2026 World BaseballClassic(WBC) ended,VenezuelaWon the first championship in team history,Team USAIt was the second runner-up for two consecutive years. A fan posted a message criticizing the U.S. team players for their lack of enthusiasm when playing, “I feel like I just want to go back to spring training.” On the other hand, the Venezuelan team is full of desire to win, and believes that the contrast between the two teams’ attitudes towards winning and losing is the key to the game. In this regard, many fans also pointed out that the American team “has no fighting spirit to play”.
The U.S. team formed a luxury lineup to fight for the Classic championship. However, when facing Venezuela in the final yesterday, the luxury lineup only had 3 hits in the game. The whole game only relied on Bryce Harper‘s tying 2-point bombardment to recover the points in the 8th inning, and finally lost 2:3. After the game, head coach Mark DeRosa said: “I don’t think we made any mistakes in this game, but we didn’t put any pressure on our opponents offensively.”
A baseball fan posted on Threads that the problem with the U.S. team is its attitude towards the game. He bluntly said that this U.S. team is the least enthusiastic and has the worst atmosphere he has ever seen. He gave an example. When Harper hit a home run that tied the score in the 8th inning, the other teammates showed no excitement at all. They just slowly walked out of the dugout and clapped, “like civil servants clocking in at work.” On the other hand, in the Venezuelan team, every player was full of a winning mentality and radiated enthusiasm on the court, which was in sharp contrast to the American team.
The original PO specially namedScooper(Tarik Skubal) This pitcher only pitched in one game against Great Britain before returning to the Tigers, which created a negative atmosphere in the dugout and was undoubtedly the culprit. In addition, head coach De Rosa even got the qualifications wrong during the preliminaries and relied on the help of Italy to advance to the top 8. This was also one of the failures of the American team.
The original PO finally emphasized that in addition to strength, short-term competition is very important for the enthusiasm and vitality of the game. However, there is no enthusiasm in this US team. The star players seem to just want to go back to spring training, perform well in the new season and win big contracts, and do not care about the honor of the national team.
As soon as this article came out, many netizens agreed that there was a problem with the American team’s attitude towards playing. “I think every American team is the same. It’s a mess of whether they like to play or not.” “My teammates played great defense, but they were not particularly happy. They all had expressionless faces. It felt like they just came to work to check in.”
Many netizens also praised the Central and South American teams for their good atmosphere and strong competitive spirit. “The broadcast also mentioned that Venezuela’s desire to win the championship is much more obvious than that of the United States.” “The Dominican Republic and Venezuela have really great team atmospheres, just like Taiwan.” “This time, they are completely attracted by these Latin countries. Not only the players, but also the fans are treating the WBC like a baseball carnival.”
