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Pat Neshek introduces himself to Phillies as international baseball champion

We did it, everyone.

We finally broke the hex on Team USA ever since 2006 and dominated a previously unexplored platform for American sports: the World Baseball Classic. While Phillies dotted rosters across the tournament, our homeland’s representing squad featured only one of our guys: Pat Neshek, a veteran reliever acquired this past November in exchange for a player to be named later with the Astros. The move was intended to give the bullpen some more experience and to generally try to "make things better" in one of the Phillies’ many areas of weakness in 2016.