VIDEO: Former DBack Miguel Batista talks World Baseball Classic, memories in Tucson
- Justin Spears
Arizona Daily Star
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Former Arizona Diamondback and MLB pitcher Miguel Batista discussed returning to Tucson, where he witnessed Randy Johnson kill a bird with a pitch. Batista also discussed the importance of the World Baseball Classic and baseball potentially coming back to the Old Pueblo.
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Seen and heard from the WBC: Former Diamondback Miguel Batista reflects on "Randy Johnson killing a bird" in Tucson and weighs in on the importance of the World Baseball Classic.
The Star spoke to World Baseball Classic president Jim Small about Tucson hosting the WBC qualifiers, the process of returning pro baseball to Tucson and "the beauty of the WBC."
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