[USML Announce] The end of the WBC?

[Frank Luby]

That’s a great idea. That time between the Super Bowl and March Madness is a complete TV dead zone unless you are a hockey fan or like non-playoff NBA basketball.

> On Mar 19, 2023, at 11:53 AM, MARK KERBER via Announce <announce at usml.net> wrote:
> 
> TV is also an issue (as always), and going up against March Madness is not great scheduling. How about moving it February, right after the Super Bowl?  Spring training would just be getting underway.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Mar 19, 2023, at 9:07 AM, Present Tense <frank at presenttensellc.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Then again, the players seem to love playing in it …
>> 
>> https://sports.yahoo.com/world-baseball-classic-trea-turners-grand-slam-launches-team-usa-into-semifinals-025504831.html <https://sports.yahoo.com/world-baseball-classic-trea-turners-grand-slam-launches-team-usa-into-semifinals-025504831.html>
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Mar 19, 2023, at 8:59 AM, Present Tense <frank at presenttensellc.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Good morning,
>>> 
>>> Not sure if you all have been following it (I’ve only followed it passively) but events like this will make clubs leery of letting players play in the next one.
>>> 
>>> First Edwin Diaz and now Jose Altuve, who apparently has a broken thumb.
>>> 
>>> Jose Altuve exits WBC game after getting hit by pitch in right hand
>>> nypost.com
>>> <apple-icon-144x144.png>
>>>  <https://nypost.com/2023/03/18/jose-altuve-exits-wbc-game-after-getting-hit-by-pitch-in-right-hand/amp/>Jose Altuve exits WBC game after getting hit by pitch in right hand <https://nypost.com/2023/03/18/jose-altuve-exits-wbc-game-after-getting-hit-by-pitch-in-right-hand/amp/>
>>> nypost.com <https://nypost.com/2023/03/18/jose-altuve-exits-wbc-game-after-getting-hit-by-pitch-in-right-hand/amp/>	<apple-icon-144x144.png>
>>>  <https://nypost.com/2023/03/18/jose-altuve-exits-wbc-game-after-getting-hit-by-pitch-in-right-hand/amp/>
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
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