The semifinals of the World Baseball Classic are halfway set. With Netherlands second upset over Cuba in four days, Japan and the Netherlands will play tomorrow morning to determine seeding, then travel to San Francisco and await the two qualifers from the double-elimination pool of the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, the United States, and Italy.  […]

After a third straight rough start on Sunday afternoon, Team USA found themselves in an early 2-0 hole against Canada. For the second day in a row, though, the Americans' All-Star laden lineup came through late in the game and buried their opponents. This time, the US turned a 3-2 eighth inning deficit into a […]

When Team USA woke up on Saturday morning, they faced an uncertain future in the World Baseball Classic. Thanks to their tournament-opening loss to Mexico on Friday night, it was possible that the United States could win their final two games and still not advance to the second round of the 2013 World Baseball Classic. […]

Even after Team USA's comeback win against upstart Italy and Team Canada's surprising, brawl-filled upset against Mexico, there's plenty of World Baseball Classic action from the last 24 hours to go over. Angel Pagan (shown above, not playing for Puerto Rico) and Puerto Rico claimed a second round berth along with the Dominican Republic, while […]

I'm sure everyone heard about the brawl during Saturday's Canada-Mexico WBC matchup. In case you didn't, check it out here. Anyway, after the game, Team Canada's first base coach Larry Walker had some absolutely fantastic answers to questions from the media. Here are some of the highlights, courtesy of Yahoo's Eh Game blog. Q: Had […]

The United States' disappointing loss to Mexico wasn't the only World Baseball Classic action on Friday night/Saturday morning. Team Italy looked to continue their improbable run to the top of Pool D, Spain and Puerto Rico made their tournament debuts, and, most importantly, Cuba and Chinese Taipei just finished up an eliminated game in Tokyo […]

If you watched any of last night's MLB Network pre-game broadcast of Mexico's 5-2 upset win over the United States, you learned pretty quickly that Joe Torre and Team USA were "taking this seriously" and "want[ed] to win" and that "this year would be different." Then, RA Dickey took the mound, Mexico had a 2-0 […]

You know the usual suspects on the Reds: Votto, Chapman, Phillips, Latos, Bruce, Choo, and so on and so forth. None of them are really going to be an x-factor this year, because everyone is counting on them to be a huge part of the team. So when looking for someone a bit under the […]

Continuing from the Reds season preview earlier today… Are the Reds making the right decision moving Aroldis Chapman to the rotation? Two of the biggest factors that contributed to the Reds' 2012 success was that they had a solid, stable rotation and arguably the best bullpen in baseball. Considering that Cincinnati is returning almost the […]