Derek Jeter à propos de la WBC : « Je pense que les gens qui disent que c’est plus important que les World Series n’ont jamais participé à une World Series.
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Derek Jeter à propos de la WBC : « Je pense que les gens qui disent que c’est plus important que les World Series n’ont jamais participé à une World Series.
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Par Mission_Pay_3373
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Spoken like someone who’s never won a World Baseball Classic.
Type of shit I would say after watching my team take an enormous L
Meanwhile, Judge literally yesterday…
Get the Big Hurt back on the Fox MLB panel
International competition has always been seen as being a step above the national level, with exception to baseball in America for whatever reason. I mean seriously, why are people so surprised when a guy from say the Dominican Republic has more value in winning gold for his country as opposed to winning a title for a specific city/region in a country he didn’t grow up in
This question is so freaking stupid. I’m sure Ronald Acuna Jr. Is going to half ass the entire 2026 season because he won the wbc, I’m sure he won’t care about bringing a championship to Atlanta anymore just because he won a tournament that obviously means more to him. I’m sure Palencia won’t put his heart and soul out for the cubs and Chicago when pitching because he won a tournament that means more to him. Let’s let players just live in the moment and thrive rather than ask them these questions.
There are players who have won both, won one, won the other, won neither, and still say for them it’s more important. If someone doesn’t feel that way it’s okay, but why keep pushing that certain players are lying or only saying it for whatever reason? It obviously matters more or is on the same level for almost all of the international players.
I only agree because it’s only one game per series. Playing more games is a much better expression of skill. They need to find a way to make the WBC at least 3 games in the elimination rounds.
does fox hire the biggest idiots for their broadcasts? nvm rhetorical question
I just think back to Nikola Jokic being emotionless when he won the NBA Finals then we see his team win a bronze medal for his country and he’s balling his eyes out
Americans don’t appreciate this tournament like other countries do.
god i hate jeter so much
Gosh, nothing hypes up a fan like being told this isn’t *that* important.
Kike has played in 5 world series and won 3. He says WBC is a bigger deal for him.
Jeter’s just a huge masochist for publicly giving fans chances to dunk on him huh
[https://imgur.com/a/qZd3Cah](https://imgur.com/a/qZd3Cah)
You see the emotion and desire the players have. You look at the pure joy in the streets in Venezuela. You see the devastation when Australia lost in pool play.
This American-centric mindset about the WBC that just because it doesn’t matter as much to you that it can’t possibly matter even more to others.
I wish everyone would step back and look at it from different perspectives. This is going to mean different things to different ppl and countries. This would obviously mean so much more to other countries than America.
In the end, this helps baseball drastically when you have a team like Venezuela win. This means so much more to them, and it will inspire so many kids to play the game. In return, it means more talent for MLB, which is the ultimate goal.
It’s bigger to many international players because it’s about national pride.
But the 1-game series really makes it hard to stack up against the World Series as a measure of competition.
I think many players would disagree with Jeter but I also get what he’s trying to say.
Mr. -162 DRS
Derek Jeter continues to be the least likable guy behind that desk….somehow
Fox Sports is a factory of sadness.
I honestly think they are different. I don’t think you can compare them. The WBC is a do or die game for 7 games over 2 weeks while the World Series is comprised of being a top team over 162 games, and continuing that through pressure filled series until the end.
It’s like comparing Usain Bolt running a sprint to a guy that runs the LA Marathon.
I think they both deserve their own accolades and shouldn’t be compared to one another.
Just look at how much emotion Shohei Ohtani showed winning the WBC vs winning the World Series.
Well, World series’ MVP Salvador Perez just said it is bigger than the world series.
I think only those who have achieved both are qualified to speak on the subject.
Ironically, this is actually a World Series
It’s way more meaningful to beat Goliath than to be Goliath and win.
I think that is why there appears to be a difference between American players and international players perspectives on this issue.
World Series is more parodied and so the overall competition is greater, which is why American players and fans put it on a pedestal.
Beating the slew of the best Americans must be sweet for foreign players, where I can see American players not caring as much and preferring the grueling long competitive season to declare a winner
Translated: “We lost.”
Here you can legitimately call yourself world champs. World Series= national champs
aaron judge said it and literally played in the world series 2024. what message does it say about guys meant to promote the event talking down on it.
The WBC is a preseason tournament
From the state of this thread, this will definitely get downvoted, but I’ll say my POV as a fan. If the US won last night, it would have been cool, but I would have kind of just turned off the tv a few minutes later and gone to bed. If my Orioles win a World Series at some point, I can guarantee you, I’d bawl my eyes out for several minutes and probably have trouble sleeping out of pure excitement. The rush of emotions would be insane from just the years of heartbreak and even the long 162 game season and postseason that I had the endure to that point. I just never see the WBC getting that sort of reaction out of me. Maybe that says more about being an orioles fan since they haven’t won in over 40 years and never in my lifetime. This is just one perspective though and I can see how other people can view it differently
This guy is a really bad commentator lol fire his ass send him back to the no network
DAAAAAAAAA JANKEES LOSE
Between this and Smoltz calling the WBC an appetizer for the regular season it shows how little the US cares about this tournament, or international competition in general, when it doesn’t pay the big bucks. Meanwhile every other country was living and dying with every pitch.
Americans have the MLB. We are much more attached to the teams we support. Grew up with. In other countries, that doesn’t really exist on the same professional level, besides maybe Japan
So when these guys from smaller and some instances less well off countries play to represent their country, especially going against a team like the US , I just get the sense that as an American this tournament means more to these other countries.
I think the Americans and Canadians view it as a cool tournament everyone else views it as a country pride thing so them it’s bigger then the World Series
The WBC is cool, but it’s a 20 year old tournament that’s occurred 6 times. The World Series started in 1903. Not sure how the 2 are even compared. This conversation might hold more weight in 40-50 years if the WBC tradition still lives in.
Hard to argue with? I mean you have players not playing in it and general managers not allowing players to pitch? I mean people spend their entire lives to get into a World Cup squad, but for this tournament they don’t want to play so they can healthy for game 37/162 for the mlb season…
Jeter = Moron
The two things don’t need to be compared because they are not the same thing.
That’s very American of him.
Maybe the people that say the World Baseball Classic isn’t as big as a World Series have never won a World Baseball Classic, did he ever think of that?
And this is why the US will not win. They prefer to play for their club, who pay them money, rather than play for their country pride. That’s it in a nutshell.
The WBC is actually the real world series. World teams best on best compared to MLB is just American teams and the Jays.
And yet, many of the players who say that, HAVE played in a World Series
This is the exact attitude that caused the top players of team USA to do so poorly