World Baseball Classic

The WBC began yesterday with defending champions Japan shutting out China 4-0, but do we care?  The United States had the opportunity in 2006 to take hold and capture a large American audience with a win, but were embarrassingly beat out by South Korea and Mexico in the second round.  This was especially shocking because the United States was predicted (mainly by US media and players) to role over the rest of the competition.  Baseball had the ultimate chance to captivate America with an inaugural win on home soil, but egos lead to poor play and dismissal from the tournament.  So when the US kicks off pool play of the 2009 WBC, will anyone actually watch?  After all this is now the only international baseball venue after London dropped baseball and softball from the program.