Mar 15, 2013; Miami, FL, USA; Puerto Rico center fielder Angel Pagan (16) connects for a base hit in the first inning against United States during the World Baseball Classic at Marlins Park. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports

Every four years the World Baseball Classic comes around and this year, the final stop in the multi-week competition is at our beautiful AT&T Park.

Tickets aren’t exactly what I’d call cheap for most, but if you just want to say you experienced the WBC firsthand, you can do so for a very reasonable $8 bucks – assuming you don’t mind sitting atop the outer-bands of the park.

I was lucky enough to attend the semi-finals and Championship game in 2006 and it was quite the experience, so I highly recommend it for any baseball fan, even if you have no vested interest in any of the participating countries.

Angel Pagan and his Team Puerto Rico will take on Japan tonight at 6PM while Bam-Bam and Team Netherlands will play Santiago Casilla and his Team Dominican Republic tomorrow at 6PM with the winning teams meeting for the WBC Championship Monday night.

Tickets are available on the Giants’ website.

Mar. 7, 2013; Scottsdale, AZ, USA: Overall view of the WBC logo in the Italy dugout against Mexico during the World Baseball Classic at Salt River Fields. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

It was a pretty rough weekend for many of the San Francisco Giant stars who participated in the World Baseball Classic. Closer, Sergio Romo, after an extended outing on Thursday night that didn’t exactly sit well with the San Francisco Giants brass was spotted with rage eyes during the Mexico-Canada brawl on Saturday. Thankfully nothing came of it for Romo, but, given both scenarios – I’m sure the Giants are glad to see their closer back in camp. In addition to Romo’s Team Mexico being eliminated, Team Venezuela which featured Giant talent like Pablo Sandoval and Marco Scutaro also was eliminated in the first round – a shocker to many.

Sandoval, Romo and Scutaro are all expected to return to camp within a day or two, along with other lower-level Giant property like Team Italy’s Tyler LaTorre who was also eliminated – but not before he was able to single off Giants teammate and Team USA’s Ryan Vogelsong in Italy’s loss Saturday.

The return to camp doesn’t mean those particular Giants are done with their international competitions though as they’ll rejoin the club in time for the Giants’ scheduled tilt against Team Japan this coming Thursday. Team Japan will make the pit stop in Arizona and tune-up against the Giants before they head north to AT&T Park for the semi-finals of the WBC.