LOS ANGELES ¨C Adam Jones on Saturday night in San Diego made the catch heard ¡®round the World Baseball Classic when he leapt against the wall to rob Manny Machado of a home run.
It also was heard around America, where, gradually, the Classic is gaining steam among American baseball fans.
¡°We¡¯ve just got a lot of different things going on in this country at once,¡± U.S. outfielder Jones, a Orioles star, told The Japan Times on Monday. ¡°Right now March Madness is at its peak. Everybody throughout Major League Baseball and America is making brackets and watching the games. That¡¯s generally where the focus is, especially in mid-March. It¡¯s not the biggest baseball month.
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