For all the marbles!

Cuba vs. Japan
1st: 4 - 0 Japan
Small ball much?

9:55 4 - 1 Japan
God damn that was a nasty set of pitches!

2nd: 10:03 4 - 1 Japan
Cuba has some good defence in the infield it seems. Darn.

10:14 4 - 1 Japan
This guy Japan has on the mound is good. Really good.

3rd: 10:26 4 - 1 Japan
That was some of the worst commentary ever. Did they run out of things to say? They listened to the Spanish casters for five minutes!

10:37: 4 - 1 Japan
Japanese pitching keeps going strong. Lead off double, then nada for the Cubans. He's got some stones up there on the mound too.

4th: 10:45: 4 -1 Japan
Not much happened. A walk. These teams are burning through this game.

10:51: 4 - 1 Japan
Now THAT was some defense!

5th: 11:14: 6 - 1 Japan
Good batting by Japan, especially Ichiro who added heads up base-running to get that thing going.

11:20: 6 - 1 Japan
There's a submariner on the mound, and his knuckles might be scraping the mound, named Watanabe. It's a pretty delivery. Or ugly as hell if you're Cuba. Wow.

6th: 11:27: 6 - 1 Japan
Cuban defence strong again. I don't think those bunts could have been any more perfect.

11:36: 6 - 3 Japan
Lefty's jump on Watanabe, and two runs go in. But a double play saves the day for Japan

7th: 11:43: 6 - 3 Japan
1, 2, 3 inning for Cuba. Let's see if Japan returns the favor.

11:50: 6 - 3 Japan
Another error defensively for Japan, but this time it doesn't cost them.

8th: 11:56: 6 - 3 Japan
Another 1, 2, 3 for Cuba. A strong outing by the Cuban pitching finally.

12:12: 6 - 5 Japan
A two run shot will do that to you. But Otsuka came in and shut things down. Two quick outs.

9th: 12:45: 10 - 5 Japan
Ichiro is damn good, but a great slide from another puts them up even more. A really good offensive inning for Japan there. And we've now seen eight Cuban pitchers. Longest inning yet, felt like it anyways. 3 outs away.

12:58: 10 - 6 Japan Wins the Inaugaral World Baseball Classic!