WBC USA v. Japan O/U?

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Thoughts on the 8.5 o/u on tonights game? I am inclined to take the over but Japans pitching scares me...
 

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I think it's a pretty tough call: I placed a small wager on over 28.5 R+H+E for that game: Dice played some strong games during the WBC, but the US team knows Dice and is familiar with him and guys like Jeter (4/12), Granderson (4/9) and Roberts (6/12) have had quite some success against him in the past. In addition to that Team USA hit pretty ok against their opponents.
Oswalt didn't look to strong in his appearances: He was hit by Venezuela and also the horrible Dutch offense hit him and he got a bit lucky, that they stranded their runners. Japan will def. miss Murata, their top-slugger, but I think they will get to Oswalt by using a small ball approach and the spacy Dodgers Stadium OF could in fact come in handy for them.
 

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I just hope for the Over-bets Team Japan doesn't send out Iwakuma in relief of Dice-K and that Oswalt starts serving some hits to Team Japan...right now the Japanese remind me of a quote by the manager from the 1st "Major League" movie: "You may run like Hays, but you hit like shit.
 

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although I would like to see the USA win, I am pretty damn happy that the score is 2-4 in the 4th!
 

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Hmm, maybe Japan isn't hitting like shit anymore :-D
Japan vs Korea Part 5 in the making ;-)
 

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thank you Oswalt! Hope Japan keeps it coming.

But IF Japan wins, it's kinda stupid to have two teams play FIVE times in one tournament.
 

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thank you Oswalt! Hope Japan keeps it coming.

But IF Japan wins, it's kinda stupid to have two teams play FIVE times in one tournament.

Can't get enough of these two teams: Imo Japan and Korea are the best teams in this tournament: Great pitching and great fundamentals. Playing great defense and manifacturing runs.
Just great and hardfought games to watch between these two teams.
 

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