{"id":112652,"date":"2026-03-10T05:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T09:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/machado-exalts-dominican-leadership-and-unity-in-the-world-baseball-classic-2\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T05:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T09:00:21","slug":"machado-exalts-dominican-leadership-and-unity-in-the-world-baseball-classic-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/machado-exalts-dominican-leadership-and-unity-in-the-world-baseball-classic-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Machado Exalts Dominican Leadership and Unity in the World Baseball Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Machado Defines the Dominican Vision for the 2026 World Baseball Classic<\/h2>\n\n\nMiami \u2013 The captain of the Dominican baseball team, Manny Machado, has made the team’s focus clear for the 2026 World Baseball Classic. The instruction is simple: compete to the fullest in every game, regardless of the opponent.\n\n\n

\u201cThe message for the whole team from day one was that. All teams are the same, no matter who is in front of us or who we are playing against; the important thing is to play our game,\u201d Machado expressed.<\/p>Manny Machado<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe stellar third baseman highlighted that, in addition to individual talent, emotional intelligence and camaraderie among the players have been fundamental in maintaining unity within the team.\n\nMachado also praised the presence of young prospects like Junior Caminero, who has had an outstanding performance in the tournament. Machado sees a bright future in Caminero.\n\n\n

\u201cIt’s the first time I’ve played with him on the same field. He’s a kid who wants to learn, he loves the ball and asks me a lot of questions about defense and batting. He’s young and has a lot of talent; he has a very bright future,\u201d he pointed out.<\/p>Manny Machado<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe Dominican captain explained that his role as a leader focuses on maintaining trust and a positive environment within the team, allowing each player to perform to the best of their ability.\n\n\n

\u201cTo win you need leaders, and on this team we have many. We are 26 leaders ready for battle every night\u201d, he affirmed.<\/p>Manny Machado<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nMachado emphasized that the primary objective for the Dominican team is for each player to feel comfortable and prepared to contribute to the collective success.\n\n\n

“At the end of the day we want to win. That’s the most important thing,” he concluded.<\/p>Manny Machado<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Machado Defines the Dominican Vision for the 2026 World Baseball Classic Miami \u2013 The captain of the Dominican baseball team, Manny Machado, has made the team’s focus clear for the 2026 World Baseball Classic. The instruction is simple: compete to the fullest in every game, regardless of the opponent. \u201cThe message for the whole team […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":112653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[88,929,1271,3516],"class_list":{"0":"post-112652","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-classic","10":"tag-dominican-republic","11":"tag-manny-machado"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}