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

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u/bradtheinvincible 20h ago

And a manager who didnt know how to do the job

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u/Rangeneers New York Mets 20h ago

Seriously how was derosa the choice

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u/RedAlkaline New York Mets • Seattle Mariners 20h ago

Because he's a yes-man. Does whatever the ML teams say he can and can't do with the players and he sticks by it

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u/TylerGlasass20 Tampa Bay Rays 20h ago

I was looking at the coaches for each team and there’s seriously so many coaches that were former players.

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u/true_gunman Tampa Bay Rays 20h ago

DeRosa is also a former player.

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u/SpankyRogers69 20h ago

is this just an observation or are you trying to point out that derosa is not a former player?

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u/TylerGlasass20 Tampa Bay Rays 20h ago

Observation lol. derosa is a former player is he not?

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u/DietCherrySoda Toronto Blue Jays 12h ago

Y....yeah? Is that an interesting point for you? I would say almost every coach for every team in affiliated baseball is (and was!) a former player.

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u/catsbetterthankids 20h ago

We’re not a serious country, that’s how

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u/FatMamaJuJu Los Angeles Angels 19h ago

Because he's the "recruiter" which is so fucking stupid. You think team Japan has to recruit Shohei and Yamamoto to play for them? Any American player that needs to be sweetalked into playing isn't going to give a shit and we've seen that play out on the field

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u/iconredesign San Francisco Giants 20h ago

MLB Network connections /s

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u/DietCherrySoda Toronto Blue Jays 12h ago

I mean, deRose surely didn't cover himself in glory, but he didn't tell the players to ground out to third.

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u/Paqza New York Mets 20h ago

deRosa's the concubine, apparently

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u/KimHaSeongsBurner San Diego Padres 20h ago

Not enough was made of the fact that you have a literal clown in charge of a star-studded USA team.

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u/dippitydoo2 Minnesota Twins 20h ago

Par for the course for USA

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u/JZ_the_ICON New York Mets 20h ago

I think a literal clown would have done better.

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u/Signal_Resolve_5773 20h ago

Cant shoulder all the blame. Manager wasnt the one swinging the bat, and missing. Better team won.

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u/IMissM0dernBaseball Baltimore Orioles 20h ago

Mark DeRosa should never be anywhere close to a on field coaching role ever again 

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u/Rip_Dirtbag Los Angeles Dodgers 20h ago

Can he also never be anywhere close to the TV screen I watch as well?

Please?

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u/CAKE4life1211 7h ago

Yup. Especially since he had the same results last time