The 2023 World Baseball Classic is a success in my eyes. After all, we get to see the best players in the world representing their country.
There are five games left in this beautiful tournament. We will be entitled to a match from tomorrow until Tuesday. Here is the rest of the route.
But no matter what happens next, we’re all going to remember something about the 2023 World Classic.
Which? Edwin Diaz’s injury, suffered last night.
No, we probably won’t hear from Narco this year at Citi Field since the Mets reliever will have surgery today and is expected to miss eight months of action.
This is very sad news for the baseball world… especially when you realize that he injured himself while celebrating a victory.
My point of view, as I talked about it on the radio this afternoon, is the following: it is an accident that could have happened at any time. He could have tumbled down the stairs, for example.
Rolling down the stairs is as likely as getting injured celebrating a Classic victory with the boys, we’ll tell each other.
But since he was injured in a game that does not involve the Mets, it inevitably creates a stir and there are dissatisfied customers.
It also means there are comments like Keith Olbermann’s, who believes that MLB is risking the health of its players to sell jerseys and to separate teammates according to the country where their grandmother fell pregnant. Ouch.
Many people think that MLB is not doing well and is risking the health of its players by bringing them to such a tournament. But in my eyes, it is a beautiful event.
And all players agree: it’s a risk worth taking.
Owners should be aware that there is a risk in sending their good players to the Classic. What happened to Diaz is unfortunate, but if he got hurt while celebrating, maybe he already had a bit of knee pain right from the start, right?
He could have hurt himself anywhere, then. Steve Cohen is the first to understand that this is part of the games, That.
In my opinion, the benefits of the tournament and seeing high quality baseball at this point in the season is worth more than an injury.
Life is a risk and the Classic is a risk worth taking.
- Chris Bassitt is wholeheartedly with Edwin Diaz.
- Problems with tickets for Saturday’s game in Miami.
- Match between Japan and Korea: 63 million viewers.
- Two weeks before the start of the season.
- Bo Bichette wants to be the best.
