Daniel Shirey/WBCI/MLB Photos via Getty ImagesĪbove I said that was patriotism. Here we see our best players suiting up for a team that grabs our loyalties automatically. That’s part of why the World Baseball Classic is such a delight while Mookie and Mike Trout and TA might play together in an All-Star Game, no one gives a fig who wins or loses. There’s too damn much going on in the Olympics and we don’t do Eurovision, due to a tragic lack of upper-echelon camp professionals.
doesn’t compete in many big international events, which is why the World Cup always feels big. It feels extremely patriotic and extremely unifying, a rare occasion in these grim and seismic times. World Cup cheering montages I love seeing that tense anticipation in a crowd of thousands turn into spasms of shared joy, flags waving and water flying through the air and the crowd chanting “U-S-A! U-S-A!” whenever the women’s or men’s team does something amazing.
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