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Draft a little bit later on our number 3 on the World Baseball Classic the United States no contest last night against Puerto Rico and I'm just. Hers have to change your feelings she relates to the World Baseball Classic because to me just from listening to a lot of people and having my own show in Sacramento and talking to sports bands it was kind of like you know they could take it or leave it but I'm just wondering is now the United States you know if they there's this build momentum for the next World Baseball Classic good stuff with Howard back talking about the n.b.a. And rest again I don't want to hear about it I just and I don't want to hear about the science you're telling me that if a player plays 82 games instead of 79 games that that's going to make a big difference when the playoffs roll around I'm sorry I don't buy that at all so tell me what you think 806368686 again if you want to email the show Roman how to take dot com If you want to follow me on Twitter at Grantley Piers show an a.p.a. Or a couple people you know saying that you know they don't care about the rest that you know it's up to the teams and they're trying to win yeah I'll tell you this go out and buy tickets for a marquee game and let's face it there are only a couple teams in the n.b.a. That move the needle the Cleveland moves the needle golden state moves the needle maybe one or 2 other teams right I want you to go out and pay a premium on the Cavaliers or the Warriors I want you to surprise your wife son or daughter on a special occasion and say I've got tickets to go see Le Bron Kyrie play or I've got tickets to see Stephan clay Thompson in mind green and you're all excited and you invest in the time and the money and then you find out that they're not playing and then and then send me a tweet that the you're fine with that and that doesn't matter that does matter that's a real problem let's get it rolling here at 806368686 Jeff in San Diego you're on that your show is Jeff. Ok I was gone good. Yes So anyway I was driving home from the Pickle ball courts last night and I got home around 5 and my son had the game on and I you know I had heard about it on the radio I had no idea what it was about so say what's a score the u.s. Has blown blown out Puerto Rico so I said is this ids college athletes or pros or what I really didn't know I honestly I thought it was college so then I found out Ok let's pro players playing for their countries. You know if the us would have lost we would all just said Ok well we got the finals no big deal I was was good we got to the finals but what about the people in Puerto Rico and they must all been tuned in Probably everybody that had a radio and maybe one out of 1000 people and America are actually tuned in yeah I don't know you know I mean I know that it's the World Baseball Classic Thanks for the call definitely more popular in some of the foreign countries I only there's any doubt about that I mean it's huge in Japan huge in Puerto Rico and many other countries because a lot of those countries look at it as their World Series we don't look at it as the World Series because well we've got the World Series in October Corey in Fort Collins you're on the Jim Rome show Corey. Grant What's up love it when you're on. I love World Baseball Classic just mainly because the people you don't know where they're from you know it's like a hobby air by as you play for the Cubs. Edgar Martinez and I could go on and on about guys you see that that play here on great teams in America that you know you really don't think you did you say I'd go Martinez. Yeah Martinez you mean the they old she out of manner and good Martinez who's probably 50 years old that it got me. Thinking. I think that he would. Go ahead and so they say you like it you know you you like the fact that when you turn on the World Baseball Classic the players that you watch in Major League Baseball and you affiliate them with a team but not a country you like the fact that now you get a little bit more history about the players that when you tell me exactly exactly now record Thanks for the call me an appreciative. Then I watch it good Martinez you know hit home runs against the Yankees in the in the playoffs 20 years ago was it that good Martinez unbelievable good Martinez I didn't think I'd hear the name of that game our team is on the show today just for sure d.h. Just go up you know get 3 or 4 at bats and hit the ball out of the yard that I've got Martinez All right if you show 866-8686 you know listen I was pretty frank I didn't watch a lot of the World Baseball Classic I didn't have the interest that a lot of you have called up and told me you had and that's fine I think it's great I mean that's what sports is for right for entertainment and if you're a baseball fan maybe you got caught up in it I didn't get caught up in it but then again I'm also this is my real busy time of the year when I'm traveling doing a lot of n.b.a. Games and when I'm not I'm really wrapped up in the end said I will a turn a bit although they were in games the last 2 nights so and then they I think I speak for a lot of baseball fans they're just praying that their players on their respective teams that they root for don't get hurt I'm a big Yankee fan did he Gregorios their shortstop hurt out for a month playing for the Netherlands. It's just awful All right let's get to I Jeff and hello Jeff you're on with great Napier on the Jim Rome show Thanks for having me 1st time caller long time listener I just wanted to comment a little about this wrestling with the n.b.a. And I think that you know ultimately every n.b.a. Franchise Their goal is to win an n.b.a. Championship and if the coach in the general manager and the players collectively agree that maybe the rest would ultimately you know get achieve that goal then I don't have a problem with that at all and if fans have a problem with it you know buying tickets and attending a game and then that seeing the players they want to see them just don't buy the tickets and the staff you. Jeff if the fans didn't buy the tickets we wouldn't have sports well then maybe if the fans don't buy the tickets the organization will see that and stop pressing the players but that's true too but Jeff the issue that I have and again I'm not into medical science but I've been doing this a long time not that I have all the answers but I don't think that the playing 78 games as opposed to 82 games is going to make a big difference when the playoffs start specially since the games are so spread out in the playoffs Well I agree with that also but what if one of those games maybe they rested they hurt themselves Yeah but you know if you can get hurt you know there are guys that hurt themselves you know getting out of shower in a morning thanks Jeff Alan Ventura thanks Jeff preset the phone call I'm sitting in a cut you off I thought you were done Al you run to Jim Rome show how. Well you do on grass they number one just gotta give it to Rome for getting your basket fairly . When you go on thank you for shit. On Me and the rest situation you remember what Joe Di Maggio said about why he played hard every game . Refresh my memory what did he say about playing her every game his quote was there's always some kid who babysitting me for the 1st or last I know you're my best you know what they meant that's so very well said you're right that was what Yoda measure though said and boys and that's the truth correct I mean how awesome I just again I see it so often. I just can't even imagine what it would have been like for those fans in Memphis that night you know that we're getting ready to go watch the Cleveland Cavaliers come in once a year and not only did they not play but their coach didn't even put them on the airplane to make to trip I mean how awful is that good stuff out James in Myrtle Beach you're on with granny pee on the Jim Rome show what's up James how ya doing good man what's up. I asked me since 1st you know we got into the workplace again. I really got it. Don't matter what I'm numb. I really like. One thing about Wes with the n.b.a. I'm a doll or was it something. That by going to a game against Cleveland look rock and James Well I'm happy to jump into the game to see the Wizards when I'm not willing to the game to see the bronzing while you're in the minority I can tell you that I know most fans are going to see the Wizards win but trust me they also are going to be extremely disappointed if Le Bron's not playing. Thanks for the call ma'am Elias in San Diego thanks for calling c.b.s. Sports radio what's up Elias. Put up an opportunity not part of the column because I think that a good one to say I'm quite a rake and want to return the York and raise them quarter except well and they do seem a flashback from the day when you can watch baseball in Puerto Rico once again but it's hammering that Trump and you know that and the rockets and all that and not just that but the significance of them publicly it's way different now but it seems that yeah I knew. That but you know understand it and Puerto Rico right now to put it in Bay needed it they need it it is a distraction to put it you have the economy down the drain the crime is unemployment it's horrible I want to shortage political identity the struggle they have I mean every heard about this and that but the pharmacies in Puerto Rico ran out of the the dye their hair dye to make them to make the right yes literally impossible because everybody bought of them and you know that if. That's all she came about in so it's definitely. I think you might get steamed about it in Puerto Rico and I live in San Diego and he was telling me to go up to get my. Kind of way so are some here and he feels like you couldn't believe that you crazy you got to go I mean you know. What or what was the way Dr Who I was English but again what's wrong with you again you know take your one point I want to show that with you guys you know what I appreciate I remember I'm a big fan and correct me if I'm wrong here but I remember when Ed Figaro 30 years ago was a pitcher for the Yankees and you know I think he was the 1st Puerto Rican pitcher to win 20 games or or something like that and I have my facts wrong but and I remember even back then the impact that it that it had in that region of the world and you are 100 percent correct there were so many countries that were in the World Baseball Classic that have more fever more intense. Should be more passion than our fans did here and I think it's obvious why that is but I appreciate from your perspective hearing that because there's a lot of truth to what you said and you know and so I thanks for comment it's good stuff my point and I thank you and I think you do the same body in Houston thanks for calling c.b.s. Sports radio with granny Parry about. Now I will do a shout out. They awesome and you paying these people to call the show today or what. A man like I want about their work that man and man it was it was phenomenal you know I watched. The game again. And and being on a couple we going to go and bang bang play quite Baba Tista you know and on the replay and you know you were caught out there was a great case bought by Jones in the outfield and in the steel man. I watched a game last night I did a painting you know of course you know where to out with your friends so I stayed in the coach 11 started watching a guy name so you know I'm a fan of the game and I was sitting there you know watching us and now you know I wish I took my vacation ironically knowing you know what a lot of Californians saw it I think what a great man and it's a true You know I mean I know people talk about you know always been built up a site when anybody may you know when you see guys from Puerto Rico in Japan you know it's all you know I mean you know what can we play on avoiding from so you know if this you know it's about if we do it you know you know saying I thought it was great man thanks for the call and we got Austin in the lead to a where's my love for Adam and Alvin man Austin big time out of the park today let's get to Mark in Sacramento Mark thanks for calling the Jim Rome show. Grand over your go and ask the still Man Thank you Mark World Baseball Classic men . You know I'm a I'm a baseball fan and so I want to answer your original question of how to move the needle in terms of you know do fans look forward to the work or a book out of more of them like baseball I think you might look for the World Baseball Classic I don't think that you're like baseball anymore that you were that if you want a baseball fan or if you are baseball fan what I would really like to know is how important is the all Baseball Classic to the players playing it and what does it mean to them but I think that pride is you know how important it is to the fans now if you look at something like the Olympics you know some players say in the what like that like the Olympics based on their admiration for the n.b.a. You know go out to. The players or I would start the players around the world and from around the world to the World Baseball Classic and how important it took them well the players the players the plane in it were raving about it the u.s. Players were raving about it the experience and how proud they were to play for the United States and they seem to genuinely love the experience well I'm sure to get bigger I would think so I mean I would think so I think this probably as you look back you know 3 or 4 years from now when they get going again you're going to look back at 2017 and say that was a huge boost in terms of the United States and how they view the World Baseball Classic will come back we'll get to more of these phone calls at 806368686 our number 3 are all along granny pier filling in for Jim right here on c.b.s. Sports radio you were listening to the show. 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