Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and FanGraphs contributor Kiri Oler wrap up the World Baseball Classic, covering Venezuela’s triumph, Team USA’s slump and vibes, and the overall success of the tournament, plus thoughts on Mark DeRosa’s managing and Team USA’s future, the semifinal matchups, the bad calls against the Dominican Republic, the challenge system and pitches that are “too close to take,” the WBC vs. the World Series, when the next WBC should be, and much more.

Audio outro: Jonathan Crymes, “Effectively Wild Theme 2”

Link to Defector on Venezuela

Link to Harper on the outcome

Link to Posnanski on Team USA

Link to Manfred on WBC timing

Link to data on US-DR game

Link to data on Perdomo take

Link to Ben on fouling off pitches

Link to Harper on the Olympics

Link to McLean start story

Link to top SP projections

Link to USA anthem answers

Link to DeRosa on SEAL speaker

Link to Fox Rogers mix-up

Link to Julio’s WBC quote

Link to Judge’s WBC quote

Link to Hernández’s WBC quote

Link to Jeter on the WBC

Link to DeRosa/López relievers story

Link to next WBC timing

Link to Ben on more WBCs

Link to story on DeRosa’s future

Link to Charbonnet play

Link to Ben on “Strategy”

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