The Couple Positives
It Gets the International Feel Involved
While many American-born baseball players decide to take the couple of weeks off from the WBC, the rest of the world is all-in.
Latino players crave this international competition. Just one glance at the party that commenced after the Dominican Republic came back on a devastated USA team on Saturday night is all the evidence one needs.
Down 5-0, the Dominican Republic storms back to defeat Team USA 7-5! #WBC2017 pic.twitter.com/VixU73DieY
— WBC Baseball (@WBCBaseball) March 12, 2017
.@ncboomstick23 put a team on his back and a country on its feet. #WBC2017 pic.twitter.com/c2tB3D0LOk
— WBC Baseball (@WBCBaseball) March 12, 2017
They were fired up. Just the thought of beating the United States of America allows most these countries many moments of giddiness.
Again, though … they aren’t beating the best America has to offer.
Why so giddy? Why are the American players providing these other countries a sense of baseball security and false hope? It’s really maddening, to say the least.
It’s Better Than the Long Spring Training
Even if you are completely opposed or bored with the World Baseball Classic, you’d have to admit one thing. It’s definitely better than regular Spring Training.
Getting to watch Buster Posey play a full nine-innings this early in March is a better option than Cactus League play that forces slow deaths on a daily basis.
