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[Majingir]

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Angel tried to get into officiating football,

but kept fudging up the coin toss.

that's when he turned to baseball

Given how he umps, I'd figure he'd be good at coin tosses.

[The Kid 24]

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WBC roster question... Has it always been a thing that you can play for w/e country you want?

Was very surprised to see who Lars Nootbaar (Japan) and Tommy Edman (Korea) are playing for.

[Jr.]

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WBC roster question... Has it always been a thing that you can play for w/e country you want?

Was very surprised to see who Lars Nootbaar (Japan) and Tommy Edman (Korea) are playing for.

I thought you had to have some kind of biological/blood connection to the country. Maybe they have grandparents or something from those countries?

EDIT: That seems to be the case

Nootbaar and Cardinals teammate Tommy Edman will be the first players for Japan and South Korea, respectively, born in the United States and eligible for the WBC team based on ancestry. Edman’s mother, Maureen Kwak, was born in South Korea. Nootbaar’s mother, Kumi Nootbaar (nee Enokida), was born and grew up in Japan, and his two siblings were also born in Japan.

https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/how-does-cardinals-lars-nootbaar-build-on-breakout-22-he-could-start-with-team-japan/article_e7e8fbd6-c5b4-57ae-bfb2-49ee8ec447d0.html

[Majingir]

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WBC roster question... Has it always been a thing that you can play for w/e country you want?

Was very surprised to see who Lars Nootbaar (Japan) and Tommy Edman (Korea) are playing for.

If you have a connection to another country, you can play for them. Same in other international sports, and Olympics too.

We see it in other sports for various reasons. A guy might not be good enough to make his own country's team but one of his parents is from another country and he gains eligibility that way and joins that country's team. Or their home country isn't so good and they'd rather be part of a more competitive/better resourced one.

I know Freeman was part of Canada because his parents are from there.

[Picci]

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International Signing Period begins today. Baseball America's Signing Tracker shows what your teams been doing. Excited about Mets top signing Daiverson Gutierrez, C, Venezuela

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2023-mlb-international-signing-agreements-tracker/

[CBoller1331]

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I thought you had to have some kind of biological/blood connection to the country. Maybe they have grandparents or something from those countries?

EDIT: That seems to be the case



https://www.stltoday.com/sports/base...e8ec447d0.html

Couple days late here, but another strange one is Marcus Stroman playing for Puerto Rico this year. I guess his mother is from Puerto Rico. A little strange since he was the MVP in 2017 when he pitched for team USA

[Blzer]

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Couple days late here, but another strange one is Marcus Stroman playing for Puerto Rico this year. I guess his mother is from Puerto Rico. A little strange since he was the MVP in 2017 when he pitched for team USA

The way I see it, someone might do this for one of a couple reasons:

1) Want to represent their multiple ethnic backgrounds and not just one.

2) Another team's roster might be filled to the brim (perhaps USA in this case).

And anything else in between. As long as they are of that heritage, I don't necessarily find the switch too strange.

[Master Live 013]

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No thank you. He said he would do it in 2017 and then backtracked.

[Majingir]

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Among the new changes to the Rogers Centre, Jays unveil a new bar behind the visitors bullpen.

What could go wrong with drunk baseball fans by the visiting bullpen?

[Majingir]

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Better look at that bar

https://twitter.com/BlueJays/status/1616183322626899987?t=7H4MWteboVoUt_LschaerQ&s=19

They better have nets to block up there for various reasons.

[Majingir]

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Most notable change in Rogers centres rumored dimensions is RF/CF moving in from 375 feet to 357 feet.

CF and LF/CF are brought in too, but both are under 10 feet difference.

So that RF/CF part will be the interesting part. Walls are higher, but like I said before, new dimensions combined with analytics/things like launch angle could give the Jays a look at who would fare well with the new walls.

If you hit lots of doubles to that RF/CF corner, or just get out at the warning track, those are now all HRs.

The rest of the walls being slightly brought in but a higher wall will lead to lots more doubles in those areas.

[The Kid 24]

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This is great!

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Tough break for Angels fans

https://twitter.com/Angels/status/1617656148148224001?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

[DamnYanks2]

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Scott Rolen into the Hall. Well deserved.

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[Jeffrey Smith]

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Scott Rolen into the Hall. Well deserved.

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