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Four sacrifice bunt attempts in one game.
I’d be pretty disgusted if it were the Marlins trying such a thing to beat
the Mets in mid-August. But, no, that’s what Team USA did on Sunday on its
way to topping Canada 9-4.
Technically, it will go into the books at three sacrifice bunt attempts,
since Shane Victorino merely fouled back his one attempt before later
striking out in the seventh. The first two were successful, the second
especially so. The first, coming in the second, was put down by Adam Jones
with two on and none out. No runs followed, though. Ben Zobrist‘s bunt in
the fourth resulted in a Taylor Green error, scoring a run and opening the
door for a two-run inning.
The last bunt was a huge flop, with Zobrist popping one up for the first out
in the eighth. Fortunately, Jones bailed the team out afterwards, delivering
a two-run double to put Team USA on top for good.
So, yes, everything worked out in the end. Even though Joe Torre’s team
tried to give away four outs. Even though Giancarlo Stanton, the country’s
(and maybe the world’s) best power hitter, sat out in favor of Shane
Victorino. Even though Torre was more worried about making sure everyone got
into the game than trying to win it.
And that last part may be the biggest problem of all. Joe Torre works for
Major League Baseball. He made commitments to teams in return for acquiring
the services of players. While the managers of Japan and the Dominican
Republic are doing the best they can, within the WBC’s pitcher usage rules,
to win their games, Torre is going above and beyond; making sure everyone
gets a turn, not using a reliever after he’s already warmed up once and not
letting any of his true relievers pitch more than an inning.
Of course, Torre isn’t exactly a tactical genius even when he doesn’t have
to deal with such limitations. Witness today’s eighth-inning gem to
intentionally walk light-hitting left-hander Pete Orr in a 5-4 game to load
the bases for a left-handed-hitting pinch-hitter. Given that it meant a walk
could force in a run, I doubt it improved the U.S.’s chances of staying
ahead in the eighth. What it definitely did do is guarantee that Joey Votto
would bat in the ninth, with Justin Morneau due up fourth, something that
might have made a big difference had the U.S. offense not finally found
itself and, absent any sac bunt attempts, piled on four runs in the top of
the inning.
At age 73, this is probably Torre’s last time in a dugout. He was pretty
close to a Hall of Famer as a player and he’s certainly going in as a
manager after all of his success with the Yankees. And deservedly so. It’d
be a nice victory lap for him if Team USA could somehow win the World
Baseball Classic in its third try. Torre, though, needs to back off a bit,
because he’s really hurting the cause right now.

前两届的毛病这届这届还是有, 目前先发最多只投到五局

如果不是有 Detwiler 顶上来, 很可能真要去打资格赛了

Phillips那几个救球救不到的话_____________________

用打线克服就好 不能得分比蛇都严重

大家一样都在春训 没道理你打击比人差

真的，"春训所以还没调整好"不知是谁发明的，台湾日本韩

国还不是一样，大家的职业联盟有谁是开季了

西瓜魂!!

"春训所以还没调整好"根本是世界大笑话 白痴才信

澳洲表示：我们都季末了也打不赢啊...

有没有刻意调整会有差, 美国队有同等的集训吗?

美国队有集训喔 网络上照片等等的采访画面

不过春训容易受伤倒是真的~~~~~~~~~

古巴好像是季中

美国队的“集训”总共只有五天...

古巴好像没有所谓的球季结束

古巴球员比大联盟健康的样子 162场终究还是太多了?

古巴资料有点难找XD

Maels Rodríguez就是在古巴被玩烂的阿

集训五天 默契够练吗 状况够时间掌握吗

美国队集训5天 MLB则是2/23春训开始 台湾队2/6就开始集训

本来就是这个时间大家都不在最佳状态哪有什么笑不笑话

可能美国有精神时光屋所以有人觉得差不多

咦？不是有吗？

日本:唉唉 美国说得没错 这时间状况很差 害我们不能全胜冠军

提早准备对 WBC 有用... 但是太认真的季赛十之八九都烙赛

太早准备根本就打乱长久以来的生理时钟 球季后打差机率偏高

越高强度的运动比赛时间一打乱对选手来说根本是恶梦

举例:有网球选手砲轰说ATP比赛时间太近了 容易受伤

NPB真的是太血汗了 ^ ^

春训本来就有影响 尤其对投手更明显 历年许多投手春训都

爆很大 进入赛季就正常 我看出来哪里没影响

前面说春训没影响的我才觉得不可思议

所以对日本等其他国都该有影响吧，既然如此就不用拿出

来讲了，还不是打不赢才这样讲

另外说生理时钟的是键盘运动科学研究员吗，那我看美国男篮去打奥运真是拿职业生涯开玩笑

楼上似乎很替日职抱屈，不过说真的短期赛事的胜负本来

就不必太计较，毕竟这其中包含了一定的运气成分。

短期比赛胜负本来就很难论定

日本连两届WBC冠军，相信没人说日职不强，但日职平均

水准比不上MLB也是事实阿...

再说前面几楼说的是集训对整体球队调整状况的影响，美国队只集训5天，日本则是从2月中旬开始，台湾是2/6

这本来就会有一定程度的差别，也不是你说的死不认输。

别误会，我根本没在看日职。 你说到一个重点了，要讲也是讲集训时间，而不是讲"还在春训"。 因为大家都"还在

春训"，不同的是集训时间。 这也算是对于赛事的重视程度吧，个人决定个人担，也没什么。

美日职棒春训起始强度是有差的 以投手为例 美职用球数

比日职严苛许多 这点松版大辅在红袜时就抱怨过了 如果这

这才打几场的比赛...根本不需要去找理由和原因

还要说都有春训没差 我也不知道该怎么说了

美国队是打击问题比较大 投手还好