By Darren Heitner, Contributor

Without any competition from the Olympics (baseball was voted out as an Olympic sanctioned sport by the International Olympic Committee in 2005), the World Baseball Classic (WBC) is undoubtedly the premier international baseball tournament.  The WBC is sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation, and since 2006 it has featured the best players in the world competing for their home countries and territories.  Team Japan took home the WBC title in 2006 and 2009; in March 2013, the team will begin its campaign to take home a third world championship. …read more
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