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  1. Tokyo Sox

    2023 World Baseball Classic

    Some of this echoes where I am on my baseball fandom journey. These days, in any given baseball game, if it's anyone other than a Yankees player doing something cool, I love it. Period. I love the sport. I love the globalization of it. I loved Arozarena robbing Okamoto and then striking a pose...
  2. Tokyo Sox

    2023 World Baseball Classic

    View: https://twitter.com/CodifyBaseball/status/1638391719782924293?s=20 "If you aren't impressed, you should be. Mike Trout has had 3 swinging strikes in only 24 of his 6,174 career MLB plate appearances!"
  3. Tokyo Sox

    2023 World Baseball Classic

    I think both these things are partly true. (Though I don't think Team Japan necessarily got a head start in camp or anything - they were probably on the same schedule as any MLB players who were committed to participate, and started getting ready and ramping up a couple weeks earlier than...
  4. Tokyo Sox

    2023 World Baseball Classic

    Haha brilliant. MIZU! domo! Just an incredible tournament, and pretty awesome to see Yoshida play so well ahead of his Sox career. Well played. Is this about Shohei? He spoke decent English in an interview with Pitching Ninja I thought? That was the "Sink? No I don't have sink" conversation...
  5. Tokyo Sox

    2023 World Baseball Classic

    Honestly can't believe it's coming down to this. Whatever happens, what a W for the tournament and the game.
  6. Tokyo Sox

    2023 World Baseball Classic

    Ohtani/Trout, 9th inning, WBC on the line?
  7. Tokyo Sox

    2023 World Baseball Classic

    He has been getting knocked around in every appearance so far.
  8. Tokyo Sox

    2023 World Baseball Classic

    Yeah. Felt inevitable.
  9. Tokyo Sox

    2023 World Baseball Classic

    MLB Japan printed up a "permission slip" type template for people to give to their employers. Pretty decent marketing for a change. I didn't have to make use of one, because we've got it on in my office. The two French guys here who don't give a crap about baseball are like, "can you guys do...
  10. Tokyo Sox

    2023 World Baseball Classic

    Genda only on the squad for his defense, any kind of production at the plate would be huge.
  11. Tokyo Sox

    2023 World Baseball Classic

    Takahashi the youngest player on team Japan. That 2nd pitch was a strike to Trout, come on.
  12. Tokyo Sox

    2023 World Baseball Classic

    Okamoto with the solo shot! He's been the only Central League player to challenge Murakami for the HR title the last couple years.
  13. Tokyo Sox

    2023 World Baseball Classic

    He does yeah. I didn't really know all that much about his fielding, but he's been moving well and threw the guy out at the plate yesterday. Pretty encouraging all around.
  14. Tokyo Sox

    2023 World Baseball Classic

    Any and all players are post-able at any time. There are no firm rules around that - it's up to when the player wants to go and when the team agrees to it.
  15. Tokyo Sox

    2023 World Baseball Classic

    He just signed a 3 year contract to take him through 2025 and his age 25 season. Based on that (and the bonus pool/salary restrictions) it makes sense that he would head to MLB from 2026. But it wouldn't be surprising if he wins another triple crown or two to head over a year earlier.
  16. Tokyo Sox

    2023 World Baseball Classic

    re Imanaga, here's someone who knows better than me: View: https://twitter.com/yakyucosmo/status/1638043401743667203?s=20 text of two tweets:
  17. Tokyo Sox

    2023 World Baseball Classic

    I'm the same. It would/will suck not seeing Murakami at Jingu in person ~20 times a year and on my TV another 100 or so but if he and guys like him want to make the move, I get it and will be rooting for them to succeed at the highest level. Murakami, Sasaki, Yamamoto -- these guys have nothing...
  18. Tokyo Sox

    2023 World Baseball Classic

    Again, he could be posted anytime. While he may wait to make the move for money reasons, if he wants to go earlier and the team lets him, there's no rule against it.
  19. Tokyo Sox

    2023 World Baseball Classic

    最高です！
  20. Tokyo Sox

    2023 World Baseball Classic

    村神様, I worship at your altar. Man. What a game. Holy shit.
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