MIAMI — The loanDepot crowd here was about 90 percent for the Dominican team. The game, happily, was a lot closer than that.
This was a matchup of two of the most talented rosters ever assembled, and they did not disappoint a predictably raucous sellout crowd. It took until their semifinal game in this World Baseball Classic, but Team USA finally played to its billing in its thrilling 2-1 victory over the Dominican Republic that sent them to the finals Tuesday night against the winner of Monday’s Venezuela-Italy matchup.
Our band of All-Stars and all-timers, which seemingly sleepwalked through its first five WBC games, finally showed their real colors in a contest that resembled an All-Star game. The two teams and their star-studded rosters treated the crowd to big-time power, web gems and action galore. They even matched the hype.
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