
The next time anyone tries to argue the World Baseball Classic is a meaningless tournament that’s not worth the hassle, make sure you remind them of a certain Saturday night during March 2023.
Remind them Team USA was trailing Venezuela, 7-5, in the eighth inning of a quarterfinal elimination game in Miami when Trea Turner stepped to the plate with the bases loaded in a rocking loanDepot Park. Remind them he took two strikes and then uncorked a go-ahead grand slam that’s still soaring somewhere over the Atlantic ocean right now.