The World Baseball Classic has had more thrills and plot twists than Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway opening an envelope at the Academy Awards. Winners have become losers, losers have become winners, and the unexpected has become expected.
We’re down to four teams. No more round-robin pool play. We’ve reached the semifinals, with three games in three days at Dodger Stadium. The Netherlands plays unbeaten Puerto Rico on Monday, the United States plays unbeaten Japan on Tuesday, and the winners meet in Wednesday’s championship game (all games at 9 p.m. ET on MLB Network, with ESPN Deportes and WatchESPN providing Spanish-language coverage).