Yes timeing was too early,our players had thier focus on thier contract teams..And our guys were on offseason break.And half of our guys are in winter..And the latin american teams have nice weather..Best played after the world series is over.. play them in Miami dallas or La or something..our guys will be in form maybe tired..But guys are less likley to get hurt..And I agree there were a large number of guys that never even played for us in this classic..