![]() With Britain trailing 3-1 in the bottom of the fourth, Bahamian born Chavez Young hit a single to left-field and enabled Nick Ward and Darnell Sweeney to score.Īfter an error from Colombia’s Harold Ramirez, Young advanced to second and celebrated by pretending to sip from a cup of tea – a celebration which has become a staple of the team’s repertoire.Īfter Young’s two-run single, Great Britain was now level at 3-3. Like Ford, a lot of the players in the GB squad were not born in Britain, but the players have fully embraced their role of representing the nation. Just because he’s always been at every single one of my baseball games since I started, and being able to just to represent his country and play and be the first Great Britain team to make it this far, too, has really meant the world to him.” For him, was one of the best things ever. But my dad is like really, really British,” Ford explained. Spanish-language broadcasts available on FOX Deportes. Speaking to MLB.com before joining up with his Great Britain teammates, Ford touched on his Britishness. How to watch the 2023 World Baseball Classic The tournament's 47 games will be aired on FOX, FS1, FS2 and Tubi. The Seattle Mariners prospect crushed a home run into left-field and gave Great Britain some much-needed breathing space with a 6-3 lead.ĭespite being born in America, Ford has quickly become one of the faces of British baseball during his young career.īorn in Atlanta, Georgia to British parents, the catcher was crucial to his side’s entry to the World Baseball Classic and has continued his good form on the big stage.įord hit a huge home run to left-field to give Great Britain control against Colombia. Leading off the innings in Phoenix, Arizona the 20-year-old did not seem burdened by the potentially historic feat and, with a one and two count, Ford got the pitch he was waiting for. When Harry Ford walked up to the plate in the bottom of the seventh at Chase Field, the Great Britain baseball team was already on the cusp of adding themselves to this list of longshots – with a World Baseball Classic win against Colombia in the team’s tournament debut. The story of the underdog is one of life’s favorite fables.ĭavid’s rock crashing into Goliath’s head, Cassius Clay, later Muhammad Ali, defeating heavy-favorite Sonny Liston, or Mike Eruzione firing team USA ahead during the Miracle on Ice – it is written into human nature to route for, and then remember, the unlikely hero.
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