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Can We Play Professional Baseball in Japan?
We tried to play pro baseball in Japan… and it was harder than we ever imagined! ⚾💨 From insane pitching speeds to next-level strategies, this was a wild ride. Can we survive on the field? Watch now ...
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Shohei Ohtani and Japan: It’s much more than just baseball
He added: “All the kids want to be like Ohtani ... Ohtani came out of Japan’s regimented baseball system at Hanamaki Higashi High School in largely rural Iwate prefecture in northeastern ...
The New York Times28d
Athletics signee Shotaro Morii is charting a rare path for Japanese baseball players
Their scouts in Japan still focus on the professional ... I hadn’t seen that yet with any of the other kids before that.” Baseball America wrote that Morii has, “good hand-eye coordination ...
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Japan rejoices as Ichiro elected to US Baseball Hall of Fame
People celebrate in front of the town government headquarters in Toyoyama in the central Japan prefecture ... Tomohiro Kawamura, 51, a baseball teammate during their youth, recounted how Ichiro ...
ESPN28d
2-way player Shotaro Morii, 18, bypasses Japan baseball to sign with A's
Hoping to become a two-way player in Major League Baseball just like Shohei Ohtani ... desire to be one of the next great players from Japan." Morii already was in the U.S. He will head home ...
Orange County Register22d
Ichiro Suzuki, about to be a Hall of Famer, means more than baseball to Japan
TOKYO — Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he’s much more than that in Japan. Back home, he’s a wellspring of national pride, much like Shohei Ohtani now. His triumphs across the ...