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 SAN DIEGO (AP) - Baseball threw one heck of a party.
Even as Ichiro Suzuki was drenched in champagne and a blizzard of confetti covered parts of the infield, it was clear the sport itself was as big a winner as Japan in the inaugural World Baseball Classic.
An American ballpark rocked with Caribbean and Asian fervor — there were plenty of U.S. touches, too, just not the home country's team — as Japan beat Cuba 10-6 in the championship game Monday night.
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