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His Own Bad Self · 03-21-2006, 10:00 AM

Don't most of the Caribbean/Latin American leagues take place during the MLB and Japanese off-seasons? I remember someone saying last night on the radio that the Cuban league schedule was altered to account for the WBC.

The point is that it may not be possible to schedule the WBC at a time that's convenient for every league globally. From a purely MLB standpoint, I don't see a problem with the early March scheduling - I agree with those who say that there's no greater chance of being hurt in the WBC than there is in spring training.

Overall, a thumbs up. I agree that there should be some kind of preliminary round/qualifying matches to determine who gets to play and who doesn't. I would have been happy with twelve teams instead of sixteen (removing Italy, South Africa, and two others - say, Panama and China or Australia), and two pools of six teams each.

I listened to and watched the game as much as I could last night, and was as entertained by it as I normally am for an MLB playoff game. I liked watching and hearing about guys I've never seen or heard of before. Matsuzaka (an easy pick as the tournament MVP) was especially fun to watch.

03-21-2006, 10:00 AM	#24
His Own Bad Self All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 1,221	Don't most of the Caribbean/Latin American leagues take place during the MLB and Japanese off-seasons? I remember someone saying last night on the radio that the Cuban league schedule was altered to account for the WBC. The point is that it may not be possible to schedule the WBC at a time that's convenient for every league globally. From a purely MLB standpoint, I don't see a problem with the early March scheduling - I agree with those who say that there's no greater chance of being hurt in the WBC than there is in spring training. Overall, a thumbs up. I agree that there should be some kind of preliminary round/qualifying matches to determine who gets to play and who doesn't. I would have been happy with twelve teams instead of sixteen (removing Italy, South Africa, and two others - say, Panama and China or Australia), and two pools of six teams each. I listened to and watched the game as much as I could last night, and was as entertained by it as I normally am for an MLB playoff game. I liked watching and hearing about guys I've never seen or heard of before. Matsuzaka (an easy pick as the tournament MVP) was especially fun to watch.