Subj : Re: World Baseball Classic
To   : Margaerynne
From : Adept
Date : Thu Apr 27 2023 10:29:54

 Ma>  Haven't seen this until now (I mostly stick to the DoveNET Sports
 Ma> section), but the WBC this year seemed to be pretty  much all about
 Ma> Shohei Ohtani, in the best way.

Yeah, for someone who's doing almost-unique things in a game that's been played at the highest level for a century and a half, him being the focus seems pretty reasonable.

Especially when the games actually mean something, unlike most of his games with the Angels.

 Ma>  thing more seriously. The highminded side of me is just glad that
 Ma> there's interest and parity, but the human
 Ma>  side would really like to see Team USA get out there and kick ass more
 Ma> often.

I think that makes sense. The logical, "baseball being popular in more than the just the US is good for the sport" combined with, "the US should win everything because I'm rooting for them" makes for an interesting mental space.

 Ma>  I don't know if it did much for interest in the US, but it was
 Ma> definitely good to see more American stars take the

Yeah, and I think more American stars taking it seriously makes the event more important. So it's finally getting there. Yeah, lots of Americans still don't take it seriously, but most of the other baseball countries seem to be up on it, and it seems like even Americans are getting into it, now.

So it's getting bigger / more important.

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