Before Czechia and Korea faced off in an exhibition last weekend. Photo by Matyáš Fous.

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When the World Baseball Classic begins on March 5 in Tokyo, the Czech Republic will play Korea in just the second game in the entire tournament . Last weekend, we got a taste of what we have to expect as the two nations squared off in the two-game K-Baseball Series held at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, Korea. (I was there alongside Joe Na and Lucas Stevenson from MLB for some videos you should keep a lookout for as we get closer to March.)

Lucas Stevenson, myself, and Joe Na int

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