The first regular season game of 2014 was played at Sydney Cricket Grounds in Sydney, Australia. Normally, fans are used to an Opening Night game on ESPN at an American venue. But many have mixed thoughts on this game being played overseas.

After reading an article online that criticizes the location decision, the question is, why have the game hosted somewhere else but here? The answer is simple: to broaden the MLB market.

London has hosted an NFL game each year for a while and the same tradition should be started in baseball. I like this scenario even better because the game is played before the rest of competition starts, so there is plenty of time to adjust from time zone movement. The article says that baseball is America’s past-time and should not be played elsewhere. I find this opinion close minded. Baseball is a sport played by many other nations, and the World Baseball Classic would suggest that other countries play it better than we are.

To conclude my quick response to this article, I invite people to share their opinions on this matter, but at the same be prepared for this to occur more often in the near future.

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