It’s the holiday season for those of us who are international baseball fans. That’s because for the first time since 2017, the World Baseball Classic will be played this month.
Most of you probably already know this, but the WBC is the preeminent international baseball tournament. It’s the baseball version of the World Cups in soccer or hockey. Teams from 20 countries are invited to meet every four years to play each other for baseball supremacy. This tournament was delayed by two years because of the pandemic and collective bargaining talks, but it’s now back and bigger than ever.