Beth P

It really was uncanny how our #WBC team embodied everything that's wrong with our country right now, up to and including a kind of fascist cultural sickness that treats joy, abundance, celebration and team cohesion as something for sissies. We are clearly unwell as a nation after everything that has happened here politically over the last 18 months, and it's showing in everything we try to do. #wbc2026 #baseball #americanfascism

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/mar/18/world-baseball-classic-usa-venezuela-trump-war

Other nations danced for joy at the World Baseball Classic. Team USA played toy soldiers

Venezuela played with heart, Italy sipped espresso and the Dominicans showed off their verve at the tournament. America wanted to concentrate on war

The Guardian
Mar 18 at 7:05pmWeb
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The US WBC team even emulated our incompetent and mendacious national leadership, as Craig Calcaterra covered last week: https://www.cupofcoffeenews.com/cup-of-coffee-march-12-2026/
Cup of Coffee: March 12, 2026

Mark De Rosa's incompetence, Andre Dawson's Hall of Fame plaque, Iran is out of the World Cup, the worst Kobe fanboy ever, when things are going well, prison for Pete Hegseth, and a tale of sunken treasure

Cup of Coffee