The World Series-like experience is unmatched and players are thrilled to be a part of the World Baseball Classic even in light of recent shocking injuries.
Pete Alonso of Team USA celebrates after hitting an RBI single in the third inning against Team Cuba during the World Baseball Classic Semifinals at loanDepot Park.I get it, those two injuries provide a tidy case against. But let’s not forget Gavin Lux, the Dodgers’ promising young shortstop, tore up his knee while running the bases in a spring training game. Players get hurt.
No one saw the Diaz injury coming, of course, and no one has really figured out how it happened, even on replay. It was unfortunate but it was a fluke. It shouldn’t be a referendum on the WBC, which is exciting folks in countries where baseball is king, and also in countries where it’s still a curiosity.
Edwin Diaz of Puerto Rico is helped off the field after being injured during the on-field celebration after defeating the Dominican Republic during the World Baseball Classic Pool D.If baseball wanted to showcase what this tournament could be by putting Puerto Rico, Venezuela and the Dominican together and telling the trio that one of them would not survive it, well chalk it up to good marketing.
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