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Venezuela defeats U.S. 3-2 to claim first World Basketball Classic championship
NBC News· 2026-03-18 11:20
A wild finish to the World Baseball Classic here in Miami. Venezuela defeating Team USA 3-2. This game was a nailbiter.Venezuela goes up early in the game. They are holding on to a two nothing lead for much of the game. And then in the bottom of the eighth inning, Bryce Harper with a tworun shot ties up the game at two apiece, but not for long.Venezuela goes back on top 3-2 in the ninth inning and Team USA could not recover. Team Venezuela, the World Baseball Classic champions. This was their first ever app ...
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The Wall Street Journal· 2026-03-18 09:34
A stellar U.S. roster, stacked with sluggers and future Hall of Famers, never came to life at the World Baseball Classic and lost 3-2 in Tuesday’s final. https://t.co/6yCgs7Es2f ...
Venezuelan players put politics aside to play exhibition game ahead of World Baseball Classic
NBC News· 2026-03-06 00:45
We've all heard the iconic line, "There's no crying in baseball." This may be the exception. That's the Venezuelan national anthem playing on US soil in West Palm Beach, Florida, as the country's baseball team plays an exhibition ahead of the World Baseball Classic, a global showdown of talent and national pride. >> Fans supporting the Venezuelan players choking up as some of MLB's top talent watch their country's flag wave in the distance.When you hear the national anthem of our country in a in a different ...
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The Wall Street Journal· 2026-03-03 16:32
The 2023 World Baseball Classic delivered a dream ending. But this year’s WBC might just be the precursor to something bigger: the Olympics. https://t.co/8ubsSKHiJw ...
Stories from Warmer Weather | 60 Minutes Full Episodes
60 Minutes· 2026-01-31 12:00
There's been something unusual going on in a whole lot of Major League Baseball stadiums this season. And it isn't baseball, at least not exactly. It's banana ball.And if you've never heard of it, get ready for something, well, bananas. As we first reported this spring, it's a classic against the odd story. It started with a scrappy college summer league baseball team in Savannah, Georgia, lovingly named the Savannah Bananas with an unorthodox owner who dreamed of making America's pastime livelier and more ...
18th-inning home run lifts Dodgers over Blue Jays
NBC News· 2025-10-28 14:36
Game Highlights - Game 3 between the Dodgers and Blue Jays extended to the 18th inning [1] - The game lasted nearly 7 hours [1] - Freddy Freeman hit a solo walk-off home run in the bottom of the 18th inning, securing a win for the Dodgers [1] Player Performance - Freddy Freeman previously hit a walk-off grand slam in the World Series against the Yankees last year [2]
