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Can't judge if a BP smash is leaving the park? You're doing pushups.

The last group to take batting practice for the Kingdom of the Netherlands at Saturday's World Baseball Classic semifinal workout decided to make the hitting session a little more interesting.

Each crack of the bat was echoed by shouts of "Yes" and "No."

If the players thought the ball would leave the park, they replied that it would. Likewise if they thought it wouldn't. The punishment for being wrong? Ten pushups for each incorrect call.

Nationals outfield prospect Randolph Oduber's mini-workout lasted the longest.

"I had three wrong calls today, so I had 30 pushups," he said

-- Sam King / Contributor to MLB.com

This post is part of a World Baseball Classic partnership between MLB.com and the Indiana University School of Journalism at IUPUI.