No other way to say it, that was straight up embarrassing from Team USA.
It’s one thing to lose a group stage game.
For a second there I thought they were about to get mercy ruled in the 8th.
The most lop-sided USA loss in the WBC since 2009.
People are pointing to the pitching and that’s definitely part of the problem.
DeRosa cannot manage a bullpen to save his life.
Well, this is what we got and it needs to be good enough.
On Sunday night Mexico, led by Joey Meneses, pounced on us early and often.
Guy is a monster.
Yeah not great, gotta get him out, but you know what?
Where’s our offense?
5 runs on 8 hits from these guys?
Yes, I get that it’s mid-March and hitters' timing are all off right now.
You always hear how big boppers around this time feel like they’ve never picked up a bat before.
Falls on deaf ears when Mexico is slugging like that.
You aren’t facing premier big league pitching, with some of these guys never sniffing the majors.
Can’t have two runs entering the 8th inning against these fellas.
If there’s a three way tie at 3-1 they might find themselves out of the tournament.
The plan moving forward is to mash.
Throttle Canada and put up a number on Colombia.
Canada scored 18 runs on Sunday for Christ’s sake.
I need some fucking energy on Monday night.
Look at Venezuela in a seven run ball game.
We don’t have this fire right now.
Hopefully a loss like that wakes up everyone and they come to the park tomorrow ready to rip.
Needs runs, all the runs, especially with the second tie breaker relying heavy on runs allowed.
Acknowledge our pitching isn’t all that great and pick em' up.
Bats started to cook a little bit at the end, but too little too late.
Maybe it gets them going though and they start to mash against Canada.
10:00 EST Monday night we’ve got ourselves a must win game.
Closing out the blog I gotta shout out the fans behind home plate umpiring the game.
Didn’t miss a call.
Whole stadium was jumping from the first pitch.
