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WBC means a lot to some, and little to others

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By Tim Dahlberg

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This is a sales pitch to asia, selick could care less about America

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spot on.

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This is a sales pitch to asia, selick could care less about America

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For the sake of American's chances in the WBC, I'm ironically hoping they get bounced from the tournament yet again. Maybe then the players and managers will understand that they can't win the thing on image or reputation alone. That's what happened to the USA Olympic basketball team. They had a "dreamteam" of superstars in 2004, yet only managed a bronze medal. In 2008, the players and coaches had a much better attitude and commitment to winning the gold...and they dominated. I am really impressed with the Japanese baseball team. They have solid defense and pitching. Now they just need consistent offense and they will win the tournament...again.

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Well, not a good message to send out to the world when what the US wants is to market the game globally. But I'm pretty sure the news would be different if the US were winning instead ;p

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