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    Dylan Hernandez: WBC will never be the World Cup of baseball if paperwork bars stars from playing

    PHOENIX — Does the World Baseball Classic want to remain a glorified exhibition or does it want to be baseball’s equivalent of a World Cup? The question is worth exploring in the aftermath of Clayton Kershaw announcing on Friday that he was withdrawing from the tournament. Kershaw said he was 100% healthy. He said he wanted to pitch. He said the Dodgers supported him. Kershaw wouldn’t ...
    by Dylan Hernandez, Los Angeles Times Feb 17, 2023 2 minutes
    Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw celebrates after striking out San Diego Padres' Austin Nola during the second inning in Game Two of the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022, in Los Angeles.

    PHOENIX — Does the World Baseball Classic want to remain a glorified exhibition or does it want to be baseball’s equivalent of a World Cup?

    The question is worth exploring in the aftermath of Clayton Kershaw announcing on Friday that he was withdrawing from the tournament.

    Kershaw said he was 100% healthy.

    He said he wanted to pitch.

    He said the Dodgers supported him.

    Kershaw wouldn’t elaborate on why

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