It's Official: S. Korea, Japan Advance to 2nd Round

South Korea and Japan both won their second games to advance to the 2nd round of the World Baseball Classic. Japan brought out the bats again putting up 14 on Taiwan after putting up 18 on China. South Korea brought some more lumber to their second game also beating China 10-1. From the looks of it though, Japan may be an offensive force to deal with, 32 runs in two games, and South Korea may be bringing some strong pitching to the table, 1 run given up in two games. Now, I know they were only playing China and Taiwan, but these wins may give them some confidence heading into 2nd round play where they will most likely face the U.S and Mexico or Canada. Also, clinching early allows them extra rest for their players and pitchers and plenty of time to get to the U.S. and scout the competition. Hopefully we don't have to call in Mothra and Rodan for backup! (I can't believe it took me this long to make a bad Godzilla-related joke, I promise to do better).