I don't think that anyone is sore that Venezuela won, they put on one hell of a show the entire tournament. I was surprised seeing as how Venezuela had lost to the DR in group play.

I noticed several veterans in the lineup were pretty underwhelming at times,

Just a conspiracy theory that I have during these times that pros are playing for a national team: I wonder if they kind of take it easy at times since their real loyalty probably lies with their club team. I think this has a better chance of being true with pitchers.