Team USA is seeking its first World Baseball Classic championship in nine years Tuesday night against Venezuela.
One of USA’s stars, Chicago Cubs outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong, figured there’s no such thing as too much good luck when chasing a title. That’s why he picked Olympic hero Jack Hughes’ jersey to wear for pregame activities.
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Every Team USA baseball player will don game-worn USA hockey jerseys before Tuesday’s game in an effort to link up with the success of the gold-medal winners. Crow-Armstrong and Hughes are partners with Fanatics. The apparel company delivered the jerseys to Team USA, per ESPN’s Jeff Passan.
“I just wanted to rep my guy, Hughesy,” Crow-Armstrong said, per the Talkin’ Baseball X account. “We just wanted to … let those guys know they inspired us a little bit.”
Hughes scored the winning goal for the Americans in the gold-medal game against Canada at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. The thrilling game capped Team USA’s first men’s ice hockey gold medal since 1980.
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The United States became the first country to sweep the men’s, women’s and paralympics golds in ice hockey during a single Winter Games. All three wins came against Canada. In the WBC, Team USA overcame Canada in the quarterfinal, 5-3, before defeating the Dominican Republic, 2-1, in a tense semifinal contest.
Team USA and Venezuela will square off for the WBC championship at 8 p.m. ET Tuesday at loanDepot Park in Miami. The game will be on Fox and the Fox Sports app.
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