Ne4ver heard of this . Is this a joke?
No joke. The World Baseball Classic is a real baseball tournament.
It doesn’t seem to get a lot of media coverage. And I’ve heard many major league players don’t participate due to fear of injury, and how the games cut out a lot of their normal spring training time.
No, it's no joke. Comes around every 4 years and screws with Spring Training.
It’s a desperate attempt by the MLB to create an international competition during the pre-season. Not really sure what they were trying to achieve, but it’s largely pointless and nobody pays much attention.