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Christian Yelich was admiring one of his custom-designed Louisville Slugger bats with the red, white and dejected Aggregation USA logo categorical into the brand aback the affair angry to money.

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When it was mentioned to Yelich that players in the World Baseball Classic are paid to play, his acknowledgment was: “We are?”

It was account to Yelich, a Marlins outfielder who was alleged to represent the United States in the all-embracing baseball tournament.

“I’d comedy for free, are you kidding?” Yelich said.

Yelich, Marlins assistant Giancarlo Stanton and a ample ensemble of All-Stars from throughout the majors will assemble on Marlins Park to booty allotment in the WBC, an all-embracing baseball clash that is growing in popularity.

Saturday’s showdown amid the U.S. and the Dominican Republic — two baseball admiral — awash out in no time. Entering the WBC play, Marlins Park has been awash out for baseball bristles times aback aperture in 2012.

“I anticipate it’s the fastest sellout at Marlins Park for any event,” Marlins admiral David Samson said. “Maybe [televangelist] Joel Osteen awash out faster. It’s the aboriginal calm sellout of a non-finals bold in the WBC.”

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Teams from Colombia and Canada will additionally be arena at Marlins Park, one of four first-round venues, during the clash that stretches from Thursday to Sunday. If necessary, a tiebreaker bold will be played Monday. Other first-round amateur are actuality played in Japan, Mexico and South Korea.

“WBC and Miami, they accept to be together,” Samson said. “It’s perfect.”

It’s the fourth time the WBC has been staged and the third time Miami has hosted one of the rounds. A absolute of 16 countries are demography part, with the final four teams advancing to the championship annular March 20-22 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

Samson said added than 135,000 tickets accept already been awash to the six amateur actuality played at Marlins Park and expects the final calculation to ability 160,000. Aback the accident was aftermost captivated in Miami in 2013, 113,000 absolute tickets were sold.

“It shows the all-around ability of Miami and baseball,” Samson said.

New Marlins bullpen Edinson Volquez will not comedy for the Dominican Republic, but is appointed to alpha adjoin Aggregation USA on Saturday. That agency he could end up adverse Yelich and Stanton, his Marlins teammates.

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“Good luck,” Volquez responded with a smile aback asked about a abeyant showdown adjoin the two Marlins outfielders.

Volquez said Dominican admirers are accursed up about the WBC and expects a ample assembly from them Saturday. The Dominican aggregation won the aftermost WBC in 2013.

“They’re affectionate of crazy a little bit,” Volquez said with a laugh. “We adore the bold a altered way. It’s activity to be crazy bottomward in Miami. Everybody’s advancing in from altered places — from New York and everywhere.”

While baseball is accepted as the “national pastime” in the United States, the country has yet to win the tournament. Japan won the aboriginal two tournaments. It explains why players such as Stanton and Yelich are bent to end the drought.

“We’re not aloof assuming up to appearance up,” said Stanton, who additionally played in the 2013 WBC. “At the end of the day, it’s to win.”

Yelich has been attractive advanced to the clash aback October aback he was arrive to play.

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“When they alleged me, I was like, ‘Hell yeah I’m in!,’” Yelich said. “Wearing a Aggregation USA jersey for the aboriginal time is activity to be awesome. I’m excited.”

Yelich said there will be burden to win.

“I anticipate every aggregation has pressure,” he said. “Everyone’s apery their country. There’s acutely pressure. But, at he aforementioned time, there’s burden every time we comedy baseball, aloof a altered kind.”

During the Marlins’ Grapefruit League bold on Monday, Yelich’s bat slipped from his butt and went aerial into the seats. He didn’t bother to retrieve it, absolution the fan accumulate it as a souvenir.

It was a boilerplate bat he commonly swings, not one of his adored Aggregation USA bats beatific to him by Louisville Slugger for the WBC.

“If i threw one of those,” Yelich said, “I would accept gotten it back.”

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