Boston Babe Ruth Soars High in World Series: Roman Anthony Lights Up MLB!
Red Sox's Roman Anthony Among Players Catching Heat For WBC Postgame Decision originally appeared on NESN . Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The United States lost the World Baseball Classic Championship, and some of the players made a decision after the game that is being seen as controversial.
After the United States lost, players were presented with silver medals, honoring their second-place finish. Commissioner Rob Manfred presented the medals, but some players took off their medals almost immediately. In a video posted by Sportsnet, Kyle Schwarber, Logan Webb, Pete Crow-Armstrong, Bobby Witt Jr.
, Roman Anthony and Gabe Speier all removed their silver medals before reaching the dugout. It does not seem like that big of a deal, but players are being criticized on social media because of it. "Winning first place is best thing you can do when you don't want to wear second place medals," one fan wrote on X.
While some fans pointed out that the United States should have simply won if they did not want to be presented with silver medals, others pointed out character flaws, noting that the actions of those few players represented Americans as a whole. "LOSERS," one fan wrote on X. "Winning with grace is easy.
Losing in that fashion is for LOSERS. Of course we all wanna win, but there’s a right way and a wrong way to do things. " "Americans are sore winners and losers," another fan wrote on X .