HOUSTON — Dante Bichette Jr.’s bright green hair attracted some attention when he took the field for Brazil’s 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 playing in the WBC for Brazil, his mother’s native country.
The dye job, meant to match the main color of the Brazilian flag, wasn’t new. Bichette Jr. explained that he enlisted his hair stylist friend to help him with the transformation two weeks earlier in Los Angeles.
“My friend Shea (Scarpa), she goes by @happihair on Instagram,” Bichette Jr. said. “Last 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.”
Bichette was also sporting a Brazilian flag bandana under his helmet.
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.
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