So much for powerful. Went in with big heads came out with hidden tails.

down the drain......this will teach them it is a team sport .....congrats to the wooden shoes ....and drink Heineken today

gc
was i right when i say we needed a miracle or what. i hope our ingrates superstar who felt too good to represent their homeland feel happy after watching their country being embarrased by a class A team.

Vacanos there will be a lot of soul searching for a long time ....Hopefully this will bring a little maturity to the attitude of these children

PHOENIX (AP)—Manny Ramirez is scheduled to make his spring training debut Thursday when the Los Angeles Dodgers play South Korea’s World Baseball Classic team.

The exhibition game won’t count in Cactus League standings, but Ramirez’s return to the Dodgers after agreeing to a $45 million, two-year contract last week will make it a major attraction.....Manny being a selfish jerk as usual

Great headline, says it all.

no words, but i still love my country more than anything, haters don't even talk to me!

I saw this game and what a deception. As a fan and as a Dominican I'm so disgusted with that team and Dominican MLB players in general. They all act like "divas" and forget that it is a team sport. For the most part they don't play for the honor to represent their country, they are so unpatriotic. But yet when they go bakc to DR they want to be treated like they are Kings of the World. I would be hard pressed to follow the next World Classic Team, even if the event is held in DR. They are a big joke and do not deserve any fans.

Snoopy:

Unfortunately there are no teams sports anymore. All sports are now about personal aggrandizement. They are all "ME" sports.

Top Ten:

1-no hustle
2-no defence
3-too much brugal
4-they forgot how to bunt
5-all of them were swinging for the fences
6-demasiado bulto
7-felipe alou is to old to manage
8-Marmol should be declare persona non gratta
9-next time send Las Aguilas or El Licey
10-I'm under suicide watch

late

Juanb not true have you notice how the winners always play as a team ....only the losers are in ME sports

Seemed like every Dominican hitter was trying to crush a home run. No contact hitting against guys who can not pitch in AA.
Feel sorry for the psyche of the locals here: they live for the "beisbol" and will be crushed by losing twice to a weaker opponent. 0-2 versus Netherlands? WOW!!!!

texasshoe

Dominican players are notorious drinkers.

Raul Mondesi (rookie of the year with the dodgers) drank his career away.

whats worse can you imagine the big horse laugh from the Boricuas when these guys were slipping out of town .....who is going to the airport to welcome ?

i watched the game all of the above i concur,..too bad with dthem i ourt i guess we will have to root for cuba

My trip to Miami ruined.. now I have to sell off the tickets.. anyone interested? They are below face value.

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Game 2
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hey lovingit

root for the USA baby

besides a trip to miami is always good, dominican or not dominican

“If Trujillo was still around, they'd all be lined up & shot!”
I read in impactodeportivo.com.do, that David Ortiz and Cano were out on Saturday night till 5 AM. That explains it.

put it on a Dutch site .....the wooden shoes will go now.... hahaha

yeah, I would not mind rooting for the US or Venezuela, but its not the same though.. I was going to take a 17+ hour drive from Delaware to South FLA for this, and my cousin, who was going to drive with me is no longer interested.. hopefully I make some of the money back selling the tickets.

Go ahead make the trip get warm and maybe you will meet a nice Dutch girl

Coño, this sucks. My trip to Miami is also ruined.

Benji go and root for Holland and look for dutch chicks

GC, I am afraid there are not going to be any Dutch chicks in attendance. If anything I am going to chekc out the Venezolanas, who I know will be in attendance.

I could have played bette than that. I think we would do better if we just put Licey up there.
Also, I hate playing all the games in Puerto Rico, cause during every game we lost there are Puertoricans fans who also want to see us get iliminated, and all the seats are empty.

BenCardozo always remember do not allow the little head to think for the big head.....or you will be up the creek.....They used to name hurricanes only for women because when they arrived they are hot wet and wild and when they leave they take the house and the car

what f disgrace to this country, how can we lose to a no name baseball team like someone from f the netherlands. oh this is uglyest than anything else that had happen to us. after being rampage in the caribbean serie.

I must say that a mix of the Licey,Agulias and los gigantes would have done better and yes i loveFelipe but he should stop sugar coating it and say he didn't have the guts to sit down any this so call STARS. Tony Pena would be a better manager than him. At least you know Tony is playing his heart out when representing DR.

To bad that the only Dominican in Houston Astros actually did good else i would have gotten a ticket to come in with a sign to show how bad they represented us. But those that can Show Cano and Ortiz and others how bad they did. My thinking is "If they not going to leave their heart on the field then please don't bother to represent any Dominican"

of all our superstar pedro was the only one who show up to play. im happy for him expected nothing less from that professional. reading from a few article it seen the few star who show up to play for our country were more concerned with hoooker and boozer. THAT EMBARRASMENT PUT UP BY OUR COUNTRY BEATEN TWICE BY A SINGLE A TEAM WAS LIKE A CHINESE COMING TO DR TO PARTICIPATE IN A BACHATA TOURNAMENT AND WIN. i knew we werent that good to compete for the championship but to come out like this never in my wildest dream. simply stunning.

BenCardozo; I feel your pain. I have tickets to LA for Semis and Finals. I also bought some DR WBC gear that I have to wait 4 years to wear to a meaningful Classic game (you know what I will wear it regardless!!!) It's like punishment for laying out cash for this, in this economy. Now I gotta hear my wifey say "I told you so!" I may take a detour and hit Vegas on my way back from LA and see if I can win some of it back!! Yo sabía que esto no iba a terminar bien. Desde que vi que ni Vladimir, Manny, Pujols iban, y después Alex se jode de la cadera y a Beltre le dijeron que no, pensé, aquí hay algo! Don't get me wrong, we still had a squad, but too many guys said "No!" La próxima vez voy a comprar las taquillas para la primera ronda, por lo menos se que jugarán! Que Quille!!!!!!

lovingit,

Good luck selling those tixs. I have all the tickets I want...or don't want. They are giving away Tickets right and left.
I'm am giving mine to some of the local Little league teams.

Your best bet is to sell them to somebody in the D.R. who is heading to Miami.

hey vacanos i'm sorry but pedro wasn't the only one
the whole pitching staff did well specially Jimenes from the colorados rockies, he was dealing bro
we pitch well enough to win but the hitting was terrible

This is a disgrace for my country. having a team with so much talent. I think that if we are going to win the NEXT World Classic. We should get NON-Major leage player, that are there to play and make a name for them self. Young blood hungry to be recognize. and not to worry about what demanded made by Major Leage Team on what there player can done or not. We have so much talent at the minor leage that we must us them. Well i guess I have to wait 4 more year to see what we are going to do in the Next World classic,

I don't know where this Netherlands team came from, but they are a real threat to any team that don't play them hard, they almost beat PR. My congrats to those rege boys from the Netherlands.

If Pujols, AROD, and Manny had played this wouldn't have happened. The only monster hitter on the team was Big Papi. :(

Edward

If Pujols, AROD, and Manny had played this wouldn't have happened. The only monster hitter on the team was Big Papi. :(

I disagree with this statement we had all the talent in the world we just didn't do it. By the way hanley ramirez,Tejada,reyes and many more are monster hitter arod wouldn't make a difference since we all know he can't under pressure pujol would have just been walked like last WBC and manny is never going to play in the WBC.

Written by: Edward, 11 Mar 2009 6:24 PM
From: United States, Leominster, Massachusetts
If Pujols, AROD, and Manny had played this wouldn't have happened. The only monster hitter on the team was Big Papi. :(


Alex Rodriguez is laid out in a wheelchair..... at least he tried.

We have already sent our AAA to the PanAmerican games where Cuba and the U.S. wins it all. Our AAA also failed at the olympics (before WBC). We have no choice but to send the MLB players again by the time 2013 is here (the nex WBC), A-rod, Manny, Pujols, Aramis, Soriano, and others will be past their prime time and NO ONE WILL WANT THEM!
Watch them how they volunteer to play for DR in 2013 (trying to revive their past careers). We should never idolize nor glorifying these guys who use the WBC and DR to get contracts and revive previous glories!
TRAITORS! If you plan to return to DR, you must return by swimming back to DR! No Airplanes!

In my job, most Americans used Dominican flag and painted the orange color on it to "Netherlandized" our flag!!!

Disgusted, they went in thinking they had won before the game started.

It's a crying shame. I hope that the next team will be a little more humble in their approach to playing this game and will actually play like a cohesive, collect group = what a team should be. Baseball is a game of men not a game of name droppers and money hungry non-performing players. Lets see if the selection committy will do a better job a choosing better players next time. Cause this team was utterly DISGUSTING!!!! With the exception of the Pitchers (Marmol should be stoned to death, he should be dropped from any team and never be allowed to play the game EVER!!!) this team was a BIG BUST!!!

so far 6 out of 12 tickets sold.. I am taking a hit, but at least I am not going to loose all my money

There must be a lack of gym facilities available for the Dominican players..they looked so fat and out of condition.

Well here is something that Ortiz just said and thats shocking to me.
He said the MLB shut down the field and wouldn't allow dominican players to workout together or practice. I wonder why they would do that right in the beginning of the WBC. Everybody else was allow to do it but not dominicans. HAHA something wierd ain't it

by old school trinitario "hey vacanos i'm sorry but pedro wasn't the only one
the whole pitching staff did well specially Jimenes from the colorados rockies, he was dealing bro
we pitch well enough to win but the hitting was terrible"


pedro was the only star played under his standard. jimenez is not a star at least not yet. pedro tejada, ortiz, reyes, hanley,cano they are consider major league star. i agree most of our pitcher did their job with the exception of marmol. and the irony here i though he was our best pitcher in the wbc.

I wish Albert Puljos played 1st base instead of Aybar. This would have never happened!

every time i see some politician talking about Competitivenes, i laugh. they think that you can legislate competitiveness. sorry, but it is a frame of mind. it is the quality that you have, or do not have, which orders you to give your best whenever you attempt something. you will not always be the equivalent of your adversary, but, if you leave it all on the field, then you are in with a fighting chance. the Netherlands, a club side at best, simply refused to lose. the DR, a world power, refused to win. it is called COJONES. down by a run in the 11th hour, they would not say die. this is a vital lesson in the human spirit, and what it takes to be a winner. sorry, DR prima donnas, but it is not about the Hummer and the Gucci. it is about guts and determination.

Snoopy: I'm a little late to reply to your post, but I do not think Marmol should be stoned to death. Shit happens and especially to closers. The team should have scored 10000 runs and it should not have gone down to that.

xwill7, if your aunt had balls she would be your uncle. games are not played on paper. that is why we do not phone in the results, but play the game. on paper, the DR had a team which was as good as any, and superior to most. when the time came to dance, they all spread out on their backs like two dollar hookers, losing to far inferior opponents in the process. it is not the time to second guess the personnel selection. other teams beat them with less! it is called GUTS AND DETERMINATION. the same factor that precludes Alex Rodriquez from getting a hit when the money is on the table! some people call it CHARACTER.

Boog told me this was going to happen

maybe he should have made it public knowledge. then, we would not have all this hand-wringing today. and i must give you kudos for your statement about nobody caring about the series. you proved to be spot on. TV does not even know it exists!

What exists ?

touche!