D-Wright Powers Team USA into Semi-Finals

by Hairy Backman | March 18th, 2009

Last night, in a true WBC thriller, David Wright drove in the game winning run with a walk-off hit to put Team USA on top of Puerto Rico, 6-5. The win lands USA in the semi-finals and a stache-hair’s length away from entering the final round of the international tournament. The semi-finals begin on Saturday, March 21st at Dodger Stadium. David has been nothing short of amazing in this year’s WBC, batting .348 in 23 at-bats, with 3 RBIs.

The irony in this story is obviously that Team USA would have likely mercy-ruled Puerto Rico if David had been sporting a stache. A hotly-debated topic among baseball enthusiasts and a rule of WBC play, the Mercy rule ends games in which one team is leading by 10 or more runs after 7 innings of baseball.

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