The only two I remember seeing show energy were Henderson and Harper.
yumyumapollo
The Hegsethification of patriotism has been a disaster for Team USAs across all sports.
Ok_Branch6621
Great article.
silver_medalist
This is just the American way though. It’s the same as you oddballs telling folk ‘thank you for your service’.
quidamquidam
« Chickenhawk toy soldiers » is the best description of this joyless, arrogant group of players. So happy that Venezuela won!
wagesofben
nothing about this team made me want to root for them. it’s as simple as that. zero swag. zero fun.
aksoileau
God I hope US Soccer helps us forget this embarrassment of USA Baseball.
stephenwilli
A Yankee was the team captain. No HR celebrations, no dancing, no having fun playing baseball for the Yankees
cooljammer00
Yeah but also they made it to the finals and lost by 1 run
It was a bad vibe all around and offputting, but ultimately them pretending to be the military didn’t really matter.
« Let the kids play » doesn’t mean « you must celebrate and party in the way I deem acceptable », and Team USA looked like they were having plenty of fun when cool shit was happening. They just didn’t have a lot of cool shit going on.
F1DL5TYX
Swaggerless dweebs, I found it impossible to root for them. Whole team had « I would have joined the Army but I’d black out and go into rage mode when the drill sergeant got in my face » vibes.
BonSoirRegret
I’m not a conspiracy theorist but it felt an awful lot like what they were doing had plenty official-Government PR behind it. The shirt, the Navy Seal pre-game speech, the whole thing felt like propaganda. The goddamn hockey jerseys – which stinks to high hell after the US Government released an AI doctored video of Tkachuk talking shit about Canada.
I got downvoted saying this in another thread, but even Cal’s defense about the handshake, coming out after his first statement was fishy. He could have said « Sorry, we had a team meeting about this before the WBC started and we’re just not doing that this year. It’s a team building thing, we’re locked in. Thanks but I’d rather talk about baseball right now. » Instead we got some garble.
Anyway, let me get this straight. On your own volition, the team decided before the WBC that you weren’t going to shake hands (which is plain fucking weird to begin with as far as team priorities are concerned).
And then, apparently you decided that someone should tell Randy Arozarena. Or maybe not. Maybe Cal just wanted to extend the olive branch to his teammate.
Either way Randy Arozarena, conveniently, is the only person in the world given a heads up about this.
I mean, come the fuck on. This is the timeline they were selling:
1. At some point (before?) the WBC: they met as a team and decided « no handshakes » because they are locked in warriors.
2. Cal then went to Randy personally before a game to let him (and only him) know.
3. Well fuck me, wouldn’t you know it, that « hot headed » « hot doggin' » Randy just HAD TO DO GO AND DO IT.
4. But Cal told him specifically that the team decided NO HANDSHAKES! Randy is a savage for that, right.
5. Cal makes a statement wearing that big dumb shirt, doesn’t mention the team meeting.
6. A couple days later the news (« verified by multiple sources ») is reported that they decided against this way before the Randy thing. You just have to believe us.
I mean, I’m not making a lick of this up.
davekva
What a stupid article. Every country was showing pride in their flag, but for some reason Harper pointing to the flag on his uniform after a game tying HR in the championship game is a problem. Fuck off.
gridlock1024
I said this the whole tournament. Every nation’s players looked thrilled to be there, Team USA looked like they were forced to be there
Jay1348
I’m so glad people are wising up to this obvious propaganda benefiting a for profit military complex
Agnt_Michael_Scarn
Reddit is a weird, weird place.
DaBusDriva2
At the end of the day it’s a cultural divide not some malicious lack of effort by the US. If you asked American fans would rather win the WBC or World Series the answer is 99% going to be World Series. For Latin and Asian fans that poll will be not so extreme. And thus the players feel the same way
AnswerSpiritual7913
So spot on. American culture and society is rotting. It needs a rebirth
BrettHullsBurner
I love my country (USA) and wanted them to wipe the floor with anyone they played. That being said, it’s embarrassing some of the cringe shit they were doing. It’s supposed to be fun! You can have fun while also being extremely competitive. Saying hi to your boys on the other team doesn’t somehow mean you care less about beating them.
bigbird727
Jesus Christ, how many articles saying the same thing are going to be shared the rest of the week?
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The only two I remember seeing show energy were Henderson and Harper.
The Hegsethification of patriotism has been a disaster for Team USAs across all sports.
Great article.
This is just the American way though. It’s the same as you oddballs telling folk ‘thank you for your service’.
« Chickenhawk toy soldiers » is the best description of this joyless, arrogant group of players. So happy that Venezuela won!
nothing about this team made me want to root for them. it’s as simple as that. zero swag. zero fun.
God I hope US Soccer helps us forget this embarrassment of USA Baseball.
A Yankee was the team captain. No HR celebrations, no dancing, no having fun playing baseball for the Yankees
Yeah but also they made it to the finals and lost by 1 run
It was a bad vibe all around and offputting, but ultimately them pretending to be the military didn’t really matter.
« Let the kids play » doesn’t mean « you must celebrate and party in the way I deem acceptable », and Team USA looked like they were having plenty of fun when cool shit was happening. They just didn’t have a lot of cool shit going on.
Swaggerless dweebs, I found it impossible to root for them. Whole team had « I would have joined the Army but I’d black out and go into rage mode when the drill sergeant got in my face » vibes.
I’m not a conspiracy theorist but it felt an awful lot like what they were doing had plenty official-Government PR behind it. The shirt, the Navy Seal pre-game speech, the whole thing felt like propaganda. The goddamn hockey jerseys – which stinks to high hell after the US Government released an AI doctored video of Tkachuk talking shit about Canada.
I got downvoted saying this in another thread, but even Cal’s defense about the handshake, coming out after his first statement was fishy. He could have said « Sorry, we had a team meeting about this before the WBC started and we’re just not doing that this year. It’s a team building thing, we’re locked in. Thanks but I’d rather talk about baseball right now. » Instead we got some garble.
Anyway, let me get this straight. On your own volition, the team decided before the WBC that you weren’t going to shake hands (which is plain fucking weird to begin with as far as team priorities are concerned).
And then, apparently you decided that someone should tell Randy Arozarena. Or maybe not. Maybe Cal just wanted to extend the olive branch to his teammate.
Either way Randy Arozarena, conveniently, is the only person in the world given a heads up about this.
I mean, come the fuck on. This is the timeline they were selling:
1. At some point (before?) the WBC: they met as a team and decided « no handshakes » because they are locked in warriors.
2. Cal then went to Randy personally before a game to let him (and only him) know.
3. Well fuck me, wouldn’t you know it, that « hot headed » « hot doggin' » Randy just HAD TO DO GO AND DO IT.
4. But Cal told him specifically that the team decided NO HANDSHAKES! Randy is a savage for that, right.
5. Cal makes a statement wearing that big dumb shirt, doesn’t mention the team meeting.
6. A couple days later the news (« verified by multiple sources ») is reported that they decided against this way before the Randy thing. You just have to believe us.
I mean, I’m not making a lick of this up.
What a stupid article. Every country was showing pride in their flag, but for some reason Harper pointing to the flag on his uniform after a game tying HR in the championship game is a problem. Fuck off.
I said this the whole tournament. Every nation’s players looked thrilled to be there, Team USA looked like they were forced to be there
I’m so glad people are wising up to this obvious propaganda benefiting a for profit military complex
Reddit is a weird, weird place.
At the end of the day it’s a cultural divide not some malicious lack of effort by the US. If you asked American fans would rather win the WBC or World Series the answer is 99% going to be World Series. For Latin and Asian fans that poll will be not so extreme. And thus the players feel the same way
So spot on. American culture and society is rotting. It needs a rebirth
I love my country (USA) and wanted them to wipe the floor with anyone they played. That being said, it’s embarrassing some of the cringe shit they were doing. It’s supposed to be fun! You can have fun while also being extremely competitive. Saying hi to your boys on the other team doesn’t somehow mean you care less about beating them.
Jesus Christ, how many articles saying the same thing are going to be shared the rest of the week?