Loved Every Second: Venezuela Tops Team USA to Win an Exciting WBC!

Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney

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🗓️ 18 March 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Venezuela earns its first World Baseball Classic title, defeating Team USA 3-2 in a dramatic final game. Buster Olney and Tim Kurkjian discuss what a fun tournament this edition of the WBC was, Venezuela taking down the United States and Japan on its way to a championship, the celebration that ensued, which players shined, the United States’ failure to get the offense going, and what they would change about the World Baseball Classic going forward. 0:00 Venezuela beats USA 3-2 in WBC final 3:57 Eugenio Suarez has another big moment 6:25 Bryce Harper finds his swing 7:49 Cubs allow Daniel Palencia to pitch 9:05 Wilyer Abreu is a breakout candidate in 2026 11:04 Eduardo Rodríguez came up big 11:56 Nolan McLean was spinning it 13:55 Luis Arráez walks to get the late rally going 14:49 How did manager Omar López and Mark DeRosa perform? 16:06 What would you change about the WBC? 21:43 Milwaukee Brewers Preview 23:11 Headlines 23:44 Kansas City Royals Preview 25:06 Bleacher Tweets w/ more on Cubs OF Seyia Suzuki’s injury CALL THE SHOW: 406-404-8460 EMAIL THE SHOW: BleacherTweets@gmail.com REACH OUT ON X: #BLEACHERTWEETS Follow The Baseball Tonight Podcast on… YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHeL6O-A-ASmSMwbSCFvPKEq1Cslo_lrw Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5FG6xCcd338SgZjZ9urHRI Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/baseball-tonight-with-buster-olney/id137699414 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Bowser is back.
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0:11.0	Let's go!
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0:21.6	So some cool dinosaur just shows up and he's now part of the group.
0:25.4	Cool.
0:26.0	The Super Mario Galaxy movie, only in cinema's April 1st.
0:31.9	This is the baseball tonight podcast for Wednesday, March 18th,
0:36.4	2006, and today will be better than yesterday.
0:39.8	I'm Buster Only right after, speaking to you right after Venezuela beats the United States
0:45.0	in the championship game of the World Baseball Classic.
0:48.6	Taylor Schwink working from the Schwink Studios back in Connecticut, man, that was super fun.
0:53.9	The tournament was awesome.. The tournament was awesome.
0:56.0	The championship game was awesome.
0:58.5	Well, I'm glad we got some juice there at the end.
1:00.7	Bryce Harper ties it up, that we get Venezuela.
1:03.8	The whole crowd was willing them to win this thing.
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