When Baseball Becomes Battlefield: The Unexpected US-Venezuela Showdown You Didn’t See Coming
I’ve covered these two teams in depth, so I want to take a moment to reflect on two comments I saw related to the World Baseball Classic. The first was something along the lines of “If baseball games had this much energy and passion, it would be the biggest sport in the world within two years.” There is some truth to it, but obviously, it isn’t realistic. The games don’t mean anything in reality, but they mean a lot to the players. They want to do well for their country, and this is essentially a playoff atmosphere. A lot of these players will never play in a bigger game than these. The biggest game or at-bat Mike Trout ever had was in a World Baseball Classic. Everything else wasn’t really a do-or-die situation, and no championship was on the line. With 162 games, this is just unsustainable. Even if they did full seasons like this, teams wouldn’t have this level of energy and passion. It is just impossible to maintain that.
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