Ohtani Strikes Out Trout To Win WBC Championship || Baseball Is Dead Instant Reaction

Tonight we're reacting to Japan's 3-2 win over the USA in the World Baseball Classic Championship. It was the dream matchup that everyone had been waiting for, and it did not disappoint. Shohei Ohtani facing Mike Trout with 2 outs and a 1-run lead in the ninth inning was nothing short of a perfect script for the WBC Final, and we got it. We're recapping the final game of the 2023 WBC, reflecting on the tournaments’ best moments, and appreciating what it has done and will continue to do for the game of baseball. Enjoy!
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[@sweetpunze25]

Mike Trout is still the Goat and Shohei is the unicorn. Baseball won guys. I'm not a baseball person but this WBC thing was GOLD

[@MrJpiarull]

Now let's see how good USA can be when they're at full strength, I bet you with banning the shift and putting in the clock between pitches will make the game that much better

[@noname-dk7ri]

The 👼🏼s with 🐐🦄 must be a dream team.

[@Lamppostout]

Nah Shohei’s the GOAT now

[@greg375]

There's only one goat and unicorn...#GOATANI

[@greg375]

@@Lamppostout 🎯

[@ikejiri]

Highschool ohtani wrote down "what I need to be the best player", and one of those were "to be polite and respectful". Ever since I saw that, I started thinkin like "He's not polite because he is a good person, this is just a Baseball monster acting nice just to be the best". I love how he stoped acting like human and release his inner monster, I love to see more of that🦄

[@RichardRomo9]

What a showdown 🔥🔥🔥

[@otto6702]

I started really paying attention to baseball in 2019, so my sample size is limited. But this tournament was the most fun baseball I've seen in my time.

[@hambone7564]

Was a beautiful game sucks USA lost, But now maybe more eyes are open for USA players to actually play By the way that Schwarber at bat vs darvish late in the game was beautiful

[@Dre2Dee2]

There's no way any spring training regime could prepare you BETTER than what every player went thru in the WBC. Everybody who played is BATTLE HARDENED, regular season is gonna seem like cupcakes now 😂😂

[@lxbui]

So team USA had the best roster in the WBC and lost. Why? Because they didn’t have pitching. And last year when we were all saying Ohtani is MVP because pitching more important, Yankees fans gaslit us saying A Judge had a higher WAR.

[@BC-th3mx]

Their inability to hit top pitching cost them, not their own pitching. Mexico and Japan's pitchers owned them

[@fated316]

Great podcast.

[@seekthao]

WBC was successful because Ohtani committed to playing and then Mike Trout followed suit and other US players followed him. Any other person, this would have another tournament of electrician baseball players. Oh and once again, the Angels trusted Ohtani and didn’t limit him and he got glory in the end. Angels and Shohei go hand in hand.

[@iakadayrneh]

Well the WBC is a tournament and is the baseball equivalent to the World Cup. Many sports, basketball, soccer,even volleyball have their version of the World Cup. The World Cup across Sports are always seen as a bigger event than even the Olympics and bigger even than the World series or the Super bowl,which are mainly domestic league championship between MLB teams. And to simply put it the WBC will always gain in popularity like outside the United States it doesn't matter if Americans don't like the WBC the rest of world cares and will continue to view the WBC even if the United States doesn't participate it doesn't matter. The USA mens soccer has never made it past the group stages in the world cup. Even if the Americans stop viewing soccer and the World Cup there are billions outside the United States that will tune in to watch the World Cup. Point is international tournament events will always be popular outside the United States own little world and will continue to be viewed by millions or even billions more. Then any domestic championship tournament than the World series. When people say baseball is dying there referring to the MLB not baseball as a Sport. Because on an international level baseball will always have more viewership than the World series. It's the same in Soccer, Basketball and volleyball domestically are very boring but on an international level it always remains popular and the most watched event because people want to see their country win a World Championship title and be called World Champions.

[@Paggi10no]

One of the funniest things I've heard man that was funny Great chat btw Didn't know that about Ohtani taking BP to show the other players what he's capable of the dudes on another level to everyone

[@Yaooosteve]

It lived up to the hype !

[@mirikaku5811]

Fun conversation, when four really baseball knowledgeable guys talk about the sport they love!

[@rrameir]

Mike trout is about to win 3 MVPs between now and the next WBC

[@ti6483]

as a japanese shohei not disrespect intentionally. he was crying. so maybe coverd his eyes. or he happened to forget hat off something of tired. and jyojima just can't handle us baseball. japanese baseball catcher authory to deside picthing. and us not. it's his fault.not all japanese. i always enjoyed your channel equality. sad.

[@syunnitirouu]

奥さんが台所にいて　娘さんが寝た所なのに　そんな大声だしてたの？！

[@tahzib1451]

it would have been so much better if Ohtani vs Trout went over 10 pitches or something

[@helloman3676]

Trout would need to actually hit the ball for that to happens.🤣🤣🤣

[@BryanChance]

Gotta love Dallas! He's another unicorn . LOL :/ I like your take on Ohtani and Mike Trout.

[@k.p9810]

Dallas 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@joshuawilliams5435]

USA choked. That offense should have smashed.

[@BC-th3mx]

Anyone who's watched the playoffs knows that's delusional, lot of Mets/Dodgers in the lineup, they got owned by Padres mostly foreign lineup

[@jhunnail505]

There is no reason at all it’s a game u loose or u win