Oh, Captain, my Cap--Holy crap it's Adam Stern!

So what have we learned from the World Baseball Classic tonight? Several things:

1. Adam Stern deserves a shot at the 4th outfielder spot.

2. Jason Varitek is as good as we think he is.

3. The Canadian pitching coach either can't read, or is dyslexic, because he's the only one on the planet that doesn't know that 'Tek is a better power threat from the right side. The splits?

VS Avg. AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OBP SLG
L .320 122 39 5 0 9 27 22 24 .418 .582
R .267 348 93 25 1 13 43 40 93 .347 .457

There are home runs, and then there are home runs... 'Tek know's what its about.

4. Buck Martinez is retarded.

5. Al Leiter is washed up.

6. It was a good day for the Red Sox.

7. ARod is still a bad postseason player (I'm calling this the postseason, since it's win or go home.)

8. The US losing is probably one of the best things that could happen in this tournament.

I'm bummed the US lost, but this was still a good game, and the WBC is going to need games like this to generate the international attention. I just wish most of America would stop viewing this like spring training...