Which team will you be rooting for?
| Cuba |  65 (42.76%) |
| Japan | 32 (21.05%) |
| Neither, just want to see a well-played game | 40 (26.32%) |
| Neither, not interested | 15 (9.87%) |
152 votes | 2 featured comments
I'm hoping for Cuba because I can just imagine Fidel Castro calling up George Bush to gloat.
- Hello?
- George? It's Fidel!
- Oh no.
- Ha-ha! Best in the world, amigo! First it was cigars, now it is baseball!
- Yeah, uh, congratulations on your victory.
- What makes this all the sweeter, el Presidente, is that we won despite all your attempts to thwart us. Your corrupt capitalist umpires, your move to block us from entering the tournament, even that box of exploding cigars your CIA sent me. I gave those to Joe Morgan.
- Now, Fidel, if we were trying to swing this thing our way, don't you think our team would have made it to the finals?
- Ah, George, your players simply lack the passion and the necessary incentives to win. For my players, baseball is a life and death struggle! Literally! Your players could not even beat the Canadians! I sent them all free vacation vouchers as a reward. You know for three months a year our country is half Canadian anyway.
- Well, we'll see what happens in 2009, Mr. Castro.
- Wait, George, have you forgotten our wager already?
- I, uh...
- If we won the Classic, you had to be photographed on the White House lawn dressed up as a cabana boy smoking a Cuban cigar!
- See, the problem with that is, uh, there's this trade embargo, and as it turns out, uh, what you're asking would be, well, illegal.
- What, you can't dress up as a cabana boy?
- Hello?
- George? It's Fidel!
- Oh no.
- Ha-ha! Best in the world, amigo! First it was cigars, now it is baseball!
- Yeah, uh, congratulations on your victory.
- What makes this all the sweeter, el Presidente, is that we won despite all your attempts to thwart us. Your corrupt capitalist umpires, your move to block us from entering the tournament, even that box of exploding cigars your CIA sent me. I gave those to Joe Morgan.
- Now, Fidel, if we were trying to swing this thing our way, don't you think our team would have made it to the finals?
- Ah, George, your players simply lack the passion and the necessary incentives to win. For my players, baseball is a life and death struggle! Literally! Your players could not even beat the Canadians! I sent them all free vacation vouchers as a reward. You know for three months a year our country is half Canadian anyway.
- Well, we'll see what happens in 2009, Mr. Castro.
- Wait, George, have you forgotten our wager already?
- I, uh...
- If we won the Classic, you had to be photographed on the White House lawn dressed up as a cabana boy smoking a Cuban cigar!
- See, the problem with that is, uh, there's this trade embargo, and as it turns out, uh, what you're asking would be, well, illegal.
- What, you can't dress up as a cabana boy?
Haha... Funny post.
I was actually hoping for a Korea vs. Dominican final. This should be a good game though.
I was actually hoping for a Korea vs. Dominican final. This should be a good game though.