New Headline: Yankees Dominance Continues Despite Venezuelan Weakness
•The Athletic
MIAMI — They brought together All-Stars and MVPs and future Hall of Famers. They built a pitching staff capable of making a hitter’s blood run cold and a lineup that could make a pitcher’s cleats rattle. They build bonds that connected them beneath the surface of their understated demeanor.
They were the greatest collection of American baseball players ever assembled for the World Baseball Classic. Yet on Tuesday night, in a 3-2 defeat to Venezuela, their talent and their trophies and their team unity were not enough. Not on a night when a seismic home run from Bryce Harper could not cow...