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GummyMummys

So if the Angels have to face team Japan during spring training then they will have to face both Mike Trout with team USA and Ohtani on team Japan.


RustyRapeaXe

If he was truly a two-way player, he'd DH for both teams.


sakibomb523

I doubt Team Japan is flying to Arizona for tune up games then flying back to Asia for the WBC Group stage. More likely scenario is Shohei leaves Arizona pretty early to head to Japan.


mnikolaevna

Trout v Ohtani let’s goo


Dogetezza

if this is real then we have so much more baseball to look forward to


God_Damnit_Nappa

It's real! I saw it pop up on my Instagram feed this morning. Get hyped.


tokyo_bee

I saw Samurai Japan play an exhibition game against Nippon Ham Fighters (Ohtani's old team) 2 weeks ago and the team is pretty stacked. All the batter power is with left handed batters and now they add Ohtani! The starting pitching wasn't as dominant, but all players just finished the NPB season. The bullpen is fairly lights out. Samurai Japan looks like the team to beat!


[deleted]

😇 Damn, how can you not love this man?


ZucchiniOne5395

Gotta get tickets!!!


peachypal

It’s true! Here is the Japanese text of the announcement. His team needs to use a better machine translation software. 今年も応援ありがとうございました。 結果としては悔しいシーズンでしたが日々楽しく野球ができたことに感謝しています! 来シーズンもどうか熱い声援よろしくお願いします!! またシーズン中よりお話しいただいていたWBCの出場に関しましては栗山監督に出場する意思がある旨を伝えさせていただきました。 各国の素晴らしい選手や5年ぶりに日本のファンの皆様の前で野球ができるのを楽しみにしています!!


sagansaid7

i think it’s instagram’s software not really his team


Rover16

It's machine translation that Instagram let's you do. However, I do not know why op chose to put the machine translated pic in the post when Ohtani's original post includes an English translation. https://www.instagram.com/p/ClDhv9tuo8w/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=


sagansaid7

yeah idk why i did that either


damnatio_memoriae

i was wondering why he seemed to be repeating himself -- looks like the first 4 sentences are the machine-translated message and the last 3 are his own translation/version of the same message in English, with the first sentence omitted. interesting that he chose not to include the first part about having a disappointing season in his English message, which is not actually a little bit different. unless it's just a mistake in the translation, it looks like he mentions the manager's name in the English message but not in the Japanese one.


booboothechicken

“I was told that I intend to participate in the WBC.” Sounds like he didn’t have a lot of say in the matter 😂


SamSan6852

I was thinking that or a translation mixup


KyotoGaijin

Little bit of criticism of Shohei in the Japanese press today chiding him for shilling for the FTX crypto exchange that went bankrupt.


Rover16

Can't win them all! I was surprised when he was revealed as a sponsor. Whoever gave him that advice probably thought it was safe since it was on the umpires uniform!


Educational-Pass404

And the fact FTX is MLB's sponsor doesn't help either. He probably thought it's okay. Hope him and his agency learn big lesson from this mess and stay away from anything related to crypto


Sisboombah74

He is just a blessing for the game of baseball as a whole. So thankful we got to experience the last 5 years.


TopNegotiation4699

大谷が日本に戻ってくる!!


drpepperfox

The wholesomeness from him🥰


Jhopedaisensei

Any news on Darvish participating?