MLB teams pressure WBC managers to be careful with pitchers. Venezuela pushed back
MIAMI (AP) — Venezuela manager Omar López went beyond the limit to help his nation win its first World Baseball Classic. Major league clubs routinely place restrictions on how national team managers can use pitchers at the WBC. One key for López and Venezuela in Tuesday night's championship game was that he talked some MLB team executives into dropping their initial limitations. U. S. manager Mark DeRosa accepted such restraints. That allowed López to pitch Chicago Cubs closer Daniel for...
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