World Baseball Classic

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2. Why wouldn't they....???

This is about baseball and the love of the game. Just like the USA, country trumps everything and if your life or career is going nowhere, this could be 'the only game in town'.

For the purpose of making money for the owners, petty rivalries are encouraged. It keeps you financially engaged for 162 games and gives the players a 'script' for the money they make.

Japanese baseball is polite. North American baseball is not. Japanese fans are into every pitch while our TV commentators babble endlessly about everything EXCEPT the game. They(the Japanese) could teach us a few things....



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