With Japan's win last night, the semifinal games are set with the United States vs Japan and Venezuela vs Korea. Both of these games on paper seem to be excellent games. I think it is very possible that Japan and Korea could be meeting each other in the the Championship game and can you imagine that? That will be the fifth time that these two teams have faced this Classic, and right now, the record is an even 2-2, meaning if this was a five game series, the Championship game could really be a game 5. That could be nuts because these fans are ready for this rivalry. This rivalry has grown very strong.
On the other side of the story, Team USA will have a very different look because of all of the injuries. They already had to add Roberts, and now they added Longoria (which is great so they have a sub for Wright, or maybe allow Wright to DH). I still like USA's chances to beat Japan, it will be very tough, but they have a chance. So does Venezuela, they have a chance to beat a very tough team Korea. All of these teams are very talented and its exciting to think that this tournament is almost over, because we will be that much closer to the regular season. 19 Days to go!
