Anyone following this story that the USA coach mistakenly thought they’d advanced and sat Bryce Harper and Alex Bregman for the game against Italy? Which they lost and now have to wait out the tiebreakers. As a Jets fan I can appreciate the brazen incompetence.
Supposedly he was informed about the fact that the team hadn't clinched anything before the game, but who knows. At this point it appears moot, as Italy is up 6-0 over Mexico in the 7th. Unless the game goes to extra innings, either Italy will win, or Mexico will win after scoring at least 5 runs, and either way the USA gets in. The only scenario right now where the USA doesn't get in is if Mexico wins in extra innings with other weird tiebreaking rules applying (I believe the game going into at least the 11th would be better for Mexico).
