USA second again, plus a mascot (bracket) fight
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Let a zoologist run your game this week. Inside: 🇻🇪 Venezuela stuns 🇺🇸 🐊 Which mascot wins the bracket? 1️⃣1️⃣ Is Leinart right?
This time, it was Roman Anthony. Poor guy. His swing-and-miss on a Daniel Palencia 99 mph fastball in a one-run game gave a shocking World Baseball Classic title to Venezuela last night, three years after Mike Trout struck out swinging against Shohei Ohtani in a one-run game to give...