Team USA Ditches Silver Medals After Falling Short in WBC Final
Team USA Baseball Players Rip Off Silver Medals ... After Crushing WBC Loss
Team USA got their silver medals … and then made it clear they didn’t want ‘em.
Seconds after a crushing 3-2 loss to Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic final, multiple U.S. stars were seen pulling the medals right off their necks -- some before they even reached the dugout.
Cameras caught guys like Mason Miller, Kyle Schwarber, Logan Webb and Bobby Witt Jr. ditching the hardware almost instantly in a moment that’s now blowing up online.
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The scene couldn’t have been more split.
On one side, Venezuela was celebrating its first-ever WBC title after a dramatic ninth-inning win. On the other, Team USA sat in stunned silence … ripping off medals that felt more like reminders than rewards.
But not everyone handled it the same way.
While teammates were tossing aside silver, Bryce Harper -- who had just crushed a clutch, game-tying homer in the eighth -- broke away from the line entirely and walked over to congratulate Venezuela’s players with hugs.
Harper later made it clear where he stood.
He admitted he hates finishing second -- saying he’s “not O.K. with winning silver” and wants gold like anyone else -- but still gave Venezuela full respect for getting it done, adding, “They’re on top.”
That contrast says everything.
Same heartbreak, totally different reactions: some ditching the medals, others showing love to the champs.
It’s not the first time elite athletes have had that kind of response, either. The medal rejection felt a lot like when Canada's men's national ice hockey team players were handed commemorative stuffed animals at the Olympics -- only for some to awkwardly ditch them almost immediately.
Team USA got silver … and clearly wanted gold.