Ladies and gentlemen, this is why the World Baseball Classic is so attractive.
The United States team barely edged Team Canada by a score of 6-5 today. The Red Sox's Jason Bay flied out with a full count and two outs to end the game with the game-tying run on second base. JJ Putz, who was sent in to save the game, gave up a run but was able to give the US a win.
You might hate the WBC, but this was a great game and I'm 100 percent confident we'll see more of this before the series is over.
Put aside the fact that MLB players might get hurt. That's a fact for anything. What if Dustin Pedroia walked down a sidewalk? Well, he might get hurt. We can't worry about these players. If they want to go out and play for their country, great. If they don't, that's fine, too.
I think we need to just sit back and not worry about anything. Let's just watch some really good baseball before the regular season starts. Today's game had the energy of a game in late October. Why argue against that?
Baseball is back, so let's not complain and just enjoy it.