{"id":114431,"date":"2026-03-18T14:43:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T18:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/guerrero-jr-responds-to-escobar-congratulates-venezuela-after-criticism-in-the-classic\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T14:43:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T18:43:31","slug":"guerrero-jr-responds-to-escobar-congratulates-venezuela-after-criticism-in-the-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/guerrero-jr-responds-to-escobar-congratulates-venezuela-after-criticism-in-the-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Guerrero Jr. responds to Escobar: Congratulates Venezuela after criticism in the Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"SANTO DOMINGO, RD. \u2013 Venezuela&#8217;s victory in the 2026 World Baseball Classic has sparked various reactions, especially after comments from former pitcher Kelvin Escobar on social media.\n\nEscobar directed criticism at Dominican players, which generated a wave of responses.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reactions to Comments<\/h2>\n\n\nThe focus of the controversy was a video that circulated before the tournament, where Dominican players showed off watches and money.\n\nFollowing the Venezuelan triumph, Escobar made controversial comments on this topic, provoking immediate reactions.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vladimir Guerrero Jr.&#8217;s Response<\/h2>\n\n\nVladimir Guerrero Jr., a prominent first baseman, publicly responded to the allegations.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Guerrero Jr. rejected the use of offensive words towards Dominican players, but acknowledged the sporting success of Venezuela.<\/p><cite>Vladimir Guerrero Jr.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nGuerrero Jr. congratulated Venezuela for their first title in the tournament, showing respect amid the controversy.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Context of the Controversy<\/h2>\n\n\nThe exchange of opinions arose after Venezuela&#8217;s 3-2 victory over the United States in the final of the tournament.\n\nThe triumph marked the first championship for Venezuela in the history of the tournament.\n\nEscobar&#8217;s statements fueled the debate on digital platforms, comparing celebration styles and behavior.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Call for Respect<\/h2>\n\n\nDespite the crossed declarations, the responses of the Dominican players have maintained a tone of recognition for the Venezuelan sporting achievement.\n\nThis demonstrates that the rivalry is limited to the playing field.\n\nThe episode highlights the emotional intensity of the World Baseball Classic, where pride and sports passion are very strong.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANTO DOMINGO, RD. \u2013 Venezuela&#8217;s victory in the 2026 World Baseball Classic has sparked various reactions, especially after comments from former pitcher Kelvin Escobar on social media. Escobar directed criticism at Dominican players, which generated a wave of responses. Reactions to Comments The focus of the controversy was a video that circulated before the tournament, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":114432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[12328,2182,2663,2010],"class_list":{"0":"post-114431","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-kelvin-escobar","9":"tag-venezuela","10":"tag-vladimir-guerrero-jr","11":"tag-world-baseball-classic"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114431","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=114431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}