The United States Team Wins The World Baseball Classic

It was nearly twenty years ago that Jim Leyland guided the wild card Florida Marlins to a World Series victory in 1997.

They were a wild card entrant. The same might be said of the United States team that Leyland just guided to the World Baseball Classic crown.

The U.S. team, do not get me wrong, a deserving winner did not win either of its groups but as stated here, were certainly wanted by the event organizers and had intangibles in rematches vs both the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.