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Matt Koperniak
It was a week of firsts for Matt Koperniak and for the nation of Great Britain. For the Hoosac Valley graduate, this month marked the first time he traveled to Europe since he was too young to remember the continent, and on Tuesday, he was "ghosted" for the first time as a professional baseball player. For the British people, its baseball team was believed to be the first national squad to sing "God Save the King" at a competition. And, most importantly, Koperniak helped the land of his birth qualify for its first appearance in the World Baseball Classic. Koperniak, 24, played a big role in that last first, scoring the game-winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning of Tuesday's come-from-behind win over Spain at the WBC qualifier in Regensburg, Germany. - iBerkshires.com
From his WBC photo, here he is...
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