How Ezequiel Tovar’s Surprising Leadership Sparked a Rockies Revolution in the World Baseball Classic
“To go out there against Puerto Rico and all these great countries – Cuba, Colombia, and Panama… it was the first time that we ever came out of a pool, so that was a great experience. And just to be around these guys now that we have pretty much a full lineup of big league players, which has never happened for Canada. The sport is growing, and hopefully the kids back home can keep dreaming and believing in themselves. Maybe this can mean they’ll go to play for Canada one day.”
Team Japan (4-1, eliminated in quarterfinals)
Perhaps one of the biggest surprises of this year’s tournament was the fate of Shohei Ohtani and Samurai Japan. Expected to be a likely shoo-in for the finals and a rematch against Team USA, the 2023 World Baseball Classic champions were instead eliminated in their first game of the knockout stage against Venezuela.
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