‘An Honor’: Royals’ Bobby Witt Jr. Reveals What Playing For Team USA Means To Him

U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!

Back in 2023, Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. represented the United States of America in the World Baseball Classic, with the Americans almost winning the tournament ultimately suffering defeat against Japan.

It was the first time ever that Witt competed for Team USA at the World Baseball Classic. In the 2018 Pan American Baseball Confederation, which is branded today as WBSC Americas, Witt won a gold medal with the United States. (RELATED: ‘Bad Mouthing My Son! F*ck You!’: Anthony Volpe’s Father Erupts On Fan For Trash-Talking)

And it means a lot to him that he’s able to play for his country.

“It was special, it was an honor,” said Witt to Mookie Betts on the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar’s “On Base” podcast. “Just being able to do that and be around you guys, see what it is like to be around the stars of the game and just how they work, how they talk about the game in the cage.

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It doesn’t matter if it’s baseball, basketball, hockey and soon to be football (at least flag football), there’s just something about that “U-S-A” and red, white and blue that hits you when you see it in athletic action.

The only change that I would make to our Team USA programs is our pre-event attire. You know how in the Olympics when Ralph Lauren designs the United States clothing for the Parade of Nations and it usually pops with swagger like Ralph normally does?

We need to get Ralph to do that for all of our sports teams. I want our guys to look good while winning championships.