RE: World Baseball Classic has had some very strange (and tense) games

same over here. I struggle to remain interested in MLB even during the playoffs because there are just too many games. When every game is a one-off like it is in WBC, every single pitch counts. It's hard to feel the same way during the pro baseball season because there are 200 games and a "best of 7" series is great for making money and forcing people to watch commercials, but it just doesn't have that exciting edge where you know that if the guys don't perform well RIGHT NOW, everything is over.