Venezuela baseball wants country 'happy and celebrating' with run to WBC final
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Venezuela rallied late to defeat Italy and set up a showdown with Team USA in the WBC title game.
MIAMI — It was nothing personal, but sorry, Venezuela just couldn’t go along with the script.
Team Venezuela stomped on Italy’s glass slipper, and Monday night were celebrating on the field for all of their zealous fans to see, staging a wild 4-2 comeback victory to advance to the World Baseball Classic championship game for the first time.
It will be Venezuela against Team USA at 8 p.m. ET for the WBC title at loanDepot Park.
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But Venezuela manager Omar Lopez wasn’t going to delve into politics. He’s sticking to baseball.
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