During the inaugural World Baseball Classic three years ago, one of the biggest problems I had with the tournament was the near-complete lack of upsets in the early rounds of the tournament. Korea winning the first two rounds of pool play over Japan was mildly surprising, but since the Japanese kept advancing it didn't seem to matter. The same went for Canada's upset over the U.S.; the Americans advanced and the Canadians didn't, so the upset felt kind of hollow. It was fun to watch, but it was clear that half of the field was very overmatchedThis year, however, the tournament's off to a different start. The first weekend of the tournament was full of really surprising upsets, spear-headed this morning by Korea bouncing back from a 14-2 trouncing at the hands of Japan to pull out a 1-0 win in Tokyo to win Pool A. After the jump, I'll recap all of the action from the weekend, in case you missed any of it.
