I see from this morning's paper that it will be Japan vs. South Korea in the World Baseball Classic. But honestly, I haven't cared a bit. I caught a few innings of a Netherlands/DR game at the hospital 2 weeks ago while my wife and I were waiting for the baby to be brought back to the room after some tests and that was it.
WBC = one big giant yawn from this baseball fan.
Honestly, the real World Baseball Classic is in October. Its called the MLB post-season and culminates in the WORLD Series. The best players from around the globe are represented...they make up the rosters of the teams that play. Why try to create a spring marketing tournament where players can get injured playing for NOTHING. It is time MLB calls this fiasco off. Let spring training be spring training and let April bring us "Play Ball!" and summer bring us to exciting afternoon and evening games and October bring us another fall classic.
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Intersting that a White Sox fan, (AL--designated hitter, of which there is no such thing in baseball) would post such traditionalist stuff.
I'd love to see the AL eliminate the DH...unfortunately the union will never allow it as that would take a multi-million $$$ hitter off of all those AL rosters and replace them with a league-minimum making bullpen pitcher or utility player/pinch hitter.
Though saying there is "no such thing in baseball" is pretty ignorant considering the rules have been in flux for over a century. There used to be no such thing as gloves too. Rules change and evolve, the game doesn't all that much. You've got hit, pitch, run, and field well to win.
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