Japan vs Cuba

[Hideki_Matsui_Beast]

I just turned it on when the Cuban batter hit the homerun in the eighth. I was hoping the score would stay tight until the end.

Ichiro is playing great. The Mariners are going to need plenty of that this season.

 

[Mikawa Ossan]

Yeah, that was quite a hit, wasn't it!

Pop fly.....easy out.

Matsunaka running for home......SAFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Japan 10
Cuba 5

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

 

[epigene]

Seems like Cuba is running out of pitchers?

Another run scored by Matsunaka!

Hope Japan can keep the lead until the end! (Very likely now! )

 

[Mikawa Ossan]

Top of the 9th
Japan at bat
2 outs
Runner on 1st and 3rd.
Imae at bat.

Hit....easy out.

Now it'S Cuba's turn..........

Japan 10
Cuba 5

 

[Mikawa Ossan]

Don't count Cuba out until it's over. You never know....They obviously haven't given up yet!

 

[Mikawa Ossan]

Bottom of the 9th!
Cuba! Runner on 2nd!
No outs!

The Japanese players at the bench are all on their feet...

Bunt.....FOUL!!!

Foul after foul...

OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1 out!!!!!!!!!!!!

2 to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Mikawa Ossan]

Runner on 3rd.
1 out.

HIT!!

Japan 10
Cuba 6!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Mikawa Ossan]

Runner on 1st.
1 out.

STRIKE OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2 OUTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh is going out to the pitcher'S mound.....

1 more out!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Mikawa Ossan]

Runner on first.
2 outs.

2 strikes.
Ball.
STRIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3 OUTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JAPAN WINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NIPPON!! NIPPON!!!! NIPPON!!!!!!!

 

[godppgo]

Japan won! it's official

 

[epigene]

Truly unbelievable!!!!

Great for Oh-san and Ichiro!!

 

[Gaijinian]

That was a great game; good job Japan.

Too bad it was not a bit tighter in the end, though.

By the way, the game was shown on ESPN here, too.

 

[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

They are splendid!!


The director Sadaharu Oh obtained a new title.

By the way, Sadaharu Oh is Taiwan nationality


王貞治 - Wikipedia

 

[Glenn]

Too bad Jon Miller and Joe Morgan spread the falsehood that Ichiro said Korea and China were 30 years behind Japan in baseball on national television.

 

[Glenn]

I just sent a message to ESPN informing them of the mistake.

 

[Mikawa Ossan]

Too bad that once a mistake like that is made, the damage is done. Glenn, do you have a link to an article with that quote and ESPN's email address? (Yeah, I've been hit with the lazy stick!) I'll write to them too. They won't listen if only one person writes, after all.

 

[Glenn]

I quoted it from Gaijinian's post in the "What a catch!" thread, which is this:
向こう３０年は日本には手は出せないな、という感じで勝ちたいと思う

I went to espn.com and clicked on "contact us" at the bottom of the page. I just happened to have signed up last week to participate in their March Madness Brackets, so I have an account with them. I'm not sure if an account is necessary to send them a message, though.

 

[Mikawa Ossan]

I quoted it from Gaijinian's post in the "What a catch!" thread, which is this:
ﾅ津ｼ窶堋ｱ窶堋､窶啌窶唹窶扼窶堙坂?愿ｺ窶怒窶堙俄?堙最ｽﾃｨ窶堙債出窶堋ｹ窶堙遺?堋｢窶堙按、窶堙??堋｢窶堋､ﾅ?'窶堋ｶ窶堙?焦ｸ窶堋ｿ窶堋ｽ窶堋｢窶堙?ｽv窶堋､

I went to espn.com and clicked on "contact us" at the bottom of the page. I just happened to have signed up last week to participate in their March Madness Brackets, so I have an account with them. I'm not sure if an account is necessary to send them a message, though.

Actually, the quote I meant was the English version of the quote. Incidentally, the quote I was planning to use is from www.asahi.com

ﾂ「ﾅ津ｼ窶堋ｱ窶堋､窶啌窶唹窶扼窶堙坂?愿ｺ窶怒窶堙可焦ｸ窶堙??堙遺?堋｢窶堙?ｽv窶堙ｭ窶堋ｹ窶堙ｩﾂ焦ｸ窶堋ｿ窶｢ﾃｻ窶堙ｰ窶堋ｵ窶堋ｽ窶堋｢ﾂ」

 

[Mikawa Ossan]

The quote on ESPN that I found was:

In the days running up to their WBC openers, marquee Japan star Ichiro Suzuki had urged his teammates to hammer their opponents "in such a fashion that they won't think they can beat Japan for 30 years."

Doesn't sound bad to me....

 

[Glenn]

Yeah, I've been coming up with a few variants of it in Japanese, but they all pretty much mean the same thing. I've seen this English version: "I will make them see that they won't beat Japan for the next 30 years."

 

[Glenn]

The way I heard it on the game tonight they were implying that he was making a prediction, not stating a desire.

 

[Mikawa Ossan]

Ah....I didn't see the game on ESPN...I suppose the only way to see the game and hear the commentary in question would be to sign up for some ESPN or WBC service, huh?

 

[Glenn]

I suppose they won't show it on the free clips, so probably.

 

[Mikawa Ossan]

Damm.

Anyway, here's a link to some news about the WBC in Japanese.

http://www.major.jp/wbc/

 

[Davey]

I wish that I could have seen the game... but yeah, have to wait until next year...

*I can follow Hanshin Tigers though !!! YATTAAAAA


OMEDETOO JAPAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!