{"id":10162,"date":"2026-03-17T12:15:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T16:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/?p=10162"},"modified":"2026-06-22T13:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T17:56:09","slug":"italy-tops-puerto-rico-rides-magical-wbc-run-into-semifinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/17\/italy-tops-puerto-rico-rides-magical-wbc-run-into-semifinals\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy tops Puerto Rico, rides magical WBC run into semifinals"},"content":{"rendered":"

ESPN<\/a><\/strong><\/em> – At the beginning of its charmed run in the World Baseball Classic, Italy hoped its roster \u2013 loaded with young, talented major and minor leaguers of Italian American descent \u2013 could stack together a few wins and sneak out of pool play. Now, the Azzurri are headed to the semifinals in Miami \u2013 and believe they can win the whole thing.<\/p>

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Italy will face Venezuela, which beat Japan in another quarterfinal Saturday, at LoanDepot Park in Miami on Monday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":10168,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1965],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10162","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t