BASEBALL INSIDE DISH.

The article offers news briefs related to the Major League Baseball in the U.S. The Major League Baseball (MLB) is monitoring the physical condition of the players who participated in the World Baseball Classic tournament and plans to seek input from general managers before the next tournament in 2009. As part of the construction agreement for the baseball team Washington Nationals' new ballpark, MLB agreed to fund a $3.5 million inner-city baseball academy in Washington, D.C. The MLB's officials took note of a recent National Basketball Association playoff game in which referee Dan Crawford explained a controversial call to a national television audience.