Yankees pitcher Tanaka to sit out World Baseball Classic

The MLB, the top tier of baseball (hence everyone wants to go there), is finally coming to its senses and not allowing the players to go and risk injury over a tournament that has little to no meaning. Let the minor league players tough it out.

Damn right! He is getting paid extremely handsomely to pitch for the Yankees. He gets hurt in some exhibition and their chances of a pennant slip even further out of reach. Give him some pompoms and he can cheer Japan on from the stands if he wants.

MLB players all have eyes on coming AllStars. That is coming and pregames are more exciting than WBC