Now that the World Baseball Classic has finished its two rounds of round-robin play, we have four teams that have made it to the championship round. On Monday, the four teams will play two semifinal games:
We’ve seen Team Puerto Rico and Team Japan run through the tournament undefeated, but at least in exhibition (non-WBC) play, we know that they have some vulnerabilities. For example, the Chicago Cubs hosted Team Japan on Saturday afternoon and coasted to a victory with their B-squad, including this seemingly defender-assisted triple by Ben Zobrist:
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