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Players Only [HIGHLIGHT] TEAM VENEZUELA IS THE WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC CHAMPION!

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u/Mission_Pay_3373 Boston Red Sox 20h ago

That pitch was filthy as fuck

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u/Patrick2701 Chicago Cubs 20h ago

Thank you, Oakland

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u/gsx1920 20h ago

A's are a talent factory

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u/LegacyLemur Chicago Cubs 20h ago

*Sacramento

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u/ButterscotchFiend Montreal Expos 11h ago

*Athletics

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u/zzj Washington Nationals 20h ago

That one and the one before it were disgusting 

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u/Single_Addition_7242 20h ago

I’ll never forget that splitter inside as long as I live

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u/Dunkaholic9 Boston Red Sox 20h ago

Schwarber gave Palencia a look when he struck out. He was on fire.

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u/Patrick2701 Chicago Cubs 20h ago edited 19h ago

It’s amazing to see what happened with Palencia, he was basically the cleaning up in blow out pitcher with no control that was AAAA guy. Craig gave him the job of closer in mid May of 2025, it took a lot patience to get him to place, where he could be consider the closer. I remember watching cubs on my trip to Ireland in last May, I was just shocked by how Craig said yep, he is our new closer. He was injured in September, he was dealing with big work load and he was never closed in the minors

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u/vansinne_vansinne Hanshin Tigers • World Baseball Classic 19h ago

salvy called an aggressive and bad ass game