Well, the WBC is now over and the Japanese once again are champions.  As I watched Sunday night’s game featuring team USA versus Japan I was frustrated.  The announcers kept pointing out, especially in the 8th inning, that Davey Johnson was managing the game as if it were spring training.  If that is true, then why even try?  It’s obvious that Japan, South Korea, Cuba, Puerto Rico, etc., all take this event more serious than the USA.  This is not an insult or attack on the players.  I loved the perfromances by Adam Dunn, Kevin Youkilis, Mark DeRosa and others.  I know the players wanted to win and gave their best efforts.  However, if team USA ever wants to win the WBC there will have to be a different approach.  Other teams were managed as if it were game 7 of the World Series.   We need to do the same.  Until then, it is unlikely that team USA will emerge as champions in the WBC.