Intro:

While many may be surprised to see a baseball team from the Netherlands in the final stages of the World Baseball Classic, manager Hensley Meulens says it's no fluke.

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"Everybody's really happy to be together as a group right now. Doesn't matter where we come from, guys from the Netherlands, guys from Aruba, Curacao, St. Martins, Statia, we're one big family right now and trying to win this thing."

"Well, it's a different team. They're undefeated. They have played very, very well. We are going to have to play a very good game, pitch a very good game, play great defense like we have been playing, and get some offense. They're a great team. They have a lot of Major League players, more than we do. We can't make mistakes against them, because they capitalise. We're going to have to play a very clean game to be able to beat them."

"This is going to be my first time playing for them. It's a great honour for me. I'm very happy to be here. The first time I got here you, you can see right away why they're winning. They have great guy, great manager, great coaches. So I'm proud."

"you know, when you sign up, we don't play this game just to play it. We play it to win. That's our mindset all the time. I mean, you're not going to win all the time, but when you put a uniform on and you get out on the field you play to win. So, that's all we did."