We’re halfway between the Winter Olympics and the opening days of Major League Baseball. Spring is oh-so-close, and yet still not quite around the corner. Enter the World Baseball Classic!
Featuring espresso in the dugout, for Team Italia, and a Dominican Republic lineup that is ready and able to kick USA butt, these games have been exciting from start to finish. Many MLB players chose to honor the heritage of one parent or the other by playing for a team other than the USA. This dilutes the talent pool across teams and creates exciting match-ups day after day.
While the players are missing part of their traditional Spring Training in order to compete, this event is a reasonable substitute for them. It’s also like Spring Training for fans. Especially for the one poor guy who reacted wrongly, but understandably, in reaching over the yellow line on top of the outfield fence, and down far enough to catch a ball still in play.
His initial jubilation at catching what he assumed to be a certain grand slam heading straight for his seat gradually descended into face-in-glove despair when he realized the ruling. The camera roasted him an embarrassing number of times, but thankfully the outcome of this game is not likely to turn on his play.
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