Could an in-season World Baseball Classic replace the MLB All-Star Game?

Spiegel & Holmes Show

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🗓️ 19 March 2026

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes discussed the idea of the World Baseball Classic replacing the MLB All-Star Game in the middle of the summer in the years in which it's scheduled to be held.

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0:00.0	WSCR, WSCRFM and HD1 Chicago, and Odyssey Sports Station.
0:07.0	The score!
0:10.0	The early years of the WBC, we're taught.
0:14.5	I mean, it was hard, you know, and hard to attract attention, hard to get the clubs to buy in.
0:20.9	But I think that, you know, the last two in particular,
0:25.4	the popularity of the event has gotten the players more engaged.
0:29.9	Once the players are more engaged, you can really go.
0:32.4	And, you know, I didn't think it was going to get this big, this fast.
0:36.4	But it is a real jewel, a real gem.
0:41.9	It's Rob Manfred, the commissioner of baseball, talking about the WBC.
0:46.3	So likable.
0:48.7	Very relatable.
0:51.2	Was he practicing his golf swing while he was doing that interview?
0:56.4	It's tough, man.
0:57.3	I loved the WBC.
0:58.6	I thought it was great.
0:59.5	Then that guy talks and I'm like, oh, he's happy.
1:01.9	No, man, too bad.
1:03.0	That's too bad.
1:03.5	It's okay.
1:04.5	Like, you can still enjoy the WBC.
1:07.1	The WBC was enjoyable.
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