00:01wbc heating up at this point teams moving on and also team usa gonna play tonight at 8 p.m
00:06against
00:07mexico a lot of good stuff to talk about donny right side and joe ranieri right here on the
00:11early line on a monday on the sports grid network how about the team japan stays undefeated and
00:16moving on they officially have won pool c joe was pretty impressive that a four to one lead in the
00:21ninth inning against australia a couple solo home runs yesterday made that game close but japan wins
00:26they're three and oh they're moving on up as well
00:30they should not and not a you know not a big shocker there as we thought for sure they that
00:35was the value really heading into this tournament we knew team usa was stacked but you know it felt
00:42like japan was being a little bit disrespected here with the team that they have and they have uh
00:47moving on shall we say ultimately i think donny when it's all said and done the three favorites there
00:54that we had it uh before this uh you know world baseball classic started are ultimately going to
00:59be the ones that decide who wins this thing by the way korea right now up four to nothing on
01:04australia right now so we got games all day long once again two couple games at 12 o'clock one
01:09o'clock
01:09to keep an eye on here but the big boys as we say team usa they're going to play a
01:13little bit later
01:13today by the way if you're watching team usa and see those final scores 15 to 5 9 to 1
01:18yes they are
01:19blowout victories but that game against great britain was interesting that was one to nothing
01:23great britain after one pitch into that baseball game and it wasn't as if joe well yeah usa scored
01:28five in the bottom of the first once they got up and away they went they didn't score until the
01:31fifth
01:31inning and the place really erupted with a shore bomb to start this one off deep into the night into
01:38right field almost at the scoreboard in the second deck shore we got the boys going here for an easy
01:43win
01:44for team usa yeah it took a little while though uh to get going in that game i mean give
01:50uh give
01:50great britain credit great defense uh i believe there was a just an unbelievable uh home run snag
01:58yeah that uh thompson there went over the wall and robbed the home run so yeah it was good but
02:03ultimately just too much talent too much power and you saw ultimately what happens as uh the game went
02:10on there team usa eventually just ran away with it by the way you take a look at some of
02:15this fun
02:16stuff here and as we get to it like vladimir carrero jr getting the dumbbell made of plantains after
02:22home run for the dominican republic show on the field and in the stands this team's going to be a
02:27problem and a lot of fun to watch they are always a lot of fun to watch right donnie we
02:33kind of knew
02:34that i mean anytime you get what juan soto walking off and uh in a mercy rule game it's pretty
02:40fun
02:40uh and they don't mind celebrating and having a good time while doing it donnie which again
02:45it's going to rub some of the old timers the wrong way but the reality is this is a good
02:50baseball team
02:51with a ton of power so ultimately again i think we know who the three favorites should be here when
02:57it's uh when it's all said and done now how about this one we talked about this a little bit
03:02joe to
03:02open the show and i always thought it was interesting and you know you're going to get
03:05some flack when you initially hear some of these thoughts but sometimes these players reconsider
03:09not because of public peer pressure support which might be a little bit there but once you get around
03:15the fellas and realize how much fun you're having and you could be a key ingredient to winning a world
03:19baseball classic we're talking about tarik skuble who when we first heard like yeah i'm going to throw
03:25against great britain we're going to be minus 3 000 favorites i'll give you about three innings i'm
03:29jumping on a plane getting back to spring training that changed almost immediately he pitched in that
03:34baseball game was interviewed i believe in the dugout it's like you know what i'm gonna have
03:37to rethink this thing man like we got something that we can do that's gonna be pretty big time
03:41here and i think i might want to stick around and help out love to see it off skuble i
03:45think it's the
03:45right thing to do and he's feeling that emotion he's probably gonna stick around now joe yeah i don't
03:50blame him donnie i mean who wants to go and hang out with you know a bunch of double a
03:54and triple a
03:55dudes at spring training like just hang out man get get your reps in you're good to go there with
04:00team usa and ultimately i mean i think you see the level of competition you're gonna get everyone's
04:05best shot here so uh kudos for him and the change of uh change of mind shall we say paul
04:12skeins on the
04:14mound tonight 8 p.m and by the way usa has lost to mexico three straight times dating back in
04:19the world
04:19baseball classic to 2006 i think skeins might have something to do with a victory tonight joe what
04:25do you think well i think he's uh should we say uh pumped up uh to say the least here
04:30for this uh
04:31for this game but i think team usa is donnie like you said they they have not been able to
04:35break
04:35through against uh mexico in this uh competition this international play so uh and neither of these
04:42two teams like each other a whole bunch so this should be this should be a good one here with
04:46skeins
04:46uh going at least three innings right i mean that's what we can expect yeah these starting
04:51pitchers can pitch a little bit more once you get into the knockout stages here they elevate some of
04:55those pitching numbers but if we are looking at the lines on this game like a football game joe u
04:59.s
04:59minus three and a half and a minus 115 price the total this game listed 11 and a half if
05:04you just
05:04want to use usa joe as a parlay piece minus 530 don't need a slow start tonight get that lead
05:10early
05:10joe cruise how about that one yeah be nice to see let's get out in front play from in front
05:16let me ask you a question here if we flip it over from hockey to the wbc tonight mexico taking
05:22on the
05:22u.s now that we have those official run lines out minus three and a half tom for them and
05:26also minus
05:27520 favorite on the money line but a total of 11 and a half schemes on the mound tonight mexico
05:32as you
05:33pointed out we talked yesterday crushed their opponent yesterday putting all those chips on the
05:37table how does it play out tonight for mexico against the u.s i think they give up some runs
05:42today
05:42actually i was looking at the picture before manny bereta who was pitching for mexico he's been in
05:47the minor league since 2007 he finally made his mld ma mlb debut last year so he's in the minors
05:55from
05:552007 to 2024 he pitched 2.1 innings for the orioles last season he's not good he's 37 i think
06:03the usa puts
06:04up some runs i'm not sure if they're going to cover what run line but winning the game
06:08eight to five that's what i see happening he's tom vecchio here catching around the channels all the
06:13time and always a good friend here of the early line on the sports grid network for donnie right
06:17side joe and here we'll be back coming see you soon buddy we'll be right back after this break but
06:22also
06:22big news tonight paul skein's gonna take them out in the wbc heavily favored team usa against mexico
06:28who actually haven't beat mexico since the 2006 wbc which is kind of interesting to read that but at the
06:34same time mexico had an all-in game yesterday and easily won throwing taiwan walker they weren't
06:39saving their best for the u.s and as you see that money line number minus 530 here the run
06:44line minus
06:44three and a half and a total of 11 and a half how are we previewing that game tonight from
06:48your angle
06:48here with skeins on the mound for team usa well we will be previewing it every in which way there
06:54is
06:54no one who is betting more wbc than my co-host gabriel morency he has every game covered i wouldn't
07:01be
07:01entirely stunned if he was up right now uh involved with the little australia korea action here and
07:07certainly will find his way to the window with either the dr and israel or perhaps even uh great
07:13britain and brazil for the u.s mexico tonight it is interesting because it's the top spot within this
07:20pool that is up for grabs but i gotta tell you guys i've tried i've tried i don't find myself
07:27having
07:27a good grasp of how this bracket actually works i don't know how valuable that top spot is we think
07:35it we think it matters i'm not a hundred percent certain of that here i am a hundred percent certain
07:42though that both teams will want this game right they've looked it's very interesting because the
07:48u.s has won 15-5 and 9-1 and i think it's fair to say they've been underwhelming to
07:52start this
07:53tournament so perhaps this is a step-up spot for them but there's nothing cheap about any number
07:59that you find in a usa world baseball classic
08:02you
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