00:00Grazie, Italian saved Team USA from ultimate WBC shame.
00:04You can use the word shame, miscalculation,
00:08whichever scrabble word that you fancy, because let's be real.
00:11They saved Mark DeRosa and Team USA from global embarrassment
00:16with that win over Mexico to keep us alive, baby.
00:19And it only took Vinny Pasquantino launching three home runs
00:23for the first time ever in the WBC game for us to advance.
00:27But who cares? Espresso shots for everybody this morning.
00:31Now look, I'm a casual international baseball fan,
00:34so correct me if I'm wrong here,
00:37but we got a lot riding on this classic.
00:39Our baseball culture and dominance is on the line here.
00:42Baseball is supposed to be our sport, America's sport,
00:46or America's pastime, but we really haven't been that relevant
00:49on the global stage in a long time.
00:52And I'm not trying to get political here or anything,
00:56so argue with your mama.
00:58But with all that's going on politically between Canada and the U.S.,
01:02how cool is it that we now have to beat them in a quarterfinal
01:06to advance in the classic after beating them for gold
01:09in both men's and women's hockey at the Olympics last month?
01:13Just another reason to watch, folks.
01:15Sports love storylines.
01:16And lastly, I'm going to leave you all with this.
01:19Somebody has to stop the Dominican Republic.
01:22Those dudes are out there having way too much fun.
01:24For more on Team USA and the World Baseball Classic,
01:28head on over to newyorkpost.com slash sports.
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