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Just an exhibition series here. A steppingstone there. A matter of national pride elsewhere. The World Baseball Classic means different things to different teams.

TAMPA, Fla. -- Imagine the player who won his appeal of a positive drug test last week was named John Doe, or Ray Kinsella, or Crash Davis. Because there's something that we've learned about this generation of players that really doesn&#039...

Blog | March 01, 2012

Buster Olney writes that when Ryan Braun won the appeal of his positive test for performance-enhancing drugs, it highlighted a much different opinion among players than it would have 10 or 20 years ago. Today, players want cheaters caught.

Blog | Conversation | March 01, 2012

While providing more prospects to the States, the state of America's pastime in Europe is making big gains in popularity.

Al Bello/Getty Images Baseball in San Juan involves way more dancing. Last night, the Florida Marlins hosted the New York Mets in the last showdown of a three-game series between the NL East rivals. As you may have heard, the series was not - a...

Buster Olney speaks with several people from around baseball to try to get a handle on how Mark McGwire's recent confession is being received throughout the sport. Plus, answers to readers' questions on McGwire, and news and notes from around the league.

Blog | Conversation | January 13, 2010

We've heard lots of news from the MLB winter meetings, but here are some ultra-secret scoops.

Former All-Star Jeff Zimmerman had a one-of-a-kind first trek to the majors. Now he's trying to get back.

Ichiro Suzuki drove in the winning runs as Japan beat Korea to win the WBC again.

While the Netherlands has taken the WBC by storm with its stunning wins over the Dominican Republic, its roster isn't loaded with great talent.

We're excited about the World Baseball Classic, but here are 10 ways to make it even better.

Japan's Olympic coach Senichi Hoshino has refused to stay on to lead the defending champions at next year's World Baseball Classic.

The New York Yankees and the Seattle Mariners have each signed two Chinese players, and there may be more to come.

The most dominant pitcher in Japanese baseball for the last eight seasons, Daisuke Matsuzaka had his path cleared when the Seibu Lions officially agreed to release the 26-year-old ace.

Here is everything you need to know about baseball in Australia.

Here is everything you need to know about baseball in China.