TOKYO, March 14 — Thousands of paying fans in Tokyo clapped and cheered as they watched Shohei Ohtani make a brief appearance in practice with his Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday...
‘She didn’t want to give up’: Thinaah recounts Pearly’s determination, pair power through injury scare to secure quarter-final spotThousands of paying fans in Tokyo clapped and cheered as they watched Shohei Ohtani arrives for a training session ahead of the Major League Baseball season-opener.
The stadium where Ohtani saw his first baseball game as a child and which seats around 45,000 was about a third full. Ohtani helped the Dodgers win the World Series at the first time of asking, beating the New York Yankees 4-1 in October.Kengo Maeda, a 31-year-old high-school teacher, came to watch with his wife Hanako and one-year-old daughter Aoi — all wearing Ohtani Dodgers shirts.“We thought it would be good if we could see Shohei Ohtani even if it was just a little bit, so we bought tickets,” he said.
“This game is being played in Japan but I hope people from all over Asia and beyond can enjoy it,” said Ohtani, who has been described as a modern-day Babe Ruth.Yamamoto is set to pitch in Game 1 for the Dodgers, while Sasaki, who joined the team ahead of the new season, will take the mound for Game 2.
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