Cuban Baseball Crisis, Netherlands Upsets Cuba In World Baseball Classic

We have a bona fide shocking upset in the World Baseball Classic.

The mighty Cubans faced the Netherlands in the quarterfinal round and thanks to Kalian Sams sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth upset Cuba 7-6 to advance to the semifinals.

Here's the game winner (Thanks MLB Network)



Cuba had taken a 6-4 lead heading into the bottom of the eighth inning.  Andrelton Simmons hit a two-run homer off Cuba reliever Norberto Gonzalez to set the stage for Sams' heroics.  Here's Simmons' eighth inning home run, FOSG Rich Waltz on the call for MLB Network.

An International Incident In The WBC

And, no, the HQ isn't talking boxing...

Canada and Mexico were playing in the created-event World Baseball Classic...
And part of the problem with the tie-breaker system in the WBC is runs scored...

So, as a result, there's the tendency (a very un-baseball-unwritten rule kind of thing) to do things that you normally wouldn't do- like bunt in blowout situations...

Which is what Canada did and Mexico took exception...

Here's the full version...