I just find it shocking that there isn't anyone in his inner circle that would say to him, "Hey Alex...um....maybe you should use these 10 weeks to kinda lay low"
It'll never be the Olympics because the Olympics symbolize more than sports to the entire world and it's probably the only event that has that distinction. It'll probably never be the World Cup because soccer is more globally popular than baseball but there are enough parts of the world where baseball is huge that it can eventually become a major sporting event.
You may or may not care about hockey but what's your opinion on the NHL going on haitus for two-weeks every four years so that players can compete for their countries at the Olympics?
Normally, a non-story like Julian Tavarez signing a minor-league deal with the Nationals wouldn't come close to warranting its own thread but I thought his reasoning was fairly entertaining:
I don't especially care for it but just because Americans don't care for it doesn't make it completely worthless. Americans don't give a s*** about the soccer World Cup but that doesn't mean it isn't great