World Baseball Classic

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The groupings are awful. How can you put the Dominican Republic and Venezuela together? On top of that, they're in the same pool as Cuba and Puerto Rico. So instead of seeing a Latin American Final (unless Mexico makes it), we'll see exciting games in group C and group D in Pool2 right up to the semi-final. The US team should easily make it to the finals, from the looks of their grouping and pool, unless of course they decide to grab their board before the finish line. I honestly hope the Japanese beat them in the Semi-Final. I'm sure the placings of the groups and pools were stacked to help the americans cheat, though why they'd need to is beyond me. Then again, with the number of "stars" dropping out, maybe they do need to stack the odds.

They should've done a random draw like they do for the (gasp)soccer world cup. Talking about (gasp)soccer world cup, considering this is a "World" Baseball tournament, I don't understand why players are dropping like flies from the rosters.
In the (gasp)soccer world cup (or practically any international sporting event), players are clamouring to play for their country. So why is this "World" Baseball Classic any different? I think the reason is simple. It's because it's ONLY a "Classic" rather than a "Championship". Of course the term "World Series" and "World Champions" have already been taken by the MLB, which while having international players is hardly an INTERNATIONAL competition.

Oh well, all I'm asking for is that they show the games on TV.