It wasn’t classic after all.
Canada didn’t get the result it worked towards as it finished the World Baseball Classic winless.
Up against some pretty well-stocked competition, Canada went 0-3 in the round robin, failing to advance to the medal round.
The Canadian roster, which included New Westminster’s Justin Morneau, lost 9-2 to the Dominican Republic last Thursday in the opener, then were edged 4-1 by Colombia on Saturday. The tournament for them ended with an 8-0 defeat at the hands of the Americans. They played all their games in Miami.
Morneau, 35, batted second the first two games, scoring his only run in the loss to Colombia. Against the U.S., he was slotted fifth in the batting order and finished 0-for-4.
A member of Canada’s three previous WBC teams, Morneau has also told media outlets he would be fine with ending his playing days wearing the national team jersey.
“It might be the last time I play at all. I’m hoping it’s not but we’ll see. If it is, I can’t think of a better way to do it than to be representing Canada,” he told Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.
Last year he joined the Chicago White Sox in June, posting a .261 batting average with six home runs over 58 games. In 2014, he won the National League batting title while with the Colorado Rockies and is a four-time all star.
He was the 2006 American League MVP.
