*World Baseball Classic

apparently over fears that Cuba's government would enjoy "financial gain" from participating

i am just dying to hear what you guys think

i wonder how old this is

12/27/2005 12:27:36 PM

about 2 weeks old. Cuba has said they will give any profits from the tournament to victims of Hurricane Katrina.

12/27/2005 12:30:25 PM

oh well

it was on netscapes front page

12/27/2005 12:32:16 PM

i thought this was about reggie bush

i was like "goddamn dude got some pull"

12/27/2005 12:32:58 PM

I think it's shitty. They'd be good competition, plus we shouldn't still be pulling this Cold War crap to undermine any gov. we dont like. They arent a threat anymore.

12/27/2005 12:34:58 PM

^^ what do you think this is... ESPN?

12/27/2005 12:38:27 PM

you could tell when johnny damon went to the yanks

they were like

THIS COULDN'T HAVE COME AT A WORSE TIME
WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT REGGIE BUSH BUSH BUSH
WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO TALK YANKEES RED SOX

12/27/2005 12:54:29 PM

Cuba plays us like a fiddle. They know we won't accept any sort of charity, so they go out of their way to appear benevolent, and the rest of the world sees the big, bad U.S.A. strong-arming a "repentant" Cuba.

12/27/2005 1:08:43 PM

UH
they're not really "playing us like a fiddle" if we really are a dominating asshole nation

THEY JUST WANT TO PLAY SOME FUCKING BASEBALL

12/27/2005 1:27:59 PM

COMMUNISTS ARE JUST MISUNDERSTOOD AND ANYBODY ELSE WHO SAYS OTHERWISE IS A CAPITALIST MURDERING BASTARD

12/27/2005 2:57:26 PM

OMG IF THEY LET FRANCE PLAY RETARD4LIFE IS GONNA TEAM UP WITH THE BIG GIRL TO KILL EVERYONE. I WISH IT WAS STILL THE COLD WAR SO THIS DIDNT LOOK SILLY. COMMUNIST BASEBALL TEAMS ARE A THREAT TO FREEDOM.

give it a break, jesus.

[Edited on December 27, 2005 at 3:52 PM. Reason : .]

12/27/2005 3:50:43 PM

ah, my faggot shadow returns.

12/27/2005 4:03:18 PM

considering id already posted in this thread, hardly

and i stopped using the "faggot" insult in, what, 8th grade?

Back on topic: it really is silly. the best should play the best, regardless. aside from 1980, we never let politics get in the way of playing enemies in the Olympics. hell, they're not a threat now, and we're banning them. lame.

V YES I LOVE COMMUNISM, LET ME TELL YOU

id say youre joking, but who knows, i met one of your protest warriors once outside some mall and i swear, those are some big-ass trolls.



[Edited on December 27, 2005 at 4:13 PM. Reason : .]

12/27/2005 4:04:17 PM

The only reason you want the cubans to play is so you have somebody to pull for.

Likewise, I stopped using the insult "retard" when I was, like, 7?

12/27/2005 4:07:04 PM

I say we rename it to the "Every country except Cuba" Baseball Classic

12/27/2005 4:08:39 PM

nah. just call it "World But Cuba"

12/27/2005 7:04:23 PM

communist china gets to play, cuba does not.

communism isnt the reason (as much as some people wish it was, i guess), its the fact that we just ignore cuba like its still the cold war. china kills more of their citizens and they get the olympics too. whatever.

GO SOUTH AFRICA!

[Edited on December 29, 2005 at 9:09 PM. Reason : .]

12/29/2005 9:04:10 PM

Yeah, but China makes stuff we need.

12/29/2005 9:19:47 PM

i know

fuck 'em

12/29/2005 9:21:58 PM

I NEED CIGARS!

12/30/2005 2:43:43 PM

Get some Domincans to roll them for you.

12/30/2005 7:22:12 PM

good point on not calling this the "world baseball classic" since we're blocking people

how the fuck do WE even block shit from an internation competition?

fuck this imperialist shit

i hope the us team gets booed

12/30/2005 7:32:19 PM

I booed the U.S. Basketball team at the Olympics. Unfortunately, the television and my roommate were the only ones there to hear me.

12/30/2005 7:33:50 PM

didnt you read the thread? youre all a bunch of communists.

and i cheer puerto rico b/c i worked there for a short time and actually know a guy from there whos in the minors up here with the Astros right now. hiram bithorn stadium is a weird venue, like a weird, small dodger stadium.

12/30/2005 9:16:57 PM