About this episode

Francisco Rojas recaps the 2026 World Baseball Classic final and discusses the implications for baseball's future popularity.

Francisco Rojas is back for episode 111 of the Shift podcast! He gives a recap for the 2026 World Baseball Classic final, as well as the tournament overall. Also, Francisco revisits the conversation about whether or not baseball should be moved to the Olympics instead of having the WBC. Lastly, what this year's tournament could mean for the popularity of baseball moving forward. https://linktr.ee/theshift_?utm_source=linktree_admin_share

People in this episode

Host: Francisco Rojas

Topics covered

• World Baseball Classic
• baseball
• Olympics
• tournament recap
• popularity of baseball

Keywords

• World Baseball Classic
• baseball
• Olympics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Olympics

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