Team Italia Takes the Early WBC Lead in my Heart

Mandatory mustaches and an in-dugout Nespresso machine are apparently all it takes to earn my undying WBC allegiance.

Mar 11, 2023

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Just sitting here thinking about a bunch of Italians in Taiwan running around with baseball gloves on their heads, mimicking eating fat slices of pizza. ((Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images)

When I last wrote about the World Baseball Classic 24 hours ago, I was throwing a little pity party about the best pitchers in the world either opting out of the event …

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