TAMPA, Fla. - Aroldis Chapman has no concerns about being banned from the Cuban National Team in the 2017 World Baseball Classic.
And that's because the embattled Yankees closer has another uniform in mind, that of Team USA.
Chapman recently completed the extensive process of becoming a U.S. Citizen, pledging allegiance to the Stars and Stripes and singing the Star Spangled Banner in an emotional ceremony at the Tampa Field Office of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on March 29.
"It was a beautiful ceremony," Chapman said in a one-on-one interview with ESPN.com on Wednesday.