World Baseball Classic

I don't consider myself a baseball fan, but last night's World Baseball Classic game of Mexico vs South Korea was very entertaining to watch. Chan Ho Park pitched a great 9th inning to win the game in a packed Anaheim stadium. Naturally, most of the crowd was pro-Mexico, which made the drama much more intense.

There's a conspiracy theory floating around that the United States is receiving favorable treatment in this tournament. For example, the U.S. team is pooled with mostly Asian and European teams, while the other pool (considered more difficult) is of Latin American teams. Wouldn't it make sense, since the U.S. is in the western hemisphere, to place them in the same pool as the Latin American countries? Conspiracy or not, South Korea has been the surprise team of the tournament and play the U.S. team tonight.