Bryce Harper's 432-Foot Homer Wasn't Enough: Venezuela Wins First World Baseball Classic Title

Venezuela claimed its first World Baseball Classic championship Tuesday night, holding off the United States 3-2 in a game that came down to the (gutwrenching) final swing and left one of Major League's Baseball's biggest stars holding the sport's cruelest consolation prize.

Bryce Harper's Home Run

In the bottom of the eighth inning, with Venezuela leading 2-0, Harper launched a 432-foot game-tying home run to dead center field off reliever Andres Machado. To say the least, it was...