(My knowledge of baseball is very MLB_centric). Hello, I knew this factoid about Murakami, but admittingly only because the broadcasters admitted it during the broadcast. those who star outside of Japan (evident in football/soccer) is at work, but hey, they’re all one team, right?

Perhaps he has paled in comparison to Otani who has been doing well from the start? Once again the dynamics of players who star in Japan vs. The local media have spent a lot of time feeling sorry for him at the opening of the WBC since he started out very slowly. So far a good game! Though I am not a great fan of national anthems, I couldn’t believe your saying the Star Spangled Banner suffers in comparison to Japan’s! The one thing going for Japan’s, is that it is short!Īs for the game, happy that Murakami has gotten a home run - I’m sure you know (but didn’t see that you mentioned that he had 56 last season, 2nd all-time and highest ever for a Japanese national). Thanks to you and the Guardian for blogging the championship between Japan (where I reside) and the U.S.

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