Today’s example of sports overkill: the major league baseball draft.

This evening, tens of teens of people who have the MLB Network plunked down in front of their televisions and watched Bud Selig announce the first round of the MLB Selection Meeting.

Wow. Exciting, I’m sure.

Put the MLB draft on the list of things that should not be televised, right up there with poker, curling and “I’m a Celebrity: Get Me Out of Here.”

What’s the difference between the MLB and the NFL selection shows, you ask?

Immediacy, I answer.

When you watch the NFL Draft, you know most of the dudes your favorite team selects will be in uniform next season. Some will even make an impact right away.

When you watch the MLB Draft, the dudes your favorite team selects may not be in the majors for six years — if they are lucky.

By then, you may have forgotten all about them. They may be traded. They may flame out. They may take up poker or curling or become a star of a bad reality show. They may not even sign with your favorite team and will end up getting selected by your buddy’s favorite team in two years.

There’s just no reason to air it and even less reason to watch it.

It used to be the MLB draft went largely unnoticed. Sure, you may have glanced at the list, but it was no more than a fleeting look.

That was sufficient.

Major league baseball is just trying to cash in on what has made the NFL so popular.

Sorry. It ain’t happening. Two different sports. Two different ways of doing things.

It does not translate.

Excuse me while I flip on the tube to see if Melissa Rivers can become Queen of the Jungle.