Ichiro Suzuki hits a single during the eighth inning of Japan's 9-4 win over Team USA in the World Baseball Classic.
Japan dropped the United States with ease Sunday, during a 9-4 win. Of course, the big problem for the United States, other than Davey Johnson doing his best impersonation of Tony Muser, is pitching. The Major League Clubs have completely tied the hands of Team USA, when it comes to pitching.
That said, the game would have been much more entertaining if Joe Morgan had locked Steve Phillips out of the broadcast booth. The former Mets General Manager had one of his worst days behind the mike. The normally astute Phillips, was bungling trivia questions about Japanese professional baseball.
Here's a roundup of some of the WBC coverage.
- ESPN's Jim Caple talks about Davey Johnson's many managerial mistakes.
- Derrek Lee says MLB officials were disrespectful and pressured him to join the WBC
Up next is a quick tour of the region's teams:
- Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos says he's willing to spend money. He didn't say anything about doing it wisely. Rich Hill is not expected to make the Opening Day rotation.
- Who will start for the World Champs on Opening Day? Plus there's a good profile on pitching coach Rich Dubee.
- The Washington Times takes a look at new National Joe Beimel. Lastings Milledge is going to bat leadoff.
And then we will take our daily look at the news from some other organizations.
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