World baseball classics

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At the World Baseball Classic final between Japan and the US in Miami on Tuesday night, it came down to the final at bat — two of the world’s top players, teammates during the Major League Baseball season pitted against each other, with bragging rights for their country on the line. Host Marco Werman breaks it all down.

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