A firefighter, a schoolteacher, and the team's very own media coordinator: These are the people who make up the Czech Republic's @wbcbaseball roster. This team of amateurs is ready to upset the world and steal your heart:

November 17, 1989 ✌🏻🇨🇿 Thanks to freedom, we can play, grow, and represent Czechia at the biggest international events. ❤️ Thank you! #baseballczech #dikyzemuzem 📸 Ladislav Svěnčík

The future belongs to those that believe in their dreams.

EXCLUSIVE: The Women's Pro Baseball League will play its entire first season in Springfield, Illinois, FOS has learned. The WPBL will have a $95,000 salary cap, expects to raise $3 million, and will operate under a single entity. By @AnnieCostabile ⬇️

UNREAL. Kim Ju-Won hits a bottom of the ninth, two out game-tying home run to center field and Korea finishes this game with a 7-7 tie. Remarkable ballgame played like it was the WBC final instead of a meaningless exhibition.

Keep an eye on Hyun-min Ahn! The dude is JACKED and he goes deep for the second straight day to cut the lead to one. Coming off a season where the 21 year old hit .334 with 22 home runs and Ryu has confirmed he's the team's No. 2 batter. Definitely a player to watch.

We've got one HELL of a ballgame brewing here! Korea has the tying run thrown out at home as the Naver broadcasters go absolutely WILD. You could be forgiven for thinking this is a World Series Game 7, WBC final for the passion. Great November baseball. 6-5 Japan.

Have yourself a series, Min-jae Shin! After saving runs in the top half, he comes through with a great piece of hitting to give Korea the lead again. Assuming the MLBers come, he likely has no path to a starting job but he's making a great case for WBC bench role.

Byeong-hyeon Jo has a crazy release, thrusting his arm backward before coming directly over the top. He walks in the tying run before Shin makes a great diving stop at second to start an inning-ending double play. 3-3 now going into the bottom of the fourth.

Tai Sasaki, just 22 years old and coming off an impressive rookie season with Hiroshima, lines a single to center field to get Japan on the board. Sasaki will need to add some power if he wants to continue advancing as a corner player. A bases loaded walk follows and it's 3-2.

That's why we play these games! With runners on the corner, Korea goes with the delayed double steal. Japan plays it poorly and not only does the run score, but Song advances to second, too. 3-0 Korea.

Solid AB from Sung-Mun Song, who may be headed to the Majors by the Spring, who laces a 3-2, bases loaded grounder into right field to drive in two runs. Just like yesterday, Korea takes the lead thanks to its star batters, but a long way to go. 2-0 Korea, bottom 3

Really excited to see Jeong Woo-Joo on the mound for Korea tonight. Just 19 years old, he made his debut in the pen for Hanwha this year and posted a 2.85 ERA in 53 2/3 innings. If he can make the transition to the rotation in the future, he could be a real star.

It's five in the morning here in the states and we've got international baseball!

Musharaf Khan, a 6’7” RHP from another small village in Pakistan, makes his professional baseball debut in ⁦@BaseballUnited⁩ with ⁦@KarachiMonarchs⁩ — and records his first strikeout. A towering talent rising from humble beginnings. ⚾️🔥

27. CHASING THE DARK - @ben_machell My absolute favorite kind of book for the fall season: our reality is so much weirder than we give it credit for!

Isami Nomura just hanging out with the opposing infield. Kind of reminds me of the scene of Kim Hye-seong and Alek Thomas in MLB. It's still just a game through it all.

Former Cubs' minor leaguer and Czech national team coach (2003-2005) Eric Jacques will be the new coach of Třebíč Nuclears! Jeff Barto, who spent last 10 years in Třebíč and led Nuclears the their first ever Extraliga medals, is moving back to the United States.

After Korea took an early lead thanks to back-to-back HRs from stars Ahn and Song, Japan's bats woke up. Misho Nishikawa drove in two and Yukinori Kishida hit a three-run shot in Japan's 11-4 victory. Korea brought a very young staff, who have answered few Q's ahead of WBC.

Second game of the Perth-Adelaide doubleheader about to begin. Perfect time for some breakfast baseball for anyone waking up a little early on a Saturday morning! More great @ABL action: https://t.co/1OGOLFxBWz

Not to spoil people's Xmas gifts, but yeah, the whole family is getting decked out in Czech baseball merch this winter. Need Mom and dad, my sister, my brother in law and everyone in my life decked out for when my book on Czech baseball drops in the spring!