Effects of the WBC?
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Re: Effects of the WBC?
[ Author: westbaystars | Posted: Mar 28, 2006 4:36 PM
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Interestingly enough, no. The "noise" level has been pretty consistent (just a couple/few a week). In fact, excluding the "Ichiro Statement" thread, the amound of spam and inflamitory comments posted acutally went down the main two weeks of the WBC.
People asking questions without even attempting to look for the answers first are increasing, but that happens at the beginning of every season.
I was braced for a lot more country jockying, but everyone was very supportive of the Japanese and Korean teams. The Davidson Effect?
Does anyone know how the MLB.com chat rooms were? I figure that that's where most North American fans would head to chat about the WBC, for better or worse.
People asking questions without even attempting to look for the answers first are increasing, but that happens at the beginning of every season.
I was braced for a lot more country jockying, but everyone was very supportive of the Japanese and Korean teams. The Davidson Effect?
Does anyone know how the MLB.com chat rooms were? I figure that that's where most North American fans would head to chat about the WBC, for better or worse.
Re: Effects of the WBC?
[ Author: torakichi | Posted: Mar 28, 2006 9:11 PM
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That's interesting. I'd have expected some "I don't care who won the WBC, [insert country name] is the greatest baseball-playing country on the planet, and Japanese baseball is #*$+&% and anyone who says otherwise is a #*$+&%, too!" - type of stuff.
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Just out of interest: has there been any change in the volume or nature of that noise as a result of Japanese baseball's exposure as a result of the WBC?