I wanted to see more new countries given a chance to compete internationally. I had no idea that places like Sweden and Uganda even had baseball programs. I think they either should have had pre-qualifiers or more pools. I agree, it is hard to build a program if there is nothing to build toward.
@@mr.anderson2241 ye probably, but it just sucks to not see countries where baseball is actually thriving and growing faster than South Africa like the Philippines, Pakistan and Argentina. Having them in this qualifier could’ve boosted their public image, which will help in boosting growth and interest in baseball in their respective countries.
Why not give those smaller countries a chance with Pre-Qualifiers? Especially when the whole point of the WBC is to grow Baseball around the world, and with how fragile a minor sport’s popularity can be in these countries it could kill any interest in the sport. Very shortsighted.
Argentina should be in the qualifiers. Last qualifiers we were told we did good enough to play in the next one and that there would be a spot for us. Second Brasil is in the qualifiers but when we played them this summer they played worse than us? We lost the first game because we gave it away in the last inning, we should have won, and the second it was tied in the last inning but they didn’t want to play anymore because they had no more pitchers
5:22 I think France's non-participation in the qualifiers has more to do with financial issues. Given that baseball is a very niche sport in France, going to the US or Taiwan would cost a lot, compared to the last qualifier, hosted in Germany.
Colombia hasn't hosted likely beacuse of monetary reasons, the Colombian league for some reason is running low in cash and was even not competing in Caribbean series in last few years due that
Yeah it should’ve been in Colombia for the qualifier tournament. The Colombian team would get an advantage sure but that’s if anything for the best in order to grow the sport in Colombia. I was neutral on the splitting of curaçao from the Netherlands team but frankly I think it’s for the best considering it would have crippled the Netherlands national team which could benefit from having a competitive team on an international stage. Plus, the ABC islands are legally part of the kingdom of the Netherlands which is a political entity that is basically a union between the 3 island and the Netherlands. Overall I think these decisions are kind of shortsighted by snubbing potential places like the Philippines, Argentina, uganda, and Pakistan, especially when places like Uganda and Pakistan have great potential when it comes to baseball.
I don’t understand snubbing. Why can’t they just let everybody always have a chance to qualify and yes why can’t they choose proper host venues. Tucson really? Highly disappointing. The Curaçao news always pisses me off. Sheesh. But back to the snubbing why couldn’t South Africa and Argentina be selected. Why does there ever have to be snubbing ??? I don’t understand. They clearly don’t prioritize growing the game
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I wanted to see more new countries given a chance to compete internationally. I had no idea that places like Sweden and Uganda even had baseball programs. I think they either should have had pre-qualifiers or more pools. I agree, it is hard to build a program if there is nothing to build toward.
@@thorpizzle
Me too
I'm stoked. I'm in Tucson, will definitely attend.
Really disappointed in no Uganda, Pakistan, Philippines, and Argentinia. I think it was good to have those regions at least represented
Not to shit on South Africa, but how did the Philippines not get in, whereas SA a team ranked below them get in?
@@joselitofilipino9618I’m guessing just the fact they’ve been in the WBC tournament before and are riding off of that
@@mr.anderson2241 ye probably, but it just sucks to not see countries where baseball is actually thriving and growing faster than South Africa like the Philippines, Pakistan and Argentina.
Having them in this qualifier could’ve boosted their public image, which will help in boosting growth and interest in baseball in their respective countries.
Dude, stop hating the qualifier in Regensburg, that was the highlight of my last couple of years watching baseball in europe!
Why not give those smaller countries a chance with Pre-Qualifiers? Especially when the whole point of the WBC is to grow Baseball around the world, and with how fragile a minor sport’s popularity can be in these countries it could kill any interest in the sport. Very shortsighted.
I don’t know MLB doesn’t do more in South America?
Argentina should be in the qualifiers. Last qualifiers we were told we did good enough to play in the next one and that there would be a spot for us. Second Brasil is in the qualifiers but when we played them this summer they played worse than us? We lost the first game because we gave it away in the last inning, we should have won, and the second it was tied in the last inning but they didn’t want to play anymore because they had no more pitchers
5:22 I think France's non-participation in the qualifiers has more to do with financial issues. Given that baseball is a very niche sport in France, going to the US or Taiwan would cost a lot, compared to the last qualifier, hosted in Germany.
They also were relegated from the top flight of the European championship
Colombia hasn't hosted likely beacuse of monetary reasons, the Colombian league for some reason is running low in cash and was even not competing in Caribbean series in last few years due that
Yeah it should’ve been in Colombia for the qualifier tournament. The Colombian team would get an advantage sure but that’s if anything for the best in order to grow the sport in Colombia. I was neutral on the splitting of curaçao from the Netherlands team but frankly I think it’s for the best considering it would have crippled the Netherlands national team which could benefit from having a competitive team on an international stage. Plus, the ABC islands are legally part of the kingdom of the Netherlands which is a political entity that is basically a union between the 3 island and the Netherlands. Overall I think these decisions are kind of shortsighted by snubbing potential places like the Philippines, Argentina, uganda, and Pakistan, especially when places like Uganda and Pakistan have great potential when it comes to baseball.
You are right. Colombia should have hosted instead of USA
Blame the local Colombian organizations being running badly on last few years to the point they are not even playing on Caribbean Series
I don’t understand snubbing. Why can’t they just let everybody always have a chance to qualify and yes why can’t they choose proper host venues. Tucson really? Highly disappointing. The Curaçao news always pisses me off. Sheesh. But back to the snubbing why couldn’t South Africa and Argentina be selected. Why does there ever have to be snubbing ??? I don’t understand. They clearly don’t prioritize growing the game
I've seen this reported but there has not yet been an official announcement yet
Agree
Good dates and good dates
Hopefully the Italian team has actual Italians, not guys from New Jersey and baseball ⚾️ is barely played in Israel so I don’t get that
They could easily use the best players from the Italian Baseball team and we could see Chase Burns and Samuel Aldegheri in their team