All these WBC defectors need their citizenship revoked

it should be just USA, Japan, and central american countries. If a country can't field its own citizens why even have a team.

Most of the guys playing for a different country didn’t get an invite to Team USA. I read somewhere that Jarren Duran did, but wanted to play again for Team Mexico before his Mexican grandmother passed and he wouldn’t have started for team USA. Hard to know their personal motivations

I would have preferred Nola over Skubal if we had known Skubal was going to go home after 4 innings, though.

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Un-American pieces of shite

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It's very much the opposite. They're essentially ambassadors for America's pasttime.

A team full of Italian Americans was being shown on TV all over Italy and became a small sensation. This whole thing is about growing the game.

You want more European countries to have rosters that look more like Czechia, but it takes time. Half the Czech players came to the US to play in JUCOs anyway.

I think one thing they should do is make the island countries either field their own team like Puerto Rico does or fold them all into their primary country, so the Puero Ricans would play for the US.

The Netherlands almost entirely made up of guys from Curacao and Aruba. Great Britain's whole infield is Bahamian. frick all that. If Puerto Rico is separate, Curacao should be separate.

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Most of the guys playing for a different country didn’t get an invite to Team USA.

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Theres no event i would want to play in so badly that i would not only put another country's name on my chest but then compete against the USA.

None.

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t should be just USA, Japan, and central american countries. If a country can't field its own citizens why even have a team.

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I wouldn't say that but there should at the very least be a set percentage of players born in that country for each team. And for me that percentage would have to be over 50%.

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They're playing for the enemy because they hate America

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Jesus

Ffs it’s just baseball

Calm down Francis this is pre season baseball not war.

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That means a lot coming from an athlete such as yourself.

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Cool point dude. I wouldnt do it for any competition, athletic or otherwise. Trivia, beer chugging, staring contest.

Its an odd, me first, mindset that i just dont understand. Im an American. That means something to me.

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How many would have made the US roster?

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I think just 1?