We're trying to improve Conversations.
Please take a brief survey and help us out.

Baseball gods are smiling on the WBC

By Eric Neel
ESPN.com

Sunday, March 12, 2006

It only gets better from here, folks. The nervous, will-it-fly experimental phase is over. The World Baseball Classic works. If last week's lede was injuries and apathy, this week we revel in what's gone right. This week we talk about ... Team USA falling to Canada. The very prospect of Chipper, Roger, and Company going home early, in all its lightning-strike, small-sample-size capriciousness, made March baseball feel like October baseball. Long-live Adam Stern. Long-live the music of chance ...

Read full story | Create Your Profile

Activate your ESPN Profile!

Sort comments by: Most Recent | First Posted

Comments that include profanity, or personal attacks, or antisocial behavior such as "spamming" or "trolling," or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. We will take steps to block users who violate any of our terms of use. You are fully responsible for the content that you post.


Conversations in Real-Time

CONTESTS & PROMOTIONS

ESPN Fantasy Salary Cap
Create your own fantasy game day living room and win BIG!
Heisman Vote 2009
Vote for the next Heisman winner and enter for a chance to win a trip to the awards show. Mor
Engineered to Win Challenge
Test your football smarts by playing NFL trivia and enter each week for a chance to win a 2010 GMC Sierra.