About this episode

The episode discusses the unexpected success of the WBC and the performance of the Italians in the tournament.

The WBC has been better than expected – – competitiveness, fun, TV ratings. And how about the Italians?! Certainly not because of the Americans. We’ll talk about how it may end up.

Topics covered

• WBC
• Italians in sports
• competitiveness
• TV ratings
• baseball

Keywords

• WBC
• Italians
• Americans
• competitiveness
• TV ratings
• sports

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Italians, Americans

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