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Aaron Nola to start World Baseball Classic semifinal for Italy

Aaron Nola will start Monday night's World Baseball Classic semifinal for Italy against Venezuela rather than Michael Lorenzen.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto to start for Dodgers in season opener

World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start another season opener for the Los Angeles Dodgers on March 26 against Arizona.

Team USA manager: WBC should move to middle of MLB season

Team USA manager Mark DeRosa joins Pat McAfee to discuss the growth and excitement around the World Baseball Classic.

Robot umpire test for checked swing calls moving to Triple-A

Major League Baseball's experiment of a robot umpire technology system allowing challenges to checked swing calls is moving up from Class A to Triple-A.

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Stephen A. doesn't want to hear complaints about Team USA's WBC win

Stephen A. Smith is adamant that the controversial call that sealed the U.S. team's WBC semifinal win over the Dominican Republic was correct.

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