It was a great ending to a long tournament. Japan deserved the "W", and I enjoyed the few games I was able to watch. What made the tournament great was the competitive spirit and people coming together for baseball. We need more of this in our lives. Athletes get a different mindset when they are wearing their countries name on their jersey...you can really see it.
My only "disappointment" was that the United States pitching staff came to a gun fight with a butter knife. I'm not going to sugar coat it. Our country was not represented on the mound the way it could have been. I don't know what the answer is, but the United States left some of the best pitchers in the world watching last nights game at home. Japan took it to us, and they outplayed us. They are the world champions.
As always, JMO.