The United States team prepares to take batting practice before exhibition baseball game Tuesday, March 5, 2013, in Glendale, Ariz. The game is the first of two exhibitions the team will play leading up the the start of the World Baseball Classic. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)I'll admit that watching baseball late at night time from Taiwan interested me, if just for an inning or so. Now Not a lot for the product on the field, which was minor league at highest, but for the fans banging their thunder sticks collectively in synchronized precision.