On ESPN.com, Jayson Stark
says the game in Japan is too much and
Bob Klapisch says it's a good thing.
Sure I agree that the globalization of baseball is a great thing for many reasons, but I think I have to agree with Stark on this one; the trip is just too long. As he said, both teams are not on an island and don't deserve the crappiness of this huge long trip right at the start of the season.
Does the good of spreading baseball outweight the burden on the teams?
Please look at this objectively and don't start with the "Yankees suck! They deserve it! etc etc" stuff, that's not constructive.