The Italian-Americans of the Azzurri, fresh off an improbable World Baseball Classic run, carry the stories of their grandparents with them. “It’s pride in their origins,” coach Francisco Cervelli ...

Three days at loanDepot Park have shown baseball at its best. The World Baseball Classic semifinals and championship have been an explosion of international pride, of fundamentals and ...

Much was made about Team USA’s decision to pitch Nolan McLean in the World Baseball Classic title game Tuesday night.

Venezuela’s vast oil wealth did more than sustain an ally in Havana. It helped finance a far-reaching intelligence and security apparatus — one tied to allegations of torture, political persecution ...

In the final of this surprisingly thrilling and utterly joyful World Baseball Classic, Venezuela outplayed their sour ...

“For me, this win is about pride, not politics,” said Katiuska Valiente, a native Venezuelan and the owner of Peka Restaurant ...

Compared to all that stone-faced, enforced patriotism, the apple pie atmosphere of baseball is a breeze. The only major ...

Even before the US ousted then-President Nicolás Maduro, players from the South American country have straddled two very different situations. Their difficult path is rarely discussed.

The 2026 World Baseball Classic delivered everything the sport could have asked for. Record crowds. Electric atmospheres.

MLB insider Jeff Passan took a shot at the league for not embracing Latin American Baseball. Here’s what he said.

The reprieve wrought by Harper was short-lived. In the ninth, Venezuela capitalized on an erratic outing by Boston Red Sox reliever Garrett Whitlock. Team USA manager Mark DeRosa indicated that he ...

Many of the players who were cleared by their teams, primarily pitchers, basically had their usage dictated by them.