Lucas Ramirez hits his 2nd HR of the game for Brazil, the swing & drop is perfect
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Lucas Ramirez hits his 2nd HR of the game for Brazil, the swing & drop is perfect
Lucas Ramirez had three home runs all of LAST SEASON in 60 games in the lower Minors.
The fact that heβs matched that total against some of the best pitchers on the planet this week is freaking cool.
Lucas Ramirez has homered against Logan Webb and Gabe Speier tonight.
He also homered against Jacob deGrom in Team Brazilβs exhibition game earlier this week.
Cool stuff.
Holy moly. Oneil Cruz absolutely demolished a baseball.
116.8 mph EV / 450 feet
Manny Machadoβs still got it at third base. My goodness.
With 17-year-old Joseph Contreras and 40-year-old Tiago da Silva, Brazil is the first team in WBC history to use players 40+ and under 18 in the same game
Only other team to use a sub-18-year-old and 40+ year-old in the same WBC at all:
Brazil in 2013: Daniel Missaki (age 16), Ernesto Norris (40)
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Junior Caminero was built for these moments. Man, he is so much fun.
You caught me π
Kinda losing my mind about Jose Contrerasβ 17-year-old son pitching against Team USA in this game.
Lucas Ramirez puts Logan Webb's second pitch into the seats in right to cut the lead in half
Lucas Ramirez, son of Manny, hit a leadoff home run for Brazil against Logan Webb.
Wild!
I would not give up a HR on that pitch to Aaron Judge because I am built different
Aaron Judge is so good lol
Ketel Marte wastes no time tying it up with an RBI double
Eddie Rosario, big game player.
Woah. Four straight Nicaragua hitters have reached against Cristopher SΓ‘nchez. Itβs 1-0 (and counting).
This is what a 448-foot triple looks look.
Also, Bryce Eldridge has put together some really good swings against legitimately good MLB pitchers this spring (this one was against Andrew Abbott).
Wow. Jonathan Aranda gives Mexico the lead with a three-run homer into the Crawford Boxes in Houston.
Don't run on Randy
Minutes after Thompsonβs clutch catch, Harry Ford crushed a game-tying solo home run.
Great Britain is really making a game of this.
What a play from Trayce Thompson in right field. Great Britain got out of a major jam and still only trails 1-0.
I can definitely see it
Nacho Alvarez Jr. puts Mexico on the board with a solo home run
Not sure I pegged Javier Sanoja as being the first player to homer for Venezuela's loaded lineup
Molly Jolly being a real name will never not be funny to me
the streaming service should be called Angels and Airwaves
One can hope
Big morning for Angels news:
β’The Angels completed a deal to start their own TV network, according to Jeff Fletcher.
β’Longtime president John Carpino is stepping down and being replaced by Molly Jolly.
Shohei Ohtaniβs 117.1 mph double was the second-hardest hit ball across the last 2 WBCs, behind only:
3/11/23 118.7 mph doubleβ¦also by Ohtani