marble fubeca continues to push the boundaries of marble sports and today they have brought us
to the first edition of mar baseball hello again friends i'm keanu bitterson glad to have you here
for a very interesting event something unlike anything we've ever done before you see the
classic uh course for our marbles but now you see the mar baseball field as they'll drop into that
field and uh try to score some runs as you see our very large viewing group social
distancing not necessarily an effect here but everybody's safe healthy and
glad to be here for a unique event unlike anything we've ever seen before here on marble fubica
see spectators all throughout the grandstands of this field the great mar baseball stadium
tournament as always is going to be a 16 team field all representing their countries similar
to the way the nba does their playoffs uruguay and argentina will face off england and india
as well on the left side of the bracket that top left quadrant will be portugal
against italy and the united states against germany as you flip over the right side it is
russia and france the netherlands against one of the powerhouse countries mexico
china takes on chile and brazil against canada those are the 16 teams and we have never seen this
before but the first two teams that'll take a crack at it will be uruguay and argentina
uruguay is the blue the more white and light blue marbles is argentina as they make their
way through this course let's see who's the first one down and it looks like it's gonna be
argentina and they get a quick score and now everything trying to settle out let's see if
anybody can get anything else those are a couple of the of the uruguay marbles trying to get a
last-ditch effort they cannot and it's a one-nothing shutout so we have a look
at the replay here almost a point there but a rebound and going through the right field fence
for argentina to score the only point the rest of the marbles unable to get through as they swing
through where that fidget spinner is if you end up down there you're out and so argentina
eliminates uruguay by a score of one to nothing as brazil and canada will face off you saw there
one of the argentinian marbles made their way through the settle center field marking
but they didn't stay that's what matters you have to actually get through there
first down is canada and that canada gets another one and a third they scored the first run one for
canada there's a second for canada brazil puts one through three for canada now and they're gonna win
this one because only one marvel left and now falling for brazil canada knocks out brazil
early in this one with a 3-1 win as they put up some big points there here's the first score
that marvel goes flying through the air
this is a very interesting dynamic that you're going through you want to know obviously you
want to get through there when you are kind of by yourself give yourself the most open
opportunities you see down the right field line there's a point that was the first
of three for canada as brazil
scores there but canada puts in three brazil gets just one they're knocked out early and canada
is into the quarterfinals as the united states and germany face off
germany with the black marbles the usa with blue and white let's see who gets through first
they're all really right in a line there and the first one that will be the united states they
don't get any through still no scoring at this point germany puts one in here's one for the usa
they are tied at one a piece germany has an extra chance do they put anything with it
the answer is yes they not going through at the last moment and germany
knocks out the united states with a last minute score as that one stayed tight throughout
germany put up the first one right there just made its way through
the us knocked one to the right field line and then that final marble ends up
putting in the final point and it's the game winning point for germany
one bouncing all around nearly came off the course just sneaks through
the right side for a two-to-one win for germany to advance to the next round
as russia and france will face off russia's got the more maroon-looking marbles that break blue
for france should be easy to tell those apart france has the first two coming through the line
let's see if that plays out who's first there is one point for france early
france oh almost put another one in not to be but france has the only marbles left and
that will be a one-nothing win as russia never really threatened to put points on the board
have a look at the there
just stayed in for france that one nearly bounced back like we saw from the first round with uruguay
and argentina
no scoring yet still no scoring here comes one for india oh another one just
barely missed going through that's another indian marble though so it wouldn't matter
and at the end of the day one point for india is enough for a one nothing shutout win
a lot of close calls there's the one that counts
and india moves on they'll take on argentina in the next round as chile
and china face off chile in the yellow blue white and red it's the red marble
of china that has the first three in order and wow yeah first three in order and four
the first ones there still no scoring to this point there's one for china
does chile have an answer the answer to that is going to be no as it goes through a swing and
a miss there at the end and another one-nothing win in favor of china this time chile had a last
chance effort but could not put it through just missing the chilean ball unable to knock that one
through the left field opening to move china to the next round where they will take on canada and
now portugal against italy portugal with the green italy and blue for the first five are italian
and one point early for italy another point for italy portugal needs to pick it up and in a hurry
and they only have one marble left they will
will they score the answer is gonna be no there it is finally and it's a two-nothing
win for italy that one looked pretty dominant never a doubt in mind there is a quick score
on the first one you really as i can tell through this first round you want to be the first marble
down and gives you the best opportunity to put up points early if you can accurately connect
there was the second score for italy that gave them a two to nothing win they take on germany
knocked out the united states at the very end and the netherlands takes on mexico now mexico
with the mint blue or excuse me mint green and the orange and blue for the netherlands
there is two for the netherlands one for mexico
a third for the netherlands and they're gonna take this one three to one
as the netherlands scored two and very quickly made it really difficult
for there to be an opportunity there
you can see there was the score the third one for the netherlands as they took care of business
pretty easily there to win the final matchup of this first round which means they get france
and we move on to the quarterfinals argentina against india argentina with the blue
make their way through this course
no scoring yet still no scoring still a lot of marbles that haven't come down to the
corset there's a score it belongs to argentina argentina has the final marvel so it doesn't
matter it's a one-nothing win for argentina for a second consecutive round they put up just two
through the first two rounds but they are on to the semi-finals
playing great defense good pitching from the argentinian crew
there's the score that made the difference and the left field line
that's it done then they are one step closer to the finals
china and canada here canada with the all-white classic look there they spread out pretty evenly
here as they try to make their way down to the field first who comes through first the
answer is gonna be one of the chinese marbles they're gonna get the first two now here comes
canada nobody scored yet china is close there's canada down the left field line there's gonna
score their first and it's gonna be the only one they need for a one-nothing shutout win
as the defense continues to take priority here
there was the score that gets it done
just flips it down the left field line there and canada punches the second ticket into the final
four germany and italy face off now contrasting colors there the bright blue of the italians
they've got the first marble by a pretty good stretch at this point does that pay off
the first one down in there the first one out no scoring yet still no scores we've not seen
the shutout we will not see a shout out germany scores and oh another chance at the end let's
see does italy have anything the answer is no and germany pulls off a one-nothing win as italy had
the final two marbles and a good opportunity to put something together but could not get it done
and so they are in they will face argentina in the semi-final and canada gets the winner of
france and the netherlands france in the blue the netherlands with mostly
a red orange color on their marvel they've got the first marvel leading the pack down this course
and into the funnel out first though i think was one of the french maybe the netherlands score and
three scores their first time they're gonna score one and it's another one-nothing win
as the defense continues to be dominant here in the first edition of bar baseball
hard to score clearly as the netherlands takes out france despite not having the first marble
down onto the field and we reach our final four germany and argentina will face off argentina has
scored two points in two rounds but they've won them both one-nothing germany knocked out the us
and they won one-nothing in the quarter-finals
comes down first everybody's circling around no score so far there's a point for germany
argentina in trouble oh they're close to a point they don't score it germany has the final ball
they'll let it fall it's a two to nothing win as germany steals a couple of points
and again advances and the run of luck runs out finally for argentina they score just two points
but they'll finish with a top four finish there was the first score
on the left side followed right up with a pretty solid hit there to give germany a two-nothing win
and they have their spot in the final they'll take on either canada or the netherlands
two countries that have some baseball prowess
the other one's more than you'd think for an american game obviously canada just to the
northern border the united states the usa knocked out early and there's a point for canada the
netherlands had a strong going early but they are in a little bit of trouble here they have a ball
that didn't make it through which means they're in a whole lot of trouble canada scores again and the
netherlands have a ball that never came down it got stuck in the funnel it didn't matter anyway
they lose by two i don't know how that happens but that is a really really disastrous finish
for the netherlands and it locks canada into the final round and a chance at a championship
the first ever mar baseball tournament an opportunity that we may see the canadians
that's the top team another look at the replay and it was not a strong effort by any stretch for the
netherlands who looked pretty good in the first couple of rounds now germany against canada for
the finale but first we'll go for third place it's argentina and the netherlands argentina
has scored just two points in three tries but somehow they may finish with a third place finish
meanwhile the netherlands scored three in their opening round matchup oh they had a ball that may
have just lost its place on the course no scoring yet argentina trying to get a score there's one
ball one more ball for the netherlands do we get it or do we get a tie at 0-0 oh i'm
sorry argentina scored a point out of nowhere totally missed it and i'm right there was in fact
one of the netherlands failing to make it on the course just completely fell off and fall
from grace there for the netherlands who looked so strong in the first two rounds
to struggle so badly watch right here just completely thrown off the course
and so third place for argentina and now it is the finale between germany and canada
black versus white germany has the first ball through this course for the final time they
make their way down it was a little bit of a pass there for canada and no scoring it went
through but could not stick there's one for canada there's one for germany another for canada germany
has one more ball oh they're close they couldn't get it two more left here's the final ball germany
it's gonna go through and it's a two to one win for canada in a championship for the canadians
an action-packed finale and for the canadians watching from high above left field a chance to
celebrate they are the first ever champions of mar baseball and they do it with an excellent finale
let's have a look at the replay when scoreless at the beginning
off the left field wall and through for the first point canada had taken the lead germany evened it
up shot to the opposite field there on the right side and then canada scoring the final point
you saw they just went with an onslaught of balls really upping their opportunity to score
and they're snuck it through the right field side as germany unable to put up anything at the end
congratulations though argentina third place with only three goals scored for the entire tournament
germany takes second but they all aspire today to beat canada as they get the win
in the first ever mar baseball tournament you can see there they will have that posing
with the entire team and their flag represented on the marble along with the mar baseball
championship trophy congratulations to them congratulations to all the competitors they
can say that they were a part of the first ever mar baseball tournament here on marvel fubica
what was certainly a fascinating different type of sport but certainly a lot of fun and
i'm sure the competitors had a great time and so uh hopefully we'll see more of that
in the future until next time though i'm keanu bittersicki and you've been watching marvel fubika
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