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Originally Posted by browna
The three Canadians ejected aren't kicked out of the tourney.
Can easily blame the rules on this fight...when you only play 3 games in a round robin format, you're just asking for tiebreakers...and what other tiebreakers can you have besides run differential? Normally, unless your Bobby Valentine, you don't bunt when up by 6 runs in the 9th, its showing the other team up for no gain for your team.
In this case, there is value thoough in winning by not just 6 or 7 or 8, because those tiebreakers come into play. If the US lost tonight by 1 run, that extra 10th run Canada got today may have been huge tomorrow, where the US would have to win, and then win by 6 instead of 5 runs to advance.
Would be nice to beat the Americans on home soil tomorrow.
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The problem isn't the rules, the problem are the Mexicans. Did you see Canada throw at the Italians? Did you see the Taiwanese throw at the Cubans? (and the Cubans were running up the score in an elimination game, not run difference)
http://nesn.com/2013/03/mexico-manag...eball-classic/
Even the manager says that his players are stupid.
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