World Baseball Classic 2009

Well ladies and gents, the epic international sports event of 2009 has officially begun!

Japan handily defeated China 4-0 while Korea crushed Taiwan 9-0 in the first two opening matches. China and Taiwan will go on to face each other for elimination while Japan and Korea will go head to head to secure themselves a qualification to move on. The winner of the former match and the loser of the latter will go head to head to be the second qualifier.

I'm gonna make some predictions now:

Taiwan will handily defeat China. The PRC's been a rising star in international baseball, but Taiwan (or as the mainlanders would have you call it: Chinese Taipei) is just better at ball.

Edit: (Scratch that Taiwan got CREAMED)

Japan and Korea is harder to call, but I'm gonna call Korea on this one. Either way, Japan and Korea will advance no matter what. Taiwan and the PRC just don't stand a chance against the two heavy weights.

Now that's pool A.

Pool B is South Africa, Cuba, Mexico, and Australia. I'm calling Cuba and Mexico to qualify.

Pool C is Canada, the United States, Venezuela, and Italy. Leave it to the Americans to put themselves in a weak pool. Honestly though, in any other of the pools they would've risked immediate elimination. I call the U.S. and Canada. I mean come on...Italy?

Pool D is the Dominican Republic, the Netherlands, Panama, and Puerto Rico. The DR and PR hands down on this one. The DR's a veritable powerhouse and PR always seems to find a way to be good at things like this.

Are you excited yet? I sure am.

I still don't have my Korea cap to rock though. :[

Music I'm Listening to (Hip Hop is great for self-esteem btw...unless you're a woman...then it might be problematic.)

"Make Love ft. Kush"- 태양 (Taeyang)

"My Life ft. Lil' Wayne" - The Game

"Comfortable ft. Baby Face" - Lil' Wayne (no link)

"Girls On the Dance Floor" - Far * East Movement

"I Party ft. Iz and Dbtonik" - Far * East Movement

"Get That Money ft. One Block Radius" - Far * East Movement

"Lowridin Remix ft. Wiz Khalifa" - Far * East Movement