Comments on: South Korea Wins Baseball Olympic Gold

By: in korea (i am korea

in korea (i am korea — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:57:38 +0000

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By: Cho Lorikun

Cho Lorikun — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:23:23 +0000

Just hearing this is even better than when Korea almost won the soccer championships! I couldn't believe my ears when my mom told me! It wasn't entirely a miracle; it was their teamwork and strong effort that won them a gold medal!

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:56:08 +0000

I'm not sure if some of the big name American players could pass the drug test.

By: Surabol

Surabol — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:58:20 +0000

The rotation was the biggest problem for the Americans in the WBC. The lineup was pretty good, but it lacked speed, situational hitting, and capable table setters.

By: Villain

Villain — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:48:59 +0000

You don’t have to worry about the US baseball team in future Olympics as this is the last Olympics for baseball.

By: Younghee Koo

Younghee Koo — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:16:21 +0000

Unbelievable! I am Korean. I watched the games here in Korea. I know Korean baseball is still ranked far behind American baseball and Cuba. When I was young no one could imagine Korean baseball would compete or beat American baseball in any case. But it happened. That’s why I was more excited!

By: GI Korea

GI Korea — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:29:59 +0000

Then the US will need to take an approach like USA Basketball did to recruit the right kind of players that can play together to win internationally. By the way I just finished watching Team USA win the Gold Medal which shows the strategy they pursued worked.

International baseball just like basketball is just to competitive to throw a bunch of millionaire pros on the court together, most with big egos, and expect them to give it their all and play together with little time together or practice beforehand.

By: Surabol

Surabol — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:42:20 +0000

I still rank Korean baseball behind the United States and the Dominican Republic. In fact, I think those two countries are the team to beat in any competition, but they underachieved in the inaugural WBC.

The Americans were definitely complacent the first time around. They relied heavily on househould name players and their rotation was second rate considering the possibilities. Where are Dontrelle Willis and Roger Clemens now? On top of that, Korean players had army exemptions at stake.

With the right kind of players, the United States will beat the crap out of anyone.

By: GI Korea

GI Korea — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:39:24 +0000

To be fair they showed the highlights from the Japan-Korea game much more. Granted it was an exciting game but after the 10th time of watching the highlights from the game it did get quite old. It never got old for my brother-in-law who I was watching the game with though.

By: Kalani

Kalani — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:27:15 +0000

You know what torqued me off about the coverage? The Korean TV showed the US-Cuba game to hype up the face-off between the ROK and Cuba. However, they only showed the Cubans up at bat and the Cubans scoring hits and runs. After a few innings of this, I just shut it off.

Oh well, a bronze for the US still is ok. Congrats to the ROK for their gold.