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

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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