14:07:00呵呵
作者:
jerrywin (正义中肯柯文哲)
2013-03-09 14:32:005局下真的莫名其妙 是完全忘记RA下场了所以不换代打?
作者:
birdy590 (Birdy)
2013-03-09 14:37:00这支美国队的毛病跟前两届根本一样 完全学不到教训
作者:
jenchieh5 ((”Ｔ□Ｔ)＜喔~喔~喔)
2013-03-09 14:49:00Jim Torre...
作者:
cd12631 (<(◥█◤△◥█◤)>)
2013-03-09 14:50:00连Jaso都比他好哦 呵
作者: dollc1010 (我尽力了...:)) 2013-03-09 15:09:00
纯嘘某楼 一个人代表所有球迷发声? 键盘发言人?
作者:
Heyward (黑窝)
2013-03-09 15:44:00Joe Torre:我还是喜欢坐办公室
作者:
uranusjr (â†é€™äººæ˜¯è¶…級笨蛋)
2013-03-09 16:28:00不过他说的有理啊, 招 Eric Hosmer 真的不知道哪招
作者:
ccl007 (.......)
2013-03-09 16:33:00再这样下去不如让Mike Scioscia组训!
Arencibia真的有这么不堪吗? 好歹也是大棒子捕手
作者:
uranusjr (â†é€™äººæ˜¯è¶…級笨蛋)
2013-03-09 16:59:00楼上可以去看一下 Arencibia 和 Lucroy 的历年数据, 不要
作者:
uranusjr (â†é€™äººæ˜¯è¶…級笨蛋)
2013-03-09 17:00:00说 Mauer 了, Lucroy 的打击也比 Arencibia 好不止一档
Scioscia组训的话会不会找Mathis阿......
作者:
ccl007 (.......)
2013-03-09 17:18:00不好意思 Mathis已经进化了
作者:
jerrywin (正义中肯柯文哲)
2013-03-09 17:24:00有记者猜Hosmer人就在亚历桑那 不然他不可能是首选
作者:
CGary (下雨天也挺浪漫的)
2013-03-09 17:31:00其实... 这表示老美根本不 care 自己赢不赢... 只是找填充物
作者:
CGary (下雨天也挺浪漫的)
2013-03-09 17:32:00填满这个 roster 而已 XD
作者:
SatoTakuma (éµç›¤è©•è«–家)
2013-03-09 18:57:00输球：不在乎
作者:
IronChef (Schadenfreude)
2013-03-09 20:53:00Joe Torre我记得以前也是捕手不是吗? 可以交换吗?
作者:
LADKUO56 (KYOUALL)
2013-03-09 21:02:00老美主要还是专注在MLB赛季上面吧WBC我总觉得他们办好玩的
作者:
uranusjr (â†é€™äººæ˜¯è¶…級笨蛋)
2013-03-09 21:09:00我倒觉得大联盟应该是真的很有心想办, 球员也是很有心想
作者:
uranusjr (â†é€™äººæ˜¯è¶…級笨蛋)
2013-03-09 21:10:00好好为国争光, 只是球团有利益冲突所以不合作, 然后球迷又不买帐, 所以就搞得现在这样半吊子
作者:
LADKUO56 (KYOUALL)
2013-03-09 21:15:00除非像足球那样FIBA规定A级赛事以上不得拒绝征招还有FIBA全权负责受伤球员的后续处理
作者:
LADKUO56 (KYOUALL)
2013-03-09 21:16:00不然就是会因为赛季的问题不上不下的
作者:
maikxz (超级痛痛人)
2013-03-09 21:18:00目前好像只限UEFA下面的我说球员受伤要赔俱乐部
作者:
LADKUO56 (KYOUALL)
2013-03-09 21:19:00改时间也是一个考量拉...毕竟现在是春训期间
作者:
cd12631 (<(◥█◤△◥█◤)>)
2013-03-09 21:19:00但是我是觉得除老美球迷比较不重视外其他国家球迷反应还不
作者:
LADKUO56 (KYOUALL)
2013-03-09 21:20:00只是MLB似乎就定在这个时间了
作者:
cd12631 (<(◥█◤△◥█◤)>)
2013-03-09 21:20:00错 但没办法美加那边职业运动太多元化选择太多
作者:
cd12631 (<(◥█◤△◥█◤)>)
2013-03-09 21:21:00老美又习惯看完一个接下一个4年1次的wbc就很容易忽略掉另外一些明星球员已经算是踊跃参赛了 只是一些被认为夺冠
作者:
cd12631 (<(◥█◤△◥█◤)>)
2013-03-09 21:22:00热门的球队如多明尼加or美国又表现不佳 大家就更套上没认打的帽子
作者:
OoyaoO (ä½ ä»Šå¤©å´©æ½°äº†å—Ž 囧)
2013-03-09 21:24:00不管美国队有没有冠军 MLB是世界棒球最高殿堂的事实不会改
作者:
LADKUO56 (KYOUALL)
2013-03-09 21:25:00其实球员都还算踊跃 只是球团会挡
作者:
OoyaoO (ä½ ä»Šå¤©å´©æ½°äº†å—Ž 囧)
2013-03-09 21:26:00对球团来说没什么利益阿 球员不幸因此受伤低潮还要自己吃亏
作者:
cd12631 (<(◥█◤△◥█◤)>)
2013-03-09 21:28:00对球员也满衰的 打得好应该 打不好国内球迷视为战犯
作者:
IronChef (Schadenfreude)
2013-03-09 22:00:00这次美帝在吃屎17就要开America Fuck Yeah模式了美帝的国球也是赢球 到时候看打线里有9个尊鱼
作者:
IronChef (Schadenfreude)
2013-03-09 22:01:00投手群加起来有10个赛洋奖之类的阵容
作者:
viery (viery)
2013-03-09 22:06:00美帝:下次组赛扬海 结果依然输球XD
作者:
CGary (下雨天也挺浪漫的)
2013-03-09 22:18:00老美的确不在乎自己赢不赢阿 官方在意有个鸟用? 球队就是爱放不放 主要还是观众也不怎么买帐 所以球团根本不太鸟...
作者:
maikxz (超级痛痛人)
2013-03-09 22:19:00就算今天场场爆满 收视率爆表 球团还是不会买帐
作者:
CGary (下雨天也挺浪漫的)
2013-03-09 22:19:00分钱给他们, 收视也给他们分...他们就会买帐了 XD
作者:
krajicek (回忆比真实精彩)
2013-03-09 22:19:00美国这个时间不是看棒球的季节，NCAA正在季后赛
作者:
krajicek (回忆比真实精彩)
2013-03-09 22:20:0068强马上就要开始了
作者:
CGary (下雨天也挺浪漫的)
2013-03-09 22:21:00主要还是因为三月是大学篮球季 大家习惯看完 NFL->NCAA->MLB
作者:
cd12631 (<(◥█◤△◥█◤)>)
2013-03-09 22:22:00老美没办法 但看有没有办法推广到一些原本棒球较弱的地方
作者:
krajicek (回忆比真实精彩)
2013-03-09 22:22:00说真的还是考虑WBC并入奥运吧，美国人是看奥运的去年夏季奥运的收视率在美国很好，仅次于NFL
作者:
cd12631 (<(◥█◤△◥█◤)>)
2013-03-09 22:23:00今年的巴西也许就有机会以后稳定地有球员输出
作者:
cd12631 (<(◥█◤△◥█◤)>)
2013-03-09 22:24:00不太可能并入奥运 与MLB季赛冲突而且奥运牵扯太广
作者:
IronChef (Schadenfreude)
2013-03-09 22:30:00足球是球队不敢不放人啦, 球员会翻脸
六年前我在印第安纳就见过宿舍学生是在看NFL 不是MLB
看NFL正常.........NCAA football在美国也是地位很高的运动
作者:
cd12631 (<(◥█◤△◥█◤)>)
2013-03-09 22:47:00看NFL正常啊
...,看NFL很正常啊,不看NFL才是特别吧XD?
作者:
newest (C'est la vie~)
2013-03-10 01:23:00不看NFL根本不是美国人吧XD
作者:
mahoro (天地一沙鸥)
2013-03-10 03:38:00有翻译米糕吗?
作者:
godswd (正港业徒灵)
2013-03-10 10:06:00都说中文了 还要翻译米糕是怎样XDDDDDD
也许是因为Pistons不强 不过Lions...还是一堆人看
Lions已经不只是"不强"了......和MLB比起来NBA比较偏非裔美人运动吧?