Aaron Judge pumps up USA at WBC, Nolan McLean tries to 'finish this thing'
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MIAMI - The boys were pumped up in the Team USA clubhouse Sunday evening, yelling, fist-pumping, back-slapping and absolutely exhilarated.
They had just knocked off powerful Dominican Republic in the semifinals, advancing to the championship game Tuesday night (8 p.m. ET, FOX) against the winner of the Italy-Venezuela game, and are so close to the gold medal now that they could almost touch it.
USA captain Aaron Judge stood up in front of the room, and told them how proud he was with their complete team effort. He pointed everyone out from starter Paul Skenes to closer Mason Miller and the bullpen, to shortstop Bobby Witt, to the home runs by Gunnar Henderson and Roman Anthony.
Go ahead and enjoy the victory, Judge told them, but once they leave the clubhouse, it was time to focus on the business at hand.
They have one more game.
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