Shawn Spradling

I cannot wait for it to come around.

These months before, though, are honestly just as fun for me as the tournament itself because of all of the hype and the excitement around the tournament and all the people from all around the world that are engaging in the comments from Cuba and Puerto Rico and Nicaragua, but then also you go to the other side of the world.

It's Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Canada.

Everyone is just intermingling, and it's so much fun.

Well...

This might be unfair because they weren't in the tournament last time and they are now.

But Brazil, I have gained a ton of followers on Instagram from Brazil because their fan base might be small, but it is.

They're engaged.

So anytime I post about a Brazilian player on my Instagram...

It gets a bunch of traction because, I mean, it's a soccer country.

And so the people that love baseball love baseball there.

And I think they're just so happy to be back in the WBC.

They haven't been there since 2013.

It's been 13 years.

So I think Brazilian baseball fans are just really hungry to be back on the world stage.

Yeah, I think last time we talked, Rob, it was a blank wall behind me.

It looked like I was being forced.

So I have these two things that I need to find a way to bring it closer to the backdrop so you can see them.

One of them is the last pitch.

I don't buy a ton of cards anymore.