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The baseball season is nearing. You can see it in the starting lineups that are being marched out each day in spring training games. They are looking more and more like the lineups you will see next week when the season begins. And yet still the games are not as compelling as the World Baseball Classic…
Detroit Tigers second baseman Ian Kinsler told ESPN that "everyone should be celebrated" after his two-run homer ignited Team USA to an 8-0 victory over Puerto Rico in the championship game of the World Baseball Classic. Kinsler's comments on Wednesday came one day after his quote to the New York Times regarding the passionate play of…
LOS ANGELES -- Right-hander Marcus Stroman took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, Ian Kinsler had a two-run home run, and the United States beat Puerto Rico 8-0 to win the World Baseball Classic for the first time on Wednesday at Dodger Stadium. Stroman gave up a walk to Carlos Beltran in the second inning and…
One of the biggest fears of a Major League Baseball team is having one of its players injured during the World Baseball Classic. And for the second time, it happened to the New York Yankees, as shortstop Didi Gregorius sustained a strained subscapularis muscle in his right (throwing) shoulder while playing for the Netherlands in the…
LOS ANGELES -- Adam Jones' bobbled ground ball drove in Brandon Crawford with the tiebreaking run in the eighth inning, and the United States advanced to its first World Baseball Classic title game with a 2-1 victory over Japan at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday. The U.S. meets Puerto Rico in the championship game Wednesday. Puerto Rico…
LOS ANGELES -- Eddie Rosario's sacrifice fly drove in Carlos Correa in the bottom of the 11th inning, giving Puerto Rico a 4-3 victory over the Netherlands in the World Baseball Classic semifinals at Dodger Stadium on Monday. Correa opened the inning at second base and Enrique Hernandez was placed at first in a game played…
