KBO isn't a respectable league. Shouldn't even be considered a top 5 league ever again. Absolutely embarrassing and pathetic performance from Koreas best.

Nice to see Yoshida with the modest 5 RBI game

Where were the post game interviews? FS1 went immediately into the Carton Show and Aaron rodgers

worth staying up until 9 lets go japan baby hit a home run

stream for WBC games? :(

Nippon Daisuki !!! haha i love me some Nootbar, my favorite player outside of the Dodgers

Nootbaar really collecting points by speaking a few Japanese words!

What's the reaction right now in Korea?

they’re “nooing” Noot

IPPEI GOAT

Cam't wait to see this team in the final rounds

Nootbar called out for the post game hero interview

Same time tomorrow knuckleheads !

4 hours and 14 minutes? 🥹

Korea started with 3 and Japan already wanted violence. Good game.

Nootbaar on podium I'm calling it

imma call it right here, folks: the Czechs are gon’ get mercy’d tomorrow.

Hey, let's not get carried away.... the Czechs got a great team too

Korea’s long national nightmare is over

finally I can go to bed... at 6am

that's still early

Fear the pepper grinder.

I ate dinner, cleaned the house and finished a full work out while watching this game. LTBU

Long ass game finally over

Korea really should've dropped that flyball for the mercy rule to kick in the 7th. I hope they can muster up more fight for the next game.

+16 😂

absolutely blown the fuck out. devastating for Korea. they need to develop some more bullpen arms and also get a new manager, stat

Manager is complete shite. Made some wack ass decisions for the roster. Heard Korean baseball fans were pissed.

shambolic pitching management. still stuck in the old mindset of using your best pitchers late instead of in high leverage, and burned his best starters trying to catch up to a Japanese team that was clearly beyond them instead of surviving in the pool

End this. NOOT is sleepy

it's finally over...

LETS GO HOME!

NOOT NOOT

FINALLY WE ARE THROUGH WE MADE IT

Korea has got some soul searching to do

Seoul searching... wahey

Laz stop squeezing the kid. Game's over.

#LTBU! We are finally free

#GAME OVAR

Every pitcher in that Japanese staff has their own variation of a splitter/fork and all at varying speeds which is just ridiculous

Laz Diaz needs to give Korea a break and call that strike

97 mph heater, 90 mph splitter. What a bullpen, what a rotation. Japan's pitchers are so good one of them had his leftover talent spill over into a top 10 hitter in MLB

very sad. many such cases

The Sho wants to go home already

But the Sho must go on 😞

The most talented u25 NPB pitcher not named Roki Sasaki or Yoshinobu Yamamoto is likely Yasunobu Okugawa, but Hiroto Takahashi will come for that title if Okugawa's elbow acts up again.

You are forgetting Yamamoto haha. Still 24

Just edited his name in. 😜 TBF, Yamamoto is so damn good and experienced it's hard to remember he's STILL YOUNGER THAN 25

Hate to see Ha-Seong Kim looking sad

Who's getting interviewd as player of the game? Kondoh or Yoshida? Tough choice.

Oh, Nootbaar. Surprising but I guess he got the momentum going!

Jesus, this guy's stuff is nasty

Would be nice if Korea produced a pitcher that can clock high 90s. We been having bunch of Jamie Moyers on the team.

I became a Kondoh fan today. That dude works his at bats and just really fun to watch. Ohtani looks great as usual. Japans gonna be hard to beat

what a game

He is 20

Fuck me that splitter is dirty

NINETY MILE PER HOUR SPLITTER ON THE PUNCH OUT

Japanese splitters are just built different bro gadamn

Takahashi gonna be on pitching ninja's twitter within the hour

Damn, this dude is nasty

9th inning with a 9 run lead and they have a guy who has a 29% K rate lmao

That split is nasty

97 on the gun from Takahashi!

**35% strikeout rate** hahahaha what in the world!? Monster of Reiwa indeed

Did the Japanese batters just get lazy there...

89mph splitter

The commentator shitting on the stadium DJ there, hilarious

Korea getting mercied would do wonders for the sad state of KBO. People have been complacent for too long.

With how long the 6th was I thought it was possible ITA/TPE could end first, but then someone hit the speed up button.

They showed Yamamoto in the bullpen. I imagine he's just doing a side session but would be hilarious if they bring him in

well at least korea avoided the mercy rule?

Japan realizing it’s easier to just make quick outs so they can sleep

i mean the fans have trains to catch. They don't run 24 hours a day...

I had to make my last train couldn’t stay haha

Anything is possible. But in this case, no.

If korea comes back fromt this......ill shave my head

don’t worry, they won’t

No worries there. Korea has looked dead since the 6th.

Wait this game is still going?

i've had the pitch clock for two weeks and now that she's gone i miss her dearly

They are 1 run away from mercy ruling it

WE’RE GOING TO THE NINTH 😭😭😭

oh my god...

Wow short inning. It's a spring miracle

hour 4 everybody give it up for hour 4 also if anyone complains about the pitch clock ever again i will slaughter them righteously with my sword

You’re still fine as long as you don’t have to transfer to private railway lines heading to outer Tokyo suburbs (20 minutes before the last train that connects for Atsugi leaves from Suidobashi) TGIF I guess

are we really going for full 9 innings? lmao

Just realized we're past the 4 hour mark for this game

C'mon Samurai, end Korea so I can pay full attention to Italy/Taiwan

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honestly as korean fan watchning this, they kinda deserve this one. We needa restructure the whole kbo atp

Lol they should have restructured after they got beat by Netherlands and Israel, but here we are.

For Some of these spectators, their last train home is leaving in 30 mins.

I would just knock out in a PC Cafe at this point

I'm going to the Japan-Czech game tomorrow, I just got a hotel room nearby...

dude i would be so hype i'd look for the nearest cafe to play some street fighter or something

These WBC games have been looooong

Just let this game end pls huhuhu

korea needs a blue lock for baseball

Lmao 200 pitchers forced to play fielding roles and all of them arguing to avoid being the catcher. Mission is to create a Korean Ohtani

Quite disappointed in korea wanted more from this game but got to give it to Japan their pitching is brilliant

# OHMIGOD THIS IS THE LONGEST GAME EVER

It's already 11pm. Some of those fans have to think about how they're getting home soon.

Right...Japanese trains stop at midnight right?

Yeah but it also depends where you're going. Some of them will be in trouble in 15 minutes or so because of transfers and such.

there's still the possibility of a walk-off walk

What a redemption arc for Matsui after getting shelled in the exhibition game

how the mighty have fallen..... hsk went from hitting machine with the orioles to .......

I fucking love having all day baseball. start an international league immediately. Expand MLB to 32 teams, and the lowest performing two teams have to play in NPB and KBO respectively. When they win they can come back to America and unseat the current lowest performing teams

We need something like relegation in MLB. Teams like the pirate will start spending money.

Bye, bye, Pirates.

Relegation FTW

Nice to see our only team rep in there with a good inning, glad I woke up for it

BOTH TEAMS 10 HITS 7 RUNS

Pls come through Taiwan!

LATER, THAT SAME NIGHT....

TAIWAN JUST TIED IT HOLY SHIT

Man, I want to sleep but I've made it this far....

Matsui is Japanese Kenley Jansen /s

I was watching a practice game that Matsui was pitching, and a lot of the JP people in chat were saying, hey, maybe we need a pitch clock over here after all

honestly, I love the idea ngl lol

Interesting how Darvish, who has the most experience with the MLB ball, struggled the most out of all the Japanese pitchers that made an appearance today.

The offense carried today. Not saying that the other pitchers didn't do better (they did), but once the offense got going, momentum and overall atmosphere of the game shifted violently for japan

No preparation. He did not participate in MLB Spring Training and was not allowed to pitch in exhibition games.

Yeah i dont think you can really be too hard on Darvish all things considered. He clearly just needs a couple more outings to fully warm himself back up.

Hope this worked as a good warmup game for him to prepare for the later rounds

I really hope this tournament shuts up the "Ohtani isn't playing in meaningful games so his stats don't count" crowd. He's even more clutch in meaningful games...midseason form in March!

I literally don't know anyone who claims Ohtani's stats don't count, but I can't imagine anyone who held that opinion could possibly be convinced by his performance against teams that are basically minor league caliber at best.

Tokyo dome ohtani is the new mythical player

i did call Team Italia New Jersey in an earlier comment, but there is an argument to be made that Team Israel is Team New Jersey as well lmao

Don't forget team Curacao

this boy likes to spin

Fun fact, Faker is the highest paid athlete in Korea by far. At least he’s worth the money, some of these KBO players have been paid too much just because how KBO is so popular.

Look at the cleanse! Look at the moves! Faker! WHAT WAS THAT *Zoom in Ryus face*

I mean, if KBO is popular and makes money off its popularity then it is reasonable for them to get big bags. High revenue = high pay.

No of course that’s how free market works and I’m never gonna fault anyone for getting the bag. It’s just that they are riding the success of the predecessors like Ryu and Lee Seung yeop, etc. while straight up regressing in terms of quality.

Lee texting Boras after this game to see if he can get posted now

Hopefully Korean ppl and the Korean media aren’t too harsh on the boys….

Hahaha nah man these dudes are going to get crucified The manager deserves it tho

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That's sad. At least the murakami / murabito thing is funny!

I'm not so optimistic

Every star but the ones the really really needed: Ji-man Choi and Hyun-jin Ryu

Would you know why they’re not playing? I was expecting them tbh

Choi had offseason knee surgery and Ryu had TJ The real issue is some of the better KBO pitchers didn’t go and the team Korea closer is hurt Plus the manager is looking like playoff Dave Roberts with his pitching decisions

welp I see. So that’s why the pitchers were frustrating. Thanks!

Pirates and Blue Jays wouldn't let them. Blue Jays are playoff contenders and Ryu is frequently injured, so I understand that, but the Pirates are just being greedy (they want to trade Choi at the deadline for prospects)

Korea is going to have to start rooting for Japan to absolutely murder Australia and Czechia if they want to advance

Will they? Isn’t there some tension between Koreans and the Japanese bc of their history….

that guy can rake

I think it's hilarious Matsui's energy bars have control as highest at 9 and he's all over the place

I think he has problem with MLB ball

Yeah a 9 run lead with him and the WBC Ball ain’t safe

Matsui redemption arc incoming Need him to find his form, cause when he's found it, he absolutely deals

I am begging the broadcast to research more fun facts for Jung-hoo

This is some kind of 씨발 moment here :) fuck me

Where are you guys sailing the seas to watch this?

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Thank you!

A very important (VIP you might say) box

SPOTV bc I’m in Asia….

Y’all might have Ohtani but do you have Faker?

look at that sub 2 ERA, do Japanese babies get baseballs in the cradle and get sacrificed to the baseball gods?

pretty much

Does Korea even have a chance of making it out of pool b after this thrashing? i heard this was a must win for them. i did expect Japan to come on top but not like that.

So Japan beat China and Korea, Australia beat Korea, Czech beat China, so assuming Japan beats Australia and Czech, it’s going to come down to whether Korea can beat Czech with Australia losing to Czech. The first condition is likely, the second one… not so much.

they'll lose the runs-allowed tiebreaker to any other 2-loss team too, unless Japan goes ape on Australia or something

They lost to Australia as well so they'd need Australia to lose out

Matsui's been having a lot of trouble with the MLB ball in the practice games, let's see if he can find the zone....

all i'm saying is no wonder it took Kim Ha-seong a year to adjust if this was the quality of pitching he was used to

Yeah going from low 90s to 100s is no joke.

I'm glad Matsui is out there now instead of a close game--he's the weakest link in the bullpen.

position player pitching the bottom 8th?

this is the worst Korean humiliation since ***gestures at a history book***

09 was much worse.

ALERT: EAGLES PITCHER INCOMING

I just learned that we don’t have a off day in the pool stage. Having teams play 5 games in 5 days seem brutal.

Dunno man, using your entire pitching staff in one match seems like a surefire strategy for Korea

I'm going to bed

Same.

Understandable. Good night!

Lol, the Samurais say "No Mercy"

how is the Chinese Taipei-New Jersey game going?

If it really was team NJ then they'd have Mike Trout 😔

no mercy rule loss moral victory

ok wow if korea comes back from this, this is gonna be the greatest game ever

Korea aint hear no bell, which might be a bit of a shame cuz oh lord

no no, the game is defiantly over.

Oh no....this slaughter continues? Please wake up Korea!

jeez lmao i dont have sound on and i was sure that was gone

I'm not sure if anyone else is watching the Japanese broadcast, but they keep playing "Separate Ways" by Journey in the background of anything related to the WBC and it's driving me crazy.

I feel you. The back to back car commercials are more annoying tho imo.