
1. Whether you watched the World Baseball Classic (which ends Tuesday night) or not, you can’t deny that the tournament drew all kinds of attention to the sport that it normally does not get in March.
Spring training topics are usually limited to prospects, injuries and predictions. With the WBC going on for the past couple of weeks, we were treated to endless discussions about a manager who didn’t know the rules, why MLB games can’t generate the passion of a WBC game, espresso celebrations, Americans playing for other countries and much more.