Adrián González Savín, also known by his nicknames "A-Gon" and "Titán", is a Mexican-American former professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, San Diego Padres, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, and New York Mets.
González with the Boston Red Sox in 2011
González after a swing with the San Diego Padres in 2008
González in 2013
Gonzalez with the Mets in 2018
The World Baseball Classic (WBC), also referred to as the Classic, is an international baseball tournament sanctioned by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), the sport's global governing body, and organized in partnership with Major League Baseball (MLB). The winning team is awarded the World Baseball Classic Championship Trophy. It is one of the two main senior baseball tournaments sanctioned by the WBSC, alongside the WBSC Premier12, but is the only one to grant the winner the title of "world champion".
World Baseball Classic
The Cuban national team at the 1951 Amateur World Series. Cuba won the most international titles in the 20th century.
MLB Commissioner Bud Selig was a driving force in establishing the WBC
2006 World Baseball Classic Trophy; the trophy is in the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
