not surprising. central america is better at baseball. like, the dominican republic was absolutely dominating last i checked (7 or 8 years ago). if you follow the feeder leagues at all
Unfortunately, being genocidal doesn't exclude a country playing in international tournaments. Cue several "this loss was promised 3000 years ago" jokes.
And Japan beat them to the crown in 2023 (they got knocked out in the semis to Venezuela this time).
Actually baseball has its roots in the British game of rounders. Team GB is mostly Americans with Bahamian heritage. Team Italy is mostly Americans with Italian heritage. So the WBC is a lot of team USA 1 vs team USA 2 vs team USA 3.
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empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 16 pts · 160d
Don't forget Venezuela beating US at their own fucking sport (baseball)
sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml · 13 pts · 160d
Did they actually? Lmao, when was this?
empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 160d
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/65578126
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 160d
not surprising. central america is better at baseball. like, the dominican republic was absolutely dominating last i checked (7 or 8 years ago). if you follow the feeder leagues at all
DakRalter@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 160d
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL-lmlkrmJal3m1rov-FXlDLLaHpPJL6L
Unfortunately, being genocidal doesn't exclude a country playing in international tournaments. Cue several "this loss was promised 3000 years ago" jokes.
DakRalter@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 160d
And Japan beat them to the crown in 2023 (they got knocked out in the semis to Venezuela this time).
Actually baseball has its roots in the British game of rounders. Team GB is mostly Americans with Bahamian heritage. Team Italy is mostly Americans with Italian heritage. So the WBC is a lot of team USA 1 vs team USA 2 vs team USA 3.
inari@piefed.zip · 16 pts · 160d
It would be humbling, if America had the capacity for humility
cybervseas@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 160d
This is political memes so I get what you mean, at a geopolitics level.
sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 160d
It felt like it did not belong in a normal memes community
bort@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 160d
ist das das vw werk in wolfsburg aus sicht von hbf?
sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 160d
Ich weiß nicht, ich bin kein Deutscher.