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Nick Martinez and Daniel Bard commit to Team USA
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October baseball arrives with 12-team bracket set
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World Baseball Classic Japan player profiles
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Style and substance: Team USA finds itself in winning World Baseball Classic
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Key reliever more excited than nervous ahead of WBC debut
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World Baseball Classic: Team USA's 1990s Squad Would Have Been Insane - En Fuego
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2023 World Baseball Classic: Stacked United States roster eager for opportunity
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