Team USA baseball manager Mark DeRosa is sticking by the choice to have controversial former SEAL Team Six member Robert J. O'Neill speak to his team in the clubhouse before their World Baseball Classic quarterfinal game. "Well, that was my decision to bring him in," DeRosa, 51, told reporters during a press conference on Sunday, March 15. "I think for me, there has to be - you never want it to get lost why you're doing this, whatever that 'why' is." He added that one of the team's star players told him he was competing to honor members of the military.
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Team USA Manager Defends Inviting Controversial Navy SEAL for Pregame Speech
March 16, 2026
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