From now until the World Baseball Classic begins on March 6, we’ll be helping you get to know each team involved in baseball’s global tournament. Today’s team: Colombia.
Colombia has this going for it as it enters World Baseball Classic play for the first time: It’s young and hungry. But then there’s this: Colombia has to claw its way through the very-tough Pool C where the United States and Dominican Republic are waiting.
So will Colombia sink or swim? It makes for a good storyline.
Colombia qualified for the WBC for the first time this year, which is a great story in itself since the country didn’t even try in 2013.