March 4, 200620 yr Not sure if this should go under MLB or under here since it is Cabs... Venezuela beat the Phillies today 1-0.... Our boy Cabs went 2-4 with the only run knocked in of the game BOXSCORE
March 4, 200620 yr What the hell was Endy Chavez doing hitting cleanup in a lineup featuring Bobby Abreu, Miguel Cabrera, Victor Martinez, and Magglio Ordo?ez? Must have sucked for Philly to have to see Abreu playing against them for a change.
March 4, 200620 yr Author RECAP According to the article a lot of Venezuela fans in attendance, I'm sure Cabs was psyched for this game
March 5, 200620 yr According to the article a lot of Venezuela fans in attendance, I'm sure Cabs was psyched for this game I'm hoping there's a lot of Puerto Rico fans in Port St. Lucie tomorrow.
March 5, 200620 yr According to the article a lot of Venezuela fans in attendance, I'm sure Cabs was psyched for this game I'm hoping there's a lot of Puerto Rico fans in Port St. Lucie tomorrow. The American public that tunes into the WBC games will finally see the true passion hispanics have for the game.
March 5, 200620 yr According to the article a lot of Venezuela fans in attendance, I'm sure Cabs was psyched for this game I'm hoping there's a lot of Puerto Rico fans in Port St. Lucie tomorrow. The American public that tunes into the WBC games will finally see the true passion hispanics have for the game. Yup. Even the Phillies players sounded pumped after the game.
March 5, 200620 yr What the hell was Endy Chavez doing hitting cleanup in a lineup featuring Bobby Abreu, Miguel Cabrera, Victor Martinez, and Magglio Ordo?ez? He wasn't batting cleanup, he came in for Abreu (batting third), but I get your point..
March 5, 200620 yr What the hell was Endy Chavez doing hitting cleanup in a lineup featuring Bobby Abreu, Miguel Cabrera, Victor Martinez, and Magglio Ordo?ez? Chavez replaced Abreu, although according to the box score they combined for 1 AB somehow. 1. Omar Vizquel, SS 2. Carlos Guillen, DH 3. Bobby Abreu, CF 4. Miguel Cabrera, 3B 5. Victor Martinez, C 6. Magglio Ordonez, RF 7. Ramon Hernandez, 1B 8. Edgardo Alfonzo, 2B 9. Juan Rivera, LF Edit: Beaten to the punch... :confused
March 5, 200620 yr "That was awesome. That was like back in high school, everybody yelling," Philadelphia right-hander Brett Myers said. "That was the most fun I've had pitching in a couple of years, at least. Usually Spring Training is serious -- get you're work in and get done. That was like a regular game for me. I was so pumped up." And Myers was the losing pitcher. Rodriguez pumped his fist and spun around when he fanned Josh Kroeger for the final out of the game. "Everybody was fired up," Escobar said. "To see all the fans there was very exciting. You know you have to relax and get your work in but at the same time it's very exciting." A Venezuela starting lineup that included eight players who have made at least one Major League All-Star appearance managed only eight hits, but the pitching staff made further runs unnecessary. A tight game and a vocal crowd of 3,633 -- many of them Venezuela fans -- gave the game a charged atmosphere that even the players noticed. "It was kind of crazy," Venezuela center fielder/Phillies right fielder Bobby Abreu said. "That's the way that we play in Venezuela. For us, this was normal. I know for over here this was not typical. "It's exciting. [The fans] expect you to do some damage. I think you'll see them even more [excited] when our games start on Tuesday [in Pool D of the World Baseball Classic at Disney's Wide World of Sports complex]." Venezuela manager Luis Sojo called the fan reaction "unbelievable." "In Venezuela, it's worse. These people, they never shut up," Sojo said. "That's nice. Now we've got the [World Baseball Classic], eveybody is from Venezuela. We're having the best time ever. I'm excited to be the manager and I can't wait for the first day to see what these guys are going to do." I can't wait for the next three groups to start play. EDIT: Yeah, I see the Chavez thing now. Guess they forgot to indent his name on the boxscore.
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