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Around the Horn

Japan Wins The WBC

Around the Horn

ESPN Radio

Sports

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Bill Plaschke, Woody Paige, David Dennis Jr., and Kevin Blackistone join Frank Isola to discuss their takeaways from Japan’s win over USA in the WBC championship game, if more star pitchers and a change in date is needed for the World Baseball Classic, and what the fair expectations are for Ja Morant’s return tonight and for the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Of all the possible scenarios of all the ways for this to play out last night's World Baseball

0:09.5

Classic, playing out like a scripted movie, top of the night, though Tony vs. Trout, a

0:15.2

three-two pitch, and Tony God, and what a moment, Kevin, Dennis, Woody, Bill Plashky, let's

0:21.8

get to it.

0:22.8

All right, let's watch it again.

0:37.6

On one run game, it all coming down to a Tony vs. Trout, the way we all wanted it.

0:43.4

Trout swinging a miss in Japan wins the WBC, and Tony and his teammates undefeated throughout

0:49.3

the tournament, and Mike Trout bows to be back in from 2026 with more help.

0:54.8

All right, Bill, what does your take away from the showdown, and Japan's win?

1:00.4

Frankie, the sports world saw the greatness of Shohei Otoni.

1:04.6

He went 2-0 as a pitcher, batted 4-35 as a hitter, comes in in the ninth inning, never

1:10.3

pitched, never closed a game out, and it's majorly career, comes in against Mike Trout, strikes

1:16.1

him out on three swinging pitchers.

1:17.5

Mike Trout has struck out on three swings 24 times in more than 6,000 at bats.

1:22.9

It just doesn't help.

1:24.8

Bring him ahead.

1:25.8

Ogletani had the hardest throw pitch of this tournament.

1:29.2

He tied for the hardest hit of the tournament.

1:31.6

Otoni owns baseball, owns the world stage, it's all about Shohei.

1:36.4

What do you page?

1:38.6

Bill, don't you find it funny that the biggest moment in both their careers happened at the

1:43.9

same time in a game in the World Baseball Classic?

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