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Two-Minute Drill With Jim Monaghan and Chris Swendeman
The World Baseball Classic Sends A Message To Major League Baseball
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Think there's a problem with baseball? Then you CLEARLY weren't paying attention during the World Baseball Classic.
It's not very often that you get a Game 7 in the middle of March!
Packed stadiums around the world, passion from both players and fans, some drama with Team USA (did the coaching staff REALLY not know the situation during the game with Italy?) and a championship game that had meaning FAR beyond just two countries/teams playing against one another.
Much like the NHL's Four Nations Tournament in 2025, what the WBC showed everyone was that there is an opportunity for baseball to REALLY shine on an international level, and it may in fact give us an idea of what Major League Baseball should do with the All-Star Game.
And the "keep politics out of sports" crowd (at least when it's convenient for their way of thinking) has to admit that the political backdrop of a USA-Venezuela championship game was impossible to ignore.
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