"Inaugural World Baseball Classic to be played in March 2006"

[cruadin]

MLB Press Release 05/11/2005 7:01 PM ET

"Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association jointly announced today that the "World Baseball Classic," a 16-nation tournament featuring the world's best players competing for their home countries, will be played in March 2006.

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Sixteen national teams from North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia will compete in the four-round tournament to be held at various sites in the United States, Asia and Latin America. More detailed information regarding the World Baseball Classic will be announced in July."

http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20050511&content_id=1046945&vkey=pr_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

This is the first I've heard of this, and my first impression is that it's a great idea.

Anybody else--had you heard of this? What do you think?

[meow2u3]

1. This is what I call a genuine World Series

Players from the entire world representing their countries a la Baseball World Cup. I gotta see that!

[dajoki]

2. never heard of it

and don't like it

[Gemini Cat]

3. Why?

:shrug:

[dajoki]

4. because

baseball season is long enough. besides i don't like the idea of breaking up teams(especially yankees) and sending players to home countries to form new ones. olympics are good enough.