There I was
yesterday afternoon peddling away on my exercycle in front of the TV. It didn’t take long for me to get tired of
watching Wisconsin dismantle Northwestern in the Big Ten basketball tournament,
so I turned on the MLB Network to catch the score of the White Sox Cactus
League game against the Rangers. Big
mistake. All that matters is the
Baseball World Classic. Personally, I
sure wouldn’t want to waste my time watching Ryan Dempster—two months shy of
his 40th birthday and out of baseball since 2014—try to pitch for
Team Canada . But for other people, who
knows.
Then it hit
me. The WBC is one part World Cup
rip-off and one part March Madness impersonation. Pool play, anyone, or will they start talking
about what bracket the Netherlands is in?
What a happy coincidence, at least for MLB, that the NCAA tournament and
the WBC both take place in March. I
mean, do you think Commissioner Manfred is hoping to draw viewers away from
basketball in the coming weeks?
Maybe a better
question is, do you think anyone outside the commissioner’s office thinks
that’s even remotely possible?
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