I'm certainly not the one to rattle over sports. About the only sports I like (and have experience in, meaning winning a few trophies) are skiing and kumdo (sword-fencing of the Asian kind). Yet I sould not help but to gather some of my friends and watch the world baseball classic tonight. The game continued until one am in the morning. I'm actually writing this after the game waiting for all the beer and food to be processed through my stomach, and I'm quite worried about the fact that I have a full day of class/work/diybio related stuff I have to go through tomorrow. But I'm still happy that I went ahead anbd watched the game.
This particular world baseball classic game was between Korea and Japan, both of which have quite a history between each other. It was only to be expected that any competition between them to be an intense one, and I'd say the game fulfilled the expectation perfectly. Long story short, Japan won by two points, both of them netted about ten or so minutes before the end of the game due to the freakish skill of Ichiro who is like one of the biggest players in the Japanese baseball history. It's only to be expected, when you consider the fact that Japan had a hundred year head start in baseball tradition compared to Korea. The reason why this game is worth remembering is because of the rollercoaster ride of the game's progress. For a nation that had a hundred year headstart in baseball tradition Japan did not have an easy time beating Korea and that's not because Japan sucks at baseball (those guys are actually pretty damn good). The thrill and intensity of the players and the audiende of the stadium were infectious, turning even someone like me (pretty much ignorant in the matters of baseball) excited and anxious to see the outcome. The USA team was rather lackluster from what I hear. If only other sports games were as exciting as this!
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