Less than 24

Tomorrow afternoon at 4pm the US plays its first game in the World Baseball Classic. The braintrust that is ESPN has decided not to tape delay the game. Unlike the first round in Asia, where the tape delayed games came on after midnight.

I'm guessing that if the ratings stink, which they will due to the lack of interest in baseball by the American public, ESPN will deem it a failure. Instead of showing the games during prime time on one of their 10 channels we get college basketball for 12 hours. Hey look, some guys just ran one way. Wait, now they're running the other way. Lather. Rinse. Repeat about a hundred freakin times.

Back to the WBC. This is long over due and I'm excited. Tomorrow afternoon has 2 great games. Mexico vs USA and Dominican Republic vs Venezuela. I want to see the best players from around the world. Hell, I just want to see baseball. Thank God spring training has started and there is a WBC.

Now let's play two.