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In addition to Japanese players such as Ohtani and Yoshida, Nootbaar has also been featured on Japanese TV sports news program. He has appeared in commercials of Japanese companies. Morinaga (general food company) Product name: in BAR PROTEIN "Taberu!" in Japanese means "I'll eat!" "Daisuki!" means "I love it!" Zoff (manufacture and sale of eyeglasses) His quote "Ittekimasu" in Japanese means "See you." His mother Kumiko co-stars.

Q and A in relation to Okey - Interview with Ohtani Reference in Japanese: NHK Sports (Sorry, rough translation) Q. What is the difficulty to form a battery with a catcher you have not met before? A. I think mutual trust is the most important thing. For catcher, it's not easy to catch a ball that he has not experienced before. It is unknown if we will form a battery again in the future. But there is a possibility, I would like to communicate properly so that I can make my next pitch better than today. Q. What is your impression of Okey, with whom hastily forming a battery? A. It's the first time I've form a battery with him, we don't know what each other's impressions are. We communicated with each other during practice and after the game. Of course, while exchanging opinions about the impressions of the game from the perspective of the catcher, we hope to be able to pitch even better next time. As the season continues, so I'd like to communicate with him. Q. Specifically, what did Okey talk about? A. Anyway, all of that is a first for us, so he told me that he didn't want to give too many instructions or suggestions. Apart from that, I've told him, "Don't worry about that, if you feel something important, please tell me more and more."　Of course, I still don't know what will happen next time, but I think that's what it takes to get good results. Q. Was it a game plan decision that the number of split pitches was small? Was it a decision made in-game? A. To throw the splitter, there weren't many opportunities for the situation, the count, the atmosphere, and so on. Also, it's our first time forming a battery with him, I don't know much about his skill at preventing wild pitches or passed balls. I pitched after weighing whether choosing such a risky splitter was effective or not. --------- There were many questions about the influence of cracking the nail on the middle finger.

Kanji (Chinese character) written below ”偉大な大谷翔平” means ”Great Shohei Ohtani”.

Ohtani is in his 11th season as a professional baseball player. He made his first appearance as a batter in an NPB official game on March 29, 2013 (2 H, 1 RBI), and a pitcher on May 23, 2013 (5 IP, 2 R, MAX 97.6mph). During his 5 years at NPB, he played as a 2-way player in 17 games (14 official games, 2 post-season, and 1 Japan Series).

NHK* has been publishing and updating Ohtani's words from March 8th just before the WBC opening to most recent, under the title of "The collection of Ohtani's sayings 2023". *, Japanese public broadcaster (Link) COVER STORY "The collection of Ohtani's sayings 2023" - NHK sports This page is in Japanese. Using Google translate may result in some incomplete and/or misleading translations. There are many photos of Ohtani on this site.

( With bilingual subtitles in English and Japanese ) The best player Trout is also the best dad. His son Beckham challenged batting! Daddy supported him gently! Bat flip!

Following "Hit", between the exclamation marks, three Japanese characters are written by Ohtani. These are Japanese phonogram, ”katakana”, which is often used to write foreign words literally in Japanese. Katakana is the same as "Hit". That is to say, Urshela and Ohtani wrote "Hit!!!" twice in English letters and katakana.

According to the article below, (ESPN Sep 12, 2019) Knee surgery to end season for Angels' Ohtani "...but decided otherwise after consulting with Drs. Neal ElAttrache and Brian Schulz, who will perform the surgery." Dr. ElAttrache also performed Ohtani's TJ surgery.

This is "naki sumo" in Japanese. It is a traditional event held every year in dozens of places across Japan to pray for the growth and health of babies. (Wikipedia) Naki Sumo Crying Baby Festival Hanamaki city, Iwate Prefecture (May 5, 2023)

Ohtani's 500 Ks in MLB

Please correct the kanji (chinese character) of Masataka Yoshida's first name "Masataka" on Twitter. The correspondence between alphabetical notation and kanji (chinese character) is as follows. Masa 正 taka 尚 Yoshi 吉 da 田 When writing a Japanese name in Japanese, the surname comes first. (Incorrect)吉田正孝 (Correct)吉田正尚 レッドソックスの吉田正尚選手も There are many kanji (Chinese characters) with the same pronunciation corresponding to the alphabetical notation "taka". 孝 and 尚 can also be read as "taka".

In Japan, NHK broadcasted "Facing Nolan" on April 24th and 25th, 2023. Unfortunately, I couldn't watch it because it was midnight and and I couldn't record it. NHK, Japanese public broadcaster (NHK, Japanese page) Japanese title:The Truth About Nolan Ryan "Legendary Pitcher" "Part 1" "Part 2"

From 2023 season, Ohtani signed a long-term contract with New Balance. Its custom glove specialized for him is OEM provided by Wilson. The production factory is KSK in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, which maintains a manufacturing agreement with Wilson about half century. KSK had made gloves for Hideo Nomo, Barry Bonds and Michael Jordan. Masataka Yoshida of the Red Sox also uses the gloves made by KSK. NEW BALANCE AND SHOHEI OHTANI RELEASE DETAILS ON CUSTOM GLOVE AHEAD OF HOME OPENER

On May 3 (Japan Time), BayStars won the game 4-1 and Bauer was the winning pitcher. 7 IP, 1 R, 7 H, 1 HR, 9 Ks, 1 BB, 1 ER BayStars is based in Yokohama city, Kanagawa Prefecture. I live in Kanagawa, but not a fan of BayStars, so I'll end the post in this topic.

One of the backgrounds of this issue On May 1, Yokohama DeNA BayStars announced that the special video (or image?) "SWORD CELEBRATION (SWORD POSE)" will be shown on the large-scale video screen to match Bauer's sword pose after he strikes out.　 "SWORD CELEBRATION" goods will also be on sale from May 2. Reference: (May 1, 2023) KANALOCO by Kanagawa Shimbun (a local newspaper of Kanagawa Prefecture)

FOX sports (May 1, 2023 4:54pm EDT) Trevor Bauer's sword celebration called 'disrespectful' by Japanese teammate on Yokohama BayStars

He's already done that performance. (YouTube) On the mound in minor league (April 16)　0'20"

The manager of Yokohama DeNA BayStars, Daisuke Miura, revealed that Trevor Bauer's will be on mound as a probable starting pitcher on May 3 (Japan time) against Hiroshima Carp at Yokohama stadium.

The hangtime of Ohtani's home run was the longest in MLB this season, 6.98 seconds. "Big Fly, Ohtani-san" Added: News flash on NHK (Japan's public broadcaster) at 7:00 in the morning. NHK will rebroadcast this game from 9:00 AM Japan time.

Fujinami had difficulty controlling the ball in the latter half of his NPB era, and was suspected of suffering mild "yips". He himself struggled until he moved to MLB in an attempt to overcome his difficulty in controlling the ball. Baseball Reference: Stats of Shintaro Fujinami Abbreviations: JPCL, Central League (one of the two NPB leagues) JPWL, Western league (one of the two minor NPB leagues) Reference: Jan 24, 2023 Online Nikkan Sports (Japanese Sports Newspaper) Title: Shintaro Fujinami talks about the difficulty of controlling the ball, "I suffer yips, I suffer yips... Thinking like that is just an escape."

From this season, as the same of A. Judge, Ohtani has changed to "Chandler bat". Its material is maple.

In Japan, April 29th and May 3rd, 4th and 5th are national holidays. This year, many people take consecutive vacations from April 29th to May 7th. As NHK (Japan's public broadcaster) and free Internet TV broadcast Angels games, even if the games start at daybreak or in the morning Japan time, people can watch the games in real time.

What if Ohtani is a Pokémon GO Trainer? Psyduck (MAX 102mph) and Magikarp (MAX 102.5mph. Even Splitter 94mph!)

From April 28, the advertisement "BAUER Came to Yokohama" was posted in the station premises near Yokohama stadium. From May 3, a huge hanging banner (about 72 ft high, and about 33 ft wide) will be posted on the wall of a department store in front of the Yokohama station. (below) imaginary picture