I'm a Japanese baseball fan.

Last year's WBC was a big hit, but the currently ongoing Premier 12 is not generating much excitement.

The more popular the WBC is, with major leaguers participating, the more difficult it will be to get excited about the Premier12.

I understand that the Premier 12 is important, but if things continue like this, I think it will be difficult to create excitement for the tournament.

What can be done to further develop the tournament?

Can we discuss with MLB and allow players who are on the 40-man roster to participate in the Premier12 if the team gives permission? I think it would be interesting if even a few major leaguers could participate, like in the winter league.

(Sorry, I used Google Translate so it may be hard to read)

Anyone know what happened at the end of the game last night? I was watching the highlights and saw that the benches cleared but it didn’t show what caused it

I've just bought my flights and booked tickets to Tuscon, AZ for the WBC qualifiers. If anyone needs any help planning or hasn't traveled much, I've got experience as a travel agent - I'd help for free.

I've also been to all of the host cities for the next WBC (Tokyo, Houston, Miami, and San Juan) so feel free to ask any questions!

What do you think?

So it appears there's some controversy over the logo of the Amateur Baseball Federation of India (worn on Indian uniforms at the recent Baseball United Arab Classic). Apparently the map is wrong, and the federation has issued an apology.

I'm not Indian so this is probably my ignorance speaking, but the logo looks fine to me? Checked the official map and the one on the logo looks pretty similar, though it does appear to include some disputed regions like Kashmir.

Any idea what this is about?

I've booked a trip to DR with my 10 year old son for Dec 28-Jan 4. I'm told this is during the round-robin playoff round, but I can't seem to find any information online re the playoffs. Any ideas how it works? Suggestions of where on the island to provisionally book accommodations that would likely be close to some games?

Is there a mercy rule as with other WBSC tournaments? if so, does anyone know what it is...Asking for a Frientherland

The Premier12 was already not going to draw as much attention without the MLB backing it, but they way that they have shot themselves in the foot with some of these decisions is wild.

Putting the games behind a paywall was a massive mistake in of itself. The international game as a whole needs to be as accessible as possible. If you require people to spend money to watch a tournament they already didn't care much about, then they just aren't gonna bother. To make matters worse though, they went with an obscure streaming service that relatively few people have heard of. If they had gone with ESPN+ for example, a lot of people already have accounts there and would be able to watch games.

The whole decision to go with DAZN just reeks of short-termism, where the WBSC is looking for an instant infusion of cash rather than any form of long term, sustainable growth.

There is another thing that also bothers me, and that is the quality of the highlights that are being uploaded to the channel. They are super short, practically speedrunning the game, meanwhile they lack any commentary from the announcers. You mean to tell me that they couldn't hire any competent video editors? This has been a recurring problem for years and the fact that they still do as bad of a job here is just crazy.

It's hard enough making this tournament work with MLB's support or the attention that the Olympics bring, but there is clearly a lot of work that needs to be done within the WBSC to get it's shit together.

Also choque de gigantes continues in miami too, a lot of good baseball today

After a lot of talk and going back and forth with the location finally la serie de titanes has arraive just one game today

Hi there everyone

Im back for my yearly overview of the new ABL season. As with ever post I make around the ABL, please ask any questions I am more than happy to answer

Also to any fellow Tuatara fans, we still here, can never take it away from us

Adelaide Giants

THE team coming into the year, won the last two seasons, looking to build on success to become the second team to three peat after the bandits

Brisbane Bandits

The fallen giants of the ABL, they won from 2015 to 2019, can they bounce back from a disappointing last few years as one of aussies premier cities

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Melbourne Aces

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Perth Heat

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