1-0.

They beat Chinese Taipei 2-0 and right now they're playing China.

Who else is in there beside Hee-Seop Choi?

closed game korea 10 - 1 china

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Beat me to it.
Damn... I feel sorry for China.
They got owned hard twice.

Japan versus China Taipei is going on right now.

Can't wait for Korea vs Japan.

I feel so ashamed, I will excute those traitors that badimaged my great China.

Order to be proceed immediately.

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seriouly, how is baseball in Korea? Is it the 3rd most popular ball games after maybe soccer and basketball? in China I seldom see young kids play baseball.

I think it's 2nd.
Soccer and Baseball seem to be pretty huge in Korea.
Don't hear too much about korean basketball.

I heard quite a lot about Korean basketball~

A respectable rival to Chinese basketball team. I guess China lost to Korea in Busan Asia Game~

yea some chinese can really ball =)

Baseball is a really expensive sport if you want to use all the proper equipment. Plus, it takes a huge grass field. In some Latin countries, boys make baseball gloves out of milk cartons and fashion a ball out of rock covered with many layers of sock.

But, with basketball, all you need is a ball and a court with a basket. That's it. Less expensive.

korean pro-baseball league became 2 th league in asia japan had 60 ys pro-baseball history and korea had 25 ys history ,,3 th is taiwan 14 ys
i think soccer is the most favority sports in korea
no.1 is soccer no,2 is baseball .3.basketball 2

Certainly the popularity of baseball has gone down recently in Corea. I mean, I've never actually seen people play baseball in Seoul. It's mostly basketball and football.
Yeah Japan has the longest history with baseball, but in my opinion we can beat them in the next game lol.

Ichiro thinks otherwise.

Why would Ichiro have an opinion about what sport Koreans are interested in?

China does very well in the Olympics.....
i think they should do better in baseball.....

doesn't korea vs japan tomorrow?

china's soccer team sucks. and most chinese dont even know the rules of baseball.

Pride on the line in Pool A showdown
Japan faces Korea in a battle of unbeatens


Daisuke Matsuzaka, who got the win Saturday, said, "I want to win by so much the Koreans will think it will be a long time before they will be able to beat Japan again." (Shizuo Kambayashi/AP)

Pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka, who got the win Saturday against Chinese Taipei, will spend the game cheering on his teammates from the bench, but his intensity for Pool A showdown speaks volumes about Japan's attitude toward the World Baseball Classic.

"I want to win by so much the Koreans will think it will be a long time before they will be able to beat Japan again," Matsuzaka said.

Manager Sadaharu Oh said that now that the main goal of advancing is squared away, Japan can focus on finishing taking care of unfinished business in Pool A.

"I think they are pleased to have survived," Oh said. "We want to win one more. We want to be No. 1."

Korea beat China earlier Saturday to ensure Japan knew the Koreans would be undefeated and waiting for Sunday night. Oh said his team didn't want to be one-upped, especially with the chance to clinch a trip to the United States for the second round on Saturday.

"Korea won, and we wanted to win too," Oh said. "We knew we had to win this one."

Going up against Colorado Rockies pitcher Sun-Woo Kim won't be easy, and Hitoshi Tamura said that Team Japan must be careful not to be too full of itself.

"They have many Major League stars, and they can be tough," he said. "I feel I need to do good. I hope to hit well."

Tamura had a three-run home run Saturday, and he is 3-for-5 with two home runs, five walks and five RBIs in Japan's two World Baseball Classic games.

Japan will send submarine pitcher Shunsuke Watanabe to the hill against Sun-Woo Kim.

"Until last season, he was my teammate," Korea and Yomiuri Giants slugger Seung-Yeop Lee said of Watanabe, who played last season for the Chiba Lotte Marines with Lee. "Now he's an opponent. We're friends but we will not think about it for one game tomorrow."

The second round of the World Baseball Classic is the only thing at stake on paper, but Team Japan said that national pride was more important. The second round of the Classic is round-robin, so pride truly is all Oh sees as being up for grabs.

"We will play (in) America anyway, so it doesn't matter," Oh said. "I just want to win all of our games, and that means Korea."

"I want to win by so much the Koreans will think it will be a long time before they will be able to beat Japan again."
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hmm . well both sides are thinking that anyways..

korea all the way!!

woah, i can feel tension in the upcoming game... a big showdown.

I think Japan is going to win this one.

probably

nope they wont.. korea will win but barely

Is there any possible way to stream this game online or something? I'll always be interested in some Korea/Japan rivalries, even if it's not soccer.

Japan will most likely win.

Soccer/Basketball/Boxing/Volleyball/Wrestling/Handball/Sepak Takraw(Jokgu)/Speedskating/Short-Track = Korea > Japan

Baseball/Track&Field/Swimming/Judo = Japan > Korea

baseball/ judo .. korea and the Japanese are about the same

forgot Taekwondo = Korea > Japan

I don't think any japanese peeps does TKD...

TKD is an advanced form of Karate from what I hear.
They're pretty similar.

Japan is the best team in Asia. But if there is a team that can beat them, its Korea.

isn't there only 3 countries in asia who play baseball? its just south korea, japan, and taiwan(china), right?

what did i tell u.. Korea kick the Japanese @$$!

Wow I didn't think we were going to beat Japan! I'm not a big baseball fan but it's cool to see Korea excelling in all these recent sporting events. If you look at the recent big events (2002 World Cup, 2004 Summer Olympics and 2006 Winter Olympics) Korea left a huge impact. Making the semis in soccer and finishing top 10 in medals in both Olympics has left me pretty happy!

Never mind Asia alone, how many countries in the world can claim to have made an impact on all three events? (Impact as in, for example, consistently qualifying for the World Cups and having a substantial amount of medals in both the summer and winter games) Off the top of my head, there's the US, Russia, France, Germany, Italy and Korea. Pretty good company, I'd say.

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