{"id":587528,"date":"2026-02-23T01:19:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T01:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/587528\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T01:19:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T01:19:15","slug":"mets-nolan-mclean-fired-up-for-wbc-chance-at-bragging-rights-after-usa-hockey-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/587528\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets&#8217; Nolan McLean fired up for WBC chance at bragging rights after USA hockey gold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PORT ST. LUCIE \u2014 The TV screens in the Mets clubhouse were tuned to Olympic hockey Sunday morning as players dressed for workouts at Clover Park.<\/p>\n<p>Outside on the big screen, during morning drills, the United States-Canada gold medal match continued, with sound from the broadcast piped into the ballpark. And just before the Mets began live batting practice, Jack Hughes <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/22\/sports\/usa-wins-olympic-gold-46-years-after-miracle-with-ot-win-over-canada\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">scored the winning goal in overtime<\/a>, bringing the gold medal to the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers erupted from the dugout. Later, Bruce Springsteen\u2019s \u201cGlory Days\u201d played in the clubhouse. And with a nod to Americana, John Denver\u2019s \u201cTake Me Home, Country Roads.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nolan McLean was among the most invested in the proceedings. In less than a week, the rookie will leave the Mets <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/17\/sports\/mets-nolan-mclean-clay-holmes-added-to-team-usa-wbc-roster\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to begin workouts for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic<\/a>. Though it won\u2019t be a gold medal Olympic hockey match, the feelings of national pride drive him in a way they must have propelled a player such as Hughes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE \u2014 The TV screens in the Mets clubhouse were tuned to Olympic hockey Sunday morning&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":587529,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2396],"tags":[5,101,4,1690,61,2548,4203,2517,185,430,428,151,4820],"class_list":{"0":"post-587528","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-mets","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-mets","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-mets","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkmets","15":"tag-nolan-mclean","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-sports-columnists","18":"tag-sports-plus","19":"tag-spring-training","20":"tag-world-baseball-classic"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116117318081961679","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}