L’Australien à succès qui est devenu la star de la Classique mondiale de baseball
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Par wsj
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L’Australien à succès qui est devenu la star de la Classique mondiale de baseball
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Par wsj
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In 2024, the Cleveland Guardians made Australian cricket star Travis Bazzana the No. 1 overall pick in the draft. It was the first time an Australian had even been taken in the first round.
The 23-year-old Bazzana is trying to become the face of baseball in a country more familiar with wickets than home runs. He is off to a good start.
Bazzana has emerged as one of the breakout stars of the World Baseball Classic, blasting a dramatic home run in Australia’s surprise win over Taiwan on Wednesday night.
And when he hit it, he didn’t drop his bat. He flipped it.
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I like Bazzana, but he’s hitting .188 with a .610 OPS. I don’t know that I would call him the breakout star of the WBC.
Beaver
I like Bazzana and think he’s got a great future. But outside of the big homer in the first game… he didn’t actually set the world on fire