World Baseball Classic: Shitty Idea, Poorly Timed

this is C.C. Sabathia, ace pitcher for the Cleveland Indians. and right now he is scaring the crap out of me. why? because he's on the roster for the US team in the World Baseball Classic starting in March.

this has to be the worst idea in the world. why would you get a group of Major Leaguers to get involved in an international competition BEFORE the start of the season and in the middle of spring training. I am sure Sabathia and the other two Indians players in this competition (Ronnie Belliard and Francisco Cabrera, Cleveland's closer of the future) have been engaged in off-season training, but they aren't ready to play ball yet.

why would MLB be so stupid as to put these guys health on the line right before the season begins?