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Major League Baseball has lost the sense of joy that the World Baseball Classic possesses.
Their wordsI think there's something the WBC has unlocked that Major League Baseball, mostly, has not. It's that three-letter word again: Joy.
Their wordsYou could argue, I suppose, that this is an archaic design that no longer matches the American attention span (or the durability of pitchers' elbows), but 70-plus million people attend the games annually, and baseball is the No. 1 show on television in many local markets throughout the summer, so it's working for a lot of people and, anyway, the format ain't changing.
Their wordsA lot has been written about the militaristic vibe this team disseminated (undoubtedly WITH the express written consent of Major League Baseball), but one thing that really struck me was how wrong they got it.
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