A Global World Series in the Works

When I read this I was first shocked then intrigued. Bud Selig has been meeting with Japanese officials about a possible Global World Series between the United States Champions and Japan Champions. The sources I have read say Selig would like to see it happen before he retires in 2012 which doesn’t give him much time to pull it off. I think a Global World Series would be great because I think baseball is a little bit behind football and basketball right now. Baseball will always be America’s past time but people aren’t passionate about it like they use to be.

I already enjoy watching the World Baseball Classic because of all the different players that are playing who don’t play in Major League Baseball. The next WBC doesn’t take place until 2013 and people will be wanting some sort of global competition. How cool it would be to see the Yankees or Phillies take on Japan’s best? I think it would do a lot for baseball and bringing it back to the forefront of sports. Japan is very much into the idea as well which makes it a great possibility that it will eventually happen. There a lot of great Japanese players that have not seen exposure like Ichiro, Matsui, and others.

Just hearing about the concept of such an event has got me excited. I’ve always loved baseball, and always will. They need to more innovative things and this doesn’t get anymore innovative than having two countries that are passionate about the sport play each other using their absolute best players. I hope this event comes sooner than later because baseball needs this, their fans need this and their players need this. Only time will tell if a deal gets done to have the event. Stay tuned for more on these developments.