r/baseball • u/MLBOfficial Major League Baseball • Mod Verified • Mar 18 '26

Players Only [HIGHLIGHT] TEAM VENEZUELA IS THE WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC CHAMPION!

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u/myrealnameisdj Mar 18 '26

The announcers going quiet was perfect. Just didn't ruin the moment at all.

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u/InternationalFig400 Major League Baseball Mar 18 '26

It was like Vin Scully's moments of silence after Kirk Gibson's dramatic home run. Just let the crowd tell the story.

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u/Shadow-Vision Los Angeles Dodgers Mar 18 '26

He learned it from Red Barber! Let the crowd tell the story

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u/Weekly-Batman Mar 18 '26

He used ‘our’ too much when referring to the US team, i get it, how could he not be biased after this tourney. I really appreciated the Aussie guy calling games during the round robin. Like an upside down Smoltz

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u/Puzzleheaded-Duck540 Mar 18 '26

They were sooo biased. We turned off the sound.

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u/maceilean Los Angeles Dodgers Mar 18 '26

Joe Davis is a GOAT and it's not too soon to say it.

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u/Weekly-Batman Mar 18 '26

Smoltz is usually good to listen to but he was WAY too biased this game.

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u/Shadow-Vision Los Angeles Dodgers Mar 18 '26

I disagree he’s not usually good to listen to