Not even sure where to begin with this… From Taiwan’s Yu Chang’s go-ahead grand slam vs the Netherlands or even Japan’s Murakami’s walk off double to beat Mexico to OF COURSE Shohei Ohtani gassing up Mike Trout for the final out to become World Champions. That was the single greatest damn baseball event EVER.
A full breakdown of every former/current D1 player that is on a final roster for the World Baseball Classic. One spoiler... USA isnt even top 3 in number of D1 alumni. Shocker! Just goes to show you where majority of worldwide baseball talent resides... the United States of America.
Daniel Padysak might have the most interesting college baseball season in history this year. According to Wikipedia, Padysak is on the current Czech Republic World Baseball Classic Roster, scheduled to play in Tokyo, Japan during the college baseball season.
The WBC, arguably the best show on dirt (no knock on college baseball), is making its return for the first time since 2017 with the United States looking to defend their title.