GLENDALE, Ariz. – It was after 1 a.m. Tuesday in Guadalajara when Rob Segedin decided he could finally go to sleep. His wife and infant son had already clocked out, and Team Mexico had just beaten Team Venezuela, 11-9, in the World Baseball Classic.
That meant Segedin and Team Italy were still alive in the WBC. They would play a do-or-die game against Mexico later in the day.
“I woke up the next morning,” he said, “and we were playing Venezuela.”
Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez did not sleep that night.
Shortly after Mexico’s victory, WBC officials announced that a necessary but obscure tiebreaker scenario had been miscommunicated.