This week's topic will feature the USA baseball team! Every spring, there's an international baseball tournament called the World Baseball Classic. This event includes 16 teams by invitation from a qualifying match prior to the tournament. For the last 4 tournaments, there has been 14 of the same countries invited to play. Including USA, Canada, Brazil, Spain, Panama, South Africa, Dominican Republic, etc.
The tournament is actually under way right now! I'm a big Royals fan by the way and there are 7 Royals players competing for team USA. Danny Duffy, Eric Hosmer, Salvador Perez, and others have played great so far in 3 games. USA actually defeated the defending tournament champions on Saturday (Dominican Republic). They will move on to face Japan in the Semifinals on Tuesday. During their matchup against Venezuela, both teams were tied at 2 and Eric Hosmer was up to bat with 1 runner on base. He drills a shot to deep right center field for a home-run to make the score 4-2 USA. USA went on to win that game 4-2 and Eric was awarded MVP for his game winning homer.
Baseball has been one of the most popular sports around the world for while now, especially in the US. There are so many great athletes that have come through the major leagues since the great Babe Ruth. A lot of people say that baseball is boring or not a real sport, these people are uneducated. Baseball is one of the hardest sports to play and some people don't understand how much skill you need to have in order to play baseball. Look up how fast a pitch reaches home plate and how fast a batter has to react to that pitch in order to hit the ball. The results will change your mind about baseball completely I promise. If you guys have any comments or questions about the World Baseball Classic or baseball in general then please feel free to comment! Thanks for reading!
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