Bleed Cubbie Blue · Feb 10, 2023
Outside The Confines: We are the World (Baseball Classic)
It was supposed to take place in 2021 and it’s been six years since the last one, but the fifth World Baseball Classic is just 25 days away.
The rosters for all 20 WBC teams were announced last evening. Michael Clair and Thomas Harrington give a quick thumbnail capsule of all 20 teams.
Are you still unsure of what the WBC is? Or how it works? Anthony Castrovince has an FAQ on the WBC.
Jon Paul Morosi, one of the few people in the world more excited about the return of the WBC than I am, has ten storylines for this year’s tournament.
A player who many in this country first got to see pitch in the 2009 WBC, Yu Darvish, has signed a six-year, $108 million contract extension with the Padres.