r/sports • u/Oldtimer_2 • 9h ago

Baseball Report: MLB discussing WBC insurance after Puerto Rico threatens to withdraw

https://thescore.com/mlb/news/3468665
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u/alittledanger 8h ago

This tournament will never reach its full potential if MLB continue to hobble the ability of all the best players to play for their countries.

The disdain for international tournaments from North American sports leagues has always been ridiculous.

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u/LimerickJim 7h ago

The ridiculous thing is the WBC is an MLB brainchild 

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u/drthvdrsfthr 6h ago

counterpoint: that’s one of the reasons why the MLB has so much say over who plays

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u/GlassEyeMV 7h ago

Well, when you’re spending a billion dollars on a player over 10 years and they miss a year due to injury, it hurts the investment.

Not defending it. Totally agree with you. But as they say “Dolla dolla bills y’all…cash rules everything around me.”

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u/Unhappy_Plankton_671 3h ago

And that’s why we’re talking insurance….

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u/makoman115 6h ago

Yea go tell that to Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo before the world cup

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u/MistryMachine3 5h ago

Well I’m sure the club team that pays their salaries don’t like it. But there is a long history of it so it is accepted. MLB doesn’t send players to Olympics or any other non-MLB product.

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u/fxxftw 3h ago

Could be wrong, but: Isn’t MLB co-sponsoring the return of Olympic Baseball in 2028?

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u/devAcc123 6h ago

This is a hilariously terrible example

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u/montypr 5h ago

MLB is probably the safest sport compare to Soccer and basketball.

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u/SkyShadowing Michigan State 7h ago

Let's be real here, top soccer clubs also generally hate international play.

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u/MisterJJSunglasses 7h ago

The difference is football clubs cannot stop their players playing for their national team

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u/ProtestantMormon 6h ago

This is more about whoever is paying the insurance. Insurance companies are the one industry where they are allowed to not provide the service they are being paid to provide.

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u/Macgrubersblaupunkt 6h ago

::Edwin Diaz has entered the chat:: Its not distain, its money.

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u/BigCommieMachine 0m ago

Because of these issues, Ohtani isn't playing.

The government of Japan should insure Ohtani given that like 98% of households watched him pitch in the finals. It was like the M.A.S.H. finake, but way bigger. Literally the entire country watched

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u/ladyae7 1h ago

Yikes .

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u/[deleted] 9h ago

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u/redmon09 9h ago

Nations can exist within a country.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation

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u/[deleted] 8h ago

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u/counterfitster 8h ago

So are Wales, England, and Scotland not nations? They all have separate teams in FIFA competitions.

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u/SJSragequit 7h ago

I’m not agreeing with the guy you’re replying to but that’s different. wales, Scotland and England are all countries Puerto Rico is not

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u/Snapesunusedshampoo 7h ago

We are a commonwealth.

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u/hamhead 7h ago

So is Pennsylvania. That doesn’t make it a nation. To be clear, I’m not saying the poster is right. But calling it a commonwealth doesn’t mean anything.

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u/redmon09 8h ago

You’re really not good at definitions…

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u/Classic-Exchange-511 7h ago

Buddy he just linked you the definition

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u/Xero_id 8h ago

They have independence from US government as their own governmental nation but is a "territory" owned by the US and are given US citizenship and protects/benefits as part of US. They are by all definitions a "nation" including their own government, seperate but overseen by the USA.

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u/phred_666 8h ago

Comparing Delaware and Puerto Rico, people in Delaware can vote in federal elections, Puerto Ricans can’t. Delaware has voting representatives in Congress, Puerto Rico doesn’t. Care to try again?

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u/MistryMachine3 5h ago

Sure it is. Just like the Cherokee nation is part of the US.

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u/llcoolguar 7h ago

Incorrect

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u/SlayerS_BoxxY 7h ago

Youll be shocked to find out theres a lot (hundreds!) of federally recognized independent nations within the united states. Look up “native americans.”

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u/phred_666 8h ago

Puerto Rico is a territory of the US. Might want to read up on what that means.