I have a co-worker who is even grumpier than  I am, which, if you visit this corner of the Internet on a semi-regular basis, you know is pretty grumpy.

I don't know if like the Grinch, his shoes are two sizes too small, but he's always complaining about the Brewers, Bucks, Packers or whatever.  When I ran into him yesterday, his object of affection was the WBC.

I don't disagree with him that the WBC is a non-event, designed by Bud Selig for the purpose of developing more revenue.  I also don't agree with him that the end results of the competition mean nothing.  It's just an exhibition tournament and like the Olympic baseball competition, many of the top players from several of the countries playing aren't entered in the competition.  I've got to think if America fielded a dream team, we'd probably kick everyone's butt, including Japan, Cuba and the DR.

That said, I've enjoyed watching it this weekend.  The USA-Canada game was exciting and it's nice to know that we can do to them in our game what they usually do to us in their game.  The Netherlands upset of the DR was unreal, especially since you never thought their was any interest in baseball in the Netherlands or that so many African Americans have ties to it.

One baseball expert was asked what qualified a player to represent one of the foreign teams.  He said "If they ate lunch at Olive Garden, they qualified for the Italian Team."

I guess I'm just Jonesing for baseball so badly, I'll watch anything.  I'm interested in seeing the Cubans play because I consider it like watching a White Sox farm club.  Maybe they have a centerfielder who can hit, throw and play defense that wants to defect.