The Netherlands' players began spilling out of the dugout after Xander Bogaerts' soft fly ball touched down in right field, and Andruw Jones rounded third representing the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning of what may have been the most important game in the history of baseball in the Netherlands.
Except Jones didn't come home, which forced a group of players bursting at the seams to trudge back to the dugout and wait through a Cuban mound visit and a pitching change before they could finally let loose.
No matter. The Dutch may have started their celebration a bit early, but there figures to be many more chances to get it right going forward.
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