USA takes on Venezuela in WBC action!
This is a fascinating twist.
A coin flip would determine home-field advantage for USA-Venezuela WBC championship game originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . If the United States and Venezuela meet in the World Baseball Classic championship game on Tuesday night, a coin toss will be needed.
One of the teams has to be the home team, batting second in each inning. And in this case, that'll get determined by a coin flip. If Italy won Monday's semifinal, the Italians would be the home team.
They'd have a 6-0 record, relative to the U. S. at 5-1, which would determine home field with no further tiebreaker needed.
If Venezuela advances, though, they'll match Team USA with a 5-1 record. And in that case in this tournament, a coin flip makes the decision. And a note provided by Fox on its semifinal broadcast -- the coin flip has actually already happened, and the U.