World Baseball Classic Hailed as a Major Success

Bill Madden: From thrilling final to Italy’s run, WBC was a huge hit

NEW YORK — Well, let’s face it. The World Baseball Classic was a smashing success, everything MLB had hoped for, except for Team USA. But like it or not, as long as the finals are held in Miami’s domed LoanDepot Park, where the drumbeats, horns and cowbells from the huge contingent of Latinos who live in the Miami area turn the place into a din, the U.S. is always going to feel like the ...