Notes on the WBC and WBC-like Things

I haven’t posted any “content” in a couple of days, so I thought I might embarrass myself by confessing to another of my unpopular opinions. (For those not keeping track, among them are The Playoffs Are A Crapshoot, The All-Star Game Is A Horrible Idea, The Modern Extra-inning Rules Are OK, The Only Thing More Boring Than Track Is Field, and Neil Young Is Overrated. If you agree with my new confession here, feel free to take on one of the others in the comments.)

We have just completed an Olympic Games and I am tonight watching Mexico play Italy in the World Baseball Classic [I’ll put comments as the game goes along in brackets] to see whether or not U-S-A will advance or return to spring…