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Monday, February 20, 2006 |
Ervin Santana Opts Out Of WBC
Another casualty: the Angels' Ervin Santana will not participate in the WBC.
"I want to focus on what we do and our season," Santana said of remaining in camp with the Angels. "You don't know what happens there with injuries."
Comments:
When else are they going to do it? I just can't see a time when playing for your country in baseball will ever be more important than playing for your team, at least for Americans. There's just no history of great international competition at this level like there is in soccer and hockey, and even basketball to some extent (and they dont' even get the best players anymore).
One major league player, forget who, suggested that in the future to accomodate the WBC they should start the regular season a week to ten days earlier, cancel the all star game, and stage the WBC mid season. His thinking was it would be somewhat less taxing on the players and injuries wouldn't be as likely to occur.
# posted by 
: 2/21/2006 07:57:00 AM
: 2/21/2006 07:57:00 AM
I understand the WBC is anxioulsy anticipated in Latin America. But as an American I have no interest in it. Strikes me as an over-hyped exhibition.
# posted by : 2/21/2006 07:59:00 AM
: 2/21/2006 07:59:00 AM
Although it would never happen this way, one solution would be to play a shorter season - say, 154 games, in WBC years. Skip the All-Star game that year (really, wasn't the WBC intended to be something of an international all-star competition?), and play it as a little mid-season break.
# posted by : 2/21/2006 11:15:00 AM
: 2/21/2006 11:15:00 AM
Plus, in soccer you don't see too many career or season ending injuries. Pitchers, especially, risk a lot by playing in the WBC.
# posted by : 2/21/2006 03:37:00 PM
: 2/21/2006 03:37:00 PMNewer› ‹Older
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