{"id":203231,"date":"2026-03-07T13:45:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T13:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/dante-bichette-jr-s-wild-hair-steals-the-show-for-brazil-at-world-baseball-classic-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T13:45:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T13:45:24","slug":"dante-bichette-jr-s-wild-hair-steals-the-show-for-brazil-at-world-baseball-classic-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/dante-bichette-jr-s-wild-hair-steals-the-show-for-brazil-at-world-baseball-classic-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Dante Bichette Jr.&#039;s wild hair steals the show for Brazil at World Baseball Classic &#8211; USA Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HOUSTON \u2014 Dante Bichette Jr.\u2019s bright green hair attracted some attention when he took the field for Brazil\u2019s first <a href=\/story\/sports\/mlb\/wbc\/2026\/03\/06\/usa-vs-brazil-wbc-live-score-watch-channel-highlights\/89013139007\/ target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>World Baseball Classic game against Team USA<\/a> on Friday night at Daikin Park.<br \/>Bichette Jr., the son of former MLB All-Star Dante Bichette and brother of <a target=_blank href=https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/baseball\/mlb\/teams\/new-york-mets\/245 data-autotag=8dacea54-eb21-46b7-9478-3fd32c7f3b10 rel=noopener data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>New York Mets<\/a> infielder Bo Bichette, is\u00a0playing in the WBC for Brazil,\u00a0his mother\u2019s native country.<br \/>The dye job, meant to match the main color of the Brazilian flag, wasn\u2019t new. Bichette Jr. explained that he enlisted his hair stylist friend to help him with the transformation two weeks earlier in Los Angeles.<br \/>\u201cMy friend Shea (Scarpa), she goes by @happihair on Instagram,\u201d Bichette Jr. said. \u201cLast year I had green that turned into yellow, this year I put dark green so it would stay a little bit. Whoever touches my hair is important to me, so I love her a lot for that.\u201d<br \/>Bichette was also sporting a Brazilian flag bandana under his helmet.<br \/>Brazil, making its second-ever WBC appearance and first since 2013, entered the tournament as a massive underdog in a Pool B group that also includes host country USA, Mexico, Italy and Great Britain.<br \/><em>Our team of savvy editors independently handpicks all recommendations. If you purchase through our links, the USA TODAY Network may earn a commission. Prices were accurate at the time of publication but may change.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuwFBVV95cUxNQzlkOUtmWUhjMklIU3NLNEpYUHo5d1hzejZkYW1OV1E3ZHd6d19IMnRlUG9fTXo1ak5qX3lwa1Y3Vk0zMzlldUdHdXVNUDlJSjQ3Rzd6eWdVd0t4eFhpSmxFdldWQS1WQUdfVlFwcmRkbFprcTd2WnZlZ0VMMVJValRRY3k0N2o4VGVUdGNXTHpWY2NwNmt1UE9aMmFLNElNTHcxQlRyNmUwWHF5dWxjRXZ4bkhYazE4OEFZ?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HOUSTON \u2014 Dante Bichette Jr.\u2019s bright green hair attracted some attention when he took the field for Brazil\u2019s first World Baseball Classic game against Team USA on Friday night at Daikin Park.Bichette Jr., the son of former MLB All-Star Dante Bichette and brother of New York Mets infielder Bo Bichette, is\u00a0playing in the WBC for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":203232,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-203231","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}