977 1 January 27, 2006^1:50pm Reedster^1 There will be a "mercy rule" in the WBC, where games will end early if a team is behind by a set number of runs www.deadspin.com/sports/baseball/world-baseball-classic-cries-uncle-151234.php World Baseball Classic DeadSpin 1149 1862 0 So, this begs the question: why couldn't the organizers (at least for this first tournament) have been a bit more selective, so that this would likely not be an issue?