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Good morning! Let a zoologist run your game this week. Inside:
🇻🇪 Venezuela stuns 🇺🇸
🐊 Which mascot wins the bracket?
1️⃣1️⃣ Is Leinart right?
This time, it was Roman Anthony. Poor guy. His swing-and-miss on a Daniel Palencia 99 mph fastball in a one-run game gave a shocking World Baseball Classic title to Venezuela last night, three years after Mike Trout struck out swinging against Shohei Ohtani in a one-run game to give…