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Team USA World Baseball Classic manager Mark DeRosa shared the reason why Robert J. O\u2019Neill, the U.S. Navy SEAL who is credited with killing terrorist Osama bin Laden, was invited to speak<\/a> to the team last week.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Neill spoke to the team before the U.S. defeated Canada in the quarterfinal<\/a>. The decision sparked a social media meltdown.<\/p>\n

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But before the game against the Dominican Republic, DeRosa was questioned about having O\u2019Neill in the locker room.<\/p>\n

“That was my decision to bring him in,” DeRosa said, via Defector<\/a>. “He was brought in, actually, a couple of days in Houston. It wasn\u2019t before the Canada game. I think for me there has to be \u2026 you never want it to get lost why you\u2019re doing this. Whatever that \u2018why\u2019 is and a lot of people, like Paul Skenes said to me when he signed up for this, \u2018I want to do this for every service man and woman that protects our freedom. That\u2019s why we wear USA across our chest.\u2019<\/p>\n

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“I just thought it would be like a time to kind of redirect and get those guys to understand that, although this is an unbelievable event and you get a chance to share a locker room with the game\u2019s greats, there\u2019s a reason why you\u2019re doing it and a reason why people protect our freedom at night. I just wanted to honor that.”<\/p>\n

O’Neill wasn’t the only one to hype up Team USA before the game.<\/p>\n

DeRosa revealed that USA hockey hero Jack Hughes<\/a>, who scored the winning goal in the gold medal game against Canada at the Olympics, reached out to the American baseball players before Friday’s game.<\/p>\n

The U.S. defeated Canada and then went on to beat the Dominican Republic to reach the World Baseball Classic final<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fox News’ Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/team-usas-mark-derosa-responds-criticism-about-inviting-navy-seal-who-killed-bin-laden-speak-players <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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