The World Baseball Classic(WBC)

Every decision Bud Selig makes and every project he undertakes is usually widely criticized. Most of the time, he deserves it.It's generally accepted that he looked the other way on steroids until baseball was called out on it, he botched the handling of the All-Star Game, and he's still despised by many for overseeing the first World Series canceled by a strike.
The World Baseball Classic also drew a lot of criticism, mostly for the timing of the event. While the other complaints about Selig are mostly reasonable, I'm not completely sold on the argument against the WBC being played during Spring Training.
The league has shown in the past that it's unwilling to suspend the season to have its players compete in international competition, that's one of the main reasons why baseball won't appear in the next Summer Olympics. Even though the WBC is a byproduct of Major League Baseball, it would be unreasonable to expect them to take three or four weeks to hold the tournament in the middle of the season. Baseball's season lasts long enough, the last thing we need to see is the World Series being played during Thanksgiving.
Holding the tournament at the end of the season likely wouldn't work, either. The league would likely run into the same problem the NFL does with the Pro Bowl. Many players choose to decline invitations because they're looking ahead to a longer offseason or need to go in for surgery. Also, scheduling the WBC during the winter would conflict with events like the Caribbean Series, which many major league players already compete in.
I feel the baseball classic is just like spring training and it does the players well to be able to practice and get into shape before the season.Playing for and with their respected countries is a bonus for those players.