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re: Why are Italy and Great Britain in the WBC
Posted on 3/12/23 at 7:18 am to West Palm Tiger561
Posted on 3/12/23 at 7:18 am to West Palm Tiger561
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Both teams rosters are 90% American born players. I do not understand this.
What a silly thing to get your Knickers in a twist about.
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Posted on 3/12/23 at 7:53 am to WestCoastAg
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Im sure people thought this about basketball in the 90s
Now, multiple top 5 players in the world are international
You start somewhere
All hoops are the same.
All curveballs are not.
Posted on 3/12/23 at 8:10 am to mdomingue
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What a silly thing to get your Knickers in a twist about.
all they know how to do
if there's nothing obvious to be angry about, they've become efficient at drumming something up at the snap of a finger
Posted on 3/12/23 at 8:29 am to sicboy
Bregman was eligible for team Israel I believe just for being Jewish.
And Mike moustakes, who clearly isn’t Jewish, was eligible for team Israel because his wife was Jewish
The WBC is stupid. It’s ok to say that
And Mike moustakes, who clearly isn’t Jewish, was eligible for team Israel because his wife was Jewish
The WBC is stupid. It’s ok to say that
Posted on 3/12/23 at 8:31 am to lsupride87
What does it matter who plays for who?
Posted on 3/12/23 at 8:33 am to sicboy
What do you mean “matter”? It doesn’t matter in terms of causing a global conflict or crisis. But it’s fine to say it’s stupid and fabricated
I mean it doesn’t matter that the WNBA continues to exist losing money. But it’s stupid and pointless
Why does that upset you?
I mean wouldn’t you think it’s pretty stupid if Auburn played LsU and none of the players went there? But the 3rd basemen was ducking someone who used to go there so they were eligible
I mean it doesn’t matter that the WNBA continues to exist losing money. But it’s stupid and pointless
Why does that upset you?
I mean wouldn’t you think it’s pretty stupid if Auburn played LsU and none of the players went there? But the 3rd basemen was ducking someone who used to go there so they were eligible
This post was edited on 3/12/23 at 8:37 am
Posted on 3/12/23 at 8:45 am to sicboy
Ah the old “nothing matters, why care about anything?” shtick
Lovely way to continue a discussion on a message board
Lovely way to continue a discussion on a message board
Posted on 3/12/23 at 8:52 am to West Palm Tiger561
Austin Barnes plays for Mexico
Posted on 3/12/23 at 1:46 pm to West Palm Tiger561
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I get that. But why are there players American?
They probably looked at the communists running the country and said I'm not playing for that bullshite
Posted on 3/12/23 at 2:14 pm to West Palm Tiger561
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This would be like having France in the tournament and filling up the roster with Cajuns from Louisiana lol
I think the rule is if a parent is born there, you’re eligible
Posted on 3/12/23 at 2:15 pm to lsupride87
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Or do they just have Italian names and like spaghetti?
Mussina is of Slavic descent.Due to his last name, which was Americanized by his ancestors, he is often misidentified as an Italian American; before the inaugural World Baseball Classic in 2006, Gene Orza, the chief operating officer of the players union, even asked him to play for Italy on that assumption
Posted on 3/12/23 at 2:23 pm to West Palm Tiger561
How many times has a born and raised and trained in America American, donned the uniform of another country in the Olympics because their Momma was born in Italy and they couldn't make the US squad?
Or in that one case of that female basketball player where Russia paid her to play for them.
Or in that one case of that female basketball player where Russia paid her to play for them.
Posted on 3/12/23 at 2:29 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Dude they are taking players who aren’t even Italian or birtish or Jewish etc
This post was edited on 3/12/23 at 2:30 pm
Posted on 3/12/23 at 4:05 pm to Broski
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90-10 Mexican to American fans
Ahhhhh Latinas…..yes please. But Venezuelan Latinas are on whole other level.
This post was edited on 3/12/23 at 4:23 pm
Posted on 3/12/23 at 4:30 pm to lsupride87
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The WBC is stupid.
No, it's not.
It's helping to grow the game.
Posted on 3/12/23 at 4:31 pm to everytrueson
Nice... 
Posted on 3/12/23 at 4:38 pm to SteelerBravesDawg
The Brits suck. Stick to Cricket, Limeys.
Posted on 3/12/23 at 4:52 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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How many times has a born and raised and trained in America American, donned the uniform of another country in the Olympics because their Momma was born in Italy and they couldn't make the US squad?
How many times has an entire roster been made up of foreigners?
Posted on 3/12/23 at 5:18 pm to West Palm Tiger561
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This would be like having France in the tournament and filling up the roster with Cajuns from Louisiana lol
Wouldn’t have an issue with that either.
Posted on 3/13/23 at 12:13 am to AtlantaLSUfan
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It’s kind of obvious that you don’t know many first generation Americans. If one of them has a child that child has tons of family in the home country.
I'm from South Florida, over half the people here are immigrants or first generation.
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I just cannot imaging having a problem with is. You act as if they had open tryouts in America and took any players they liked. No, the players have roots in that country.
As for roots, I'm skeptical these guys have "deep" roots to these places.
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