Comments on: The World Baseball Classic Does Not Suck http://www.brushbackpitch.com/2009/03/11/the-world-baseball-classic-does-not-suck/ Baseball Coverage That’s Juuuuust a Bit Inside Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:53:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: WBC injury fears coming true again | BrushBackPitch.com http://www.brushbackpitch.com/2009/03/11/the-world-baseball-classic-does-not-suck/#comment-136 WBC injury fears coming true again | BrushBackPitch.com Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:48:49 +0000 http://www.brushbackpitch.com/?p=173#comment-136 [...] Rich wrote the other day, the World Baseball Classic does not suck. I’ve checked out bits of a couple games and I’ve been impressed with the quality of [...] [...] Rich wrote the other day, the World Baseball Classic does not suck. I’ve checked out bits of a couple games and I’ve been impressed with the quality of [...]

]]> By: Rich http://www.brushbackpitch.com/2009/03/11/the-world-baseball-classic-does-not-suck/#comment-130 Rich Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:57:34 +0000 http://www.brushbackpitch.com/?p=173#comment-130 The World Baseball Classic is essentially a joint venture between the major professional baseball leagues from the participating countries (the United States, Japan, Australia, etc.), their corresponding players unions, and the International Baseball Federation (which is known as the IBAF). I don't know this for sure, but I have a pretty good feeling that most of the investment comes from Major League Baseball and the MLBPA, followed by Nippon Professional Baseball and the NPBPA. This year, there will be approximately $15 million dollars distributed to the participating countries, with the amount depending on where those countries finish in the standings. That money is then intended to be used to develop baseball in each of those countries, although I have no idea how much regulation and oversight follows that money. The IBAF is also receiving $1 million dollars to develop basbeall around the world. That's all well and good, but the real intent here is to market baseball on an international scale, especially in areas where the popularity of the game isn't vry high. I would say it's probably already done wonders for the interest in the Netherlands. The more interest there is in the game around the world, the more those international markets will become consumers of the game, thereby adding to the bottom line of the various professional leagues around the world. I would refer you to a couple articles I found online: http://baseballdeworld.com/2009/03/04/2009-world-baseball-classic-to-generate-15-million-for-worldwide-baseball-development/ http://www.bizofbaseball.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3030:participating-baseball-federations-in-wbc-to-receive-more-than-15m&catid=30:mlb-news&Itemid=42 The World Baseball Classic is essentially a joint venture between the major professional baseball leagues from the participating countries (the United States, Japan, Australia, etc.), their corresponding players unions, and the International Baseball Federation (which is known as the IBAF). I don’t know this for sure, but I have a pretty good feeling that most of the investment comes from Major League Baseball and the MLBPA, followed by Nippon Professional Baseball and the NPBPA. This year, there will be approximately $15 million dollars distributed to the participating countries, with the amount depending on where those countries finish in the standings. That money is then intended to be used to develop baseball in each of those countries, although I have no idea how much regulation and oversight follows that money. The IBAF is also receiving $1 million dollars to develop basbeall around the world.

That’s all well and good, but the real intent here is to market baseball on an international scale, especially in areas where the popularity of the game isn’t vry high. I would say it’s probably already done wonders for the interest in the Netherlands. The more interest there is in the game around the world, the more those international markets will become consumers of the game, thereby adding to the bottom line of the various professional leagues around the world.

I would refer you to a couple articles I found online:

http://baseballdeworld.com/2009/03/04/2009-world-baseball-classic-to-generate-15-million-for-worldwide-baseball-development/

http://www.bizofbaseball.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3030:participating-baseball-federations-in-wbc-to-receive-more-than-15m&catid=30:mlb-news&Itemid=42

]]> By: Dan O'Connell http://www.brushbackpitch.com/2009/03/11/the-world-baseball-classic-does-not-suck/#comment-129 Dan O'Connell Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:51:53 +0000 http://www.brushbackpitch.com/?p=173#comment-129 "And yes, it’s meant to be a money maker for the various professional baseball organizations around the world." Out of curiosity, who are the various professional baseball organizations that are making money from this? Where does the revenue from this go? “And yes, it’s meant to be a money maker for the various professional baseball organizations around the world.”

Out of curiosity, who are the various professional baseball organizations that are making money from this? Where does the revenue from this go?

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