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Shawn Spradling

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Baseball Isn’t Boring
Everything You Need To Know About The World Baseball Classic

tension and excitement and um prestigiousness that prestige that we that we wanted to have um that i don't know if it would have if it was if it was a once every year no i wouldn't no absolutely absolutely what is it what i'm sorry go ahead no so so because of that i feel like i i appreciate that it does take a couple years to get to it and yet it still felt like it flew by

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Everything You Need To Know About The World Baseball Classic

Okay.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Everything You Need To Know About The World Baseball Classic

Give me one second because I think that Great Britain has, on that point, I think they have the opportunity to surprise a ton of people if they get everyone who they could get.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Everything You Need To Know About The World Baseball Classic

Because we've already talked about Jazz Chisholm.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Everything You Need To Know About The World Baseball Classic

And just like Jazz, like another Bahamian player, Sebastian Walcott, one of the top players in the minors, like he is probably going to play for Great Britain.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Everything You Need To Know About The World Baseball Classic

But the ones that stick out to me are, I'll start on the offensive side and then I'll go to the pitchings.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Everything You Need To Know About The World Baseball Classic

But there's players in NPB who are of Nigerian and Ugandan descent that are still technically eligible for Great Britain.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Everything You Need To Know About The World Baseball Classic

Shun Mizutani is, I mean, one of the top outfielders in NPB.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Everything You Need To Know About The World Baseball Classic

And when I put him on the dream team, baseball fans in Japan freaked out because they were like, there's no way he's eligible.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Everything You Need To Know About The World Baseball Classic

But he is, and if they're able to get him to play, a Japanese player on Great Britain would be pretty electric.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Everything You Need To Know About The World Baseball Classic

I don't know.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Everything You Need To Know About The World Baseball Classic

I don't think so, because I don't know if he's quite to the tier of being able to make Samurai Japan yet.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Everything You Need To Know About The World Baseball Classic

I think if he was the best outfielder in Japan, there'd be no questions asked.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Everything You Need To Know About The World Baseball Classic

He'd play for Japan.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Everything You Need To Know About The World Baseball Classic

But to me, it kind of feels like a...

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Everything You Need To Know About The World Baseball Classic

I don't know, like a Vinny Pasquantino playing for Italy.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Everything You Need To Know About The World Baseball Classic

I think if he were to get the call for the U.S.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Everything You Need To Know About The World Baseball Classic

and he was the best American first baseman, he might play for USA.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Everything You Need To Know About The World Baseball Classic

You're way too early to tell sleeper team.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Everything You Need To Know About The World Baseball Classic

Well, listen to this, because on the pitching side for Great Britain, we could see three different lighters play for Great Britain.