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Team USA pitcher Adam Wainwright has never had so much fun playing baseball as he has in the World Baseball Classic
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Adam Wainwright starts first World Baseball Classic game for Team USA
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Rosenthal: Inside Adam Wainwright's mound visit from Andy Pettitte as USA charged to WBC final - The Athletic
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Adam Wainwright starts first World Baseball Classic game for Team USA
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Team USA's Staff Has Been Coming Up Short Velocity-Wise — College Baseball, MLB Draft, Prospects - Baseball America
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