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Baseball Musings
March 02, 2006
South Korea vs. Taipei

The World Baseball Classic is underway. If you don't want to know what's happening unitl you watch on ESPN2, I'm putting the rest of the details in the extended entry.

Update: I just woke up and see that Korea won the game 2-0. The Korean pitching staff allowed just five hits while striking out 8 and walking just two.

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It's 0-0 after two innings. Choi has the only hit for Korea. Even the Koreans won't let the guy play first; he's in the lineup as the DH. Tai-San Chang has the only hit for Chinese Taipei. Since he's the designated hitter in that game, it seems the DHs are doing their jobs.

En-Yu Lin is outpitching Jae Seo so far. Both have allowed just one hit, but Lin struck out three in his two innings without walking a batter, while Seo has 1 of each.

Update: All the Korean outfielders are named Lee. That must make it easy on the announcers. Fly ball to Lee... That's what it must have been like for the Giants announcers in 1963.

Update: That's it for Lin. He reached his 65 pitch limit and is relieved by Ying-Chieh Lin. He's the fourth Lin in for Taipei, equaling the number of Lees in the game for Korea.

Update: Lin allows a single in the top of the third and a stolen base, but picks up his fourth strikeout to leave the game scoreless. He's now thrown 47 pitches.

Update: Taipei gets a man to 2nd in the bottom of the third, but also fails to score. So far, it's a pitcher's duel.

Update: Lin issues his first walk to start the fourth. We'll see if the base on balls comes back to haunt him.

Update: The first run of the World Baseball Classic is scores when Korean catcher Heon Hong doubles in Seung-Yeop Lee, the first baseman. Korea leads Taipei 1-0 in the fourth.

Update: Lin the reliever gets a grounder to third to end the inning. This may be Seo's last inning as well.

Update: The radar gun has Seo in the low 120's to mid 130's, in Kilometers per hour. That means he's throwing in the 70s. Doesn't seem quite right. You multiply kilometers by .6 to get miles, right?

Update: Seo gets a K for the second out of the inning and hits his pitch limit. Byung-Yung Kim comes on in relief.

Update: Kim needs eleven pitches to retire the shortstop, Hu. Korea needs to keep him under 30 if they want to use the submariner tomorrow.

That's it for me. Time for bed. I'll catch the rest of the game on Tivo tomorrow.


Posted by David Pinto at 10:08 PM | World Cup | TrackBack (0)
Comments

You divide by 1.6, or multiply by .625

Posted by: David Gassko at March 2, 2006 11:08 PM

Even though he just flied out, that was a nice AB by Ching Lung Hu.

Also, those stands are really empty - I thought they sold more tickets in Japan....

Posted by: Will at March 2, 2006 11:08 PM

First injury of the WBC - DJ Kim (I think?) slides awkwardly headfirst into first and hurts his shoulder. He's up and walking off though.

Posted by: Will at March 2, 2006 11:34 PM

Why is Choi batting 5th? They could have used him in the first to score that run. Even though they eventually won, it makes no sense to have a hitter like Choi in the 5th spot.

Posted by: CW at March 3, 2006 03:25 AM

Some tense moments in the China / Japan game - the Chinese load the bases against Koji Uehara in the 5th inning with one out.

On his 65th pitch, Uehara gets the batter to ground into a double play, finishing the inning and his day.

China's hitters have looked ok so far. Some nice line drives, and apparently a home run earlier on a mistake by Uehara.

It was somewhat a close game 6-2 but it looks like Japan is going to break it open now...

Posted by: Will at March 3, 2006 06:27 AM
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