Top 10 Tuesday: Reasons the World Baseball Classic is a dud

10. No drama
Watching other sports, there's a certain sense of urgency where your team losing is the end of the world. The WBC just doesn't have that in America. Your team team losses; life goes on.

9. Team USA doesn't win
Anything Americans aren't good at isn't worth watching, right? Explains hockey ratings in the U.S. doesn't it.

8. Not in season
When people think March, they don't think baseball. Put the tournament two weeks after the World Series in a warm-climate city. More people will watch if baseball is still fresh on their minds.

7. U.S. doesn't field best team possible
The U.S. Olympic basketball team faced the same problem. How can you win if you don't have the best players in the dugout?

6. All-star mentality
Like MLB's summer classic, players who make the team expect to play. Stop giving everyone equal time and play to win the game! Right Herm?

5. MLB teams don't want their players hurt
Imagine paying someone $100 million to work for you, then they get hurt working for someone else. Feel good about your investment?

4. Seriousness of other countries
Other teams don't just want to win; they really want to win. People in their countries actually care. You'd think it was the Super Bowl or something?

3. Unfamiliarity with majority of foreign players
Once the U.S. gets knocked out, Americans have no one left to route for. The other countries might have a major leaguer scattered through their roster, but for the most part its the equivalent of watching a minor league game.

2. Competes with NCAA tourney
March belongs to college basketball in this country. From favorites to underdogs.Cinderella to diaper-dandies. There's a sense of drama and urgency that the WBC is severely lacking. Heck, everyone - including the President - fills out a bracket. You don't see Obama talking about the Classic on Sportscenter do you?

1. It was Bud Selig's idea
Paraphrasing Tom Hanks - there's no crying in baseball. Adding to that - there's no ties in baseball, except that one time Bud Selig called the all-star game a draw because teams were out of pitchers. Way to go Commish. At least you cleaned up the whole steroids thing - right A-Rod?