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Team USA returns to the World Baseball Classic Championship Game for the third consecutive time. However, in what has been called one of the most star-studded baseball games of all time, the hotly contested game ended with a controversial triple that left players and fans in the Dominican Republic shaking their heads.
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On this episode of Baseball Bar-B-Cast, Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman talk about Team USA’s 2-1 win, which saw Paul Skenes and a dominant USA bullpen hold off the high-octane offense from DR that we’ve seen in all tournaments. They then struck out to end the game and explain why ABS was needed when the championship returned in three years.
Jake and Jordan then previewed the semifinal match between Italy and Venezuela, which will determine who will earn their ticket to the championship game against the United States. The guys also discuss Japan’s defeat by Venezuela in the quarterfinals and why it wasn’t a complete shock that it happened.
1:56 – Opening Game: USA vs. DR
11:41 – Aaron Judge’s game-changing performance
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33:02 – Controversial Game 9
40:57 – Does the game live up to the hype?
1:01:33 – Japan is eliminated
1:04:34 – Italy vs. Venezuela Preview
Photography: Mary DeCicco/WBCI/MLB Photo via Getty Images
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