Not all elite athletes are at the full-time professionals. Some are electricians. That is the case for this week's Sportsman of the Week. Czech pitcher Ondřej Satoria has emerged as the best statistical pitcher in the World Baseball Classic Pool play. The underdog Czech's were punching up in weight class in the Asian bracket, featuring MLB and Asian professional league laden Japan (defending WBC champions) and South Korea. Satoria didn't flinch. He dueled with emerging Japanese superstar Hiroto Takahashi for almost five innings of no run ball. This was following a near 4 inning performance against a balanced Australian squad earlier also giving up no runs. In total, 8 1/3 innings, 0 runs, and and ERA at 0.00 leading all pitchers in the Classic. The very sportsmanship crowd in Japan tipped their hat, along with the Japanese players, to Satoria as he left the mound. Czech might have gone 0-4 in what was a miracle run to make it, but Ondřej Satoria will be remembered as WBC legend. The Longhorndave Sportsman of the Week!
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