world baseball classic

If one player was a lock to succeed for Buck Showalter in 2022, it was closer Edwin Diaz. When Timmy Trumpet's "Narco" began, that usually meant the game was ending for the Mets' opponents. The "lock" took a big hit in the WBC on Wednesday and in essence, so did the World Series dreams for Buck and the Mets.

Oh the told you so's and back seat drivers will be harping about this for a looong time. Hanley Ramirez of the LA Dodgers is out for up to 8 weeks with an injured thumb, hurt in the championship game of the WBC. Here come the told you so Johnny's...

Thanks to Adam Jones and a strong bullpen the United States beat Canada in a loser goes home game Sunday in Phoenix and now moves on to 2nd round play at the World Baseball Classic. Canada coming off a brawl against Mexico scored 1st, plating 2 runs early...

There was a huge brawl between Canada & Mexico during the World Baseball Classic on Saturday.  Click here to see the melee.

After finishing my coverage of the America East Tournament on Saturday night, I had a late dinner at home and happened to flip on my television to the World Baseball Classic. It was the United States against Italy, and the Americans had a 6-2 lead in the sixth inning. I'll admit, I watched about two innings of the game, but I eventually turned it off.