Archive for March 25th, 2009

Yet another World Baseball Classic has come and passed, and yet no one seemed to care. Japan defeated Korea for a second time… woo?

For scheduling purposes, Major League Baseball decided to stage the WBC during Spring Training, whilst the players are working on improving their conditioning for the upcoming season. During each round of the tournament, pitchers are held to strict pitch counts and positional players rarely get to see a full game of action in order to prevent injury. In a tournament that should represent the best the world has to offer, instead is featuring players who are no where near the peak of their game and will not be for months. (more…)