Many of Australia's top baseball players are part-timers, working regular day jobs. They're about to face a superstar set to sign a half-a-billion dollar contract.
Japan's Shohei Ohtani is one of the biggest stars in baseballAustralia will face Ohtani's Japan in that tournament
That historic talent is why teams in North America's Major League Baseball are clamouring to hand Ohtani one of the largest contracts in global sporting history, with many experts predicting he'll blow past the current US$426 million record and end up signing for more than half-a-billion dollars. "Just to see him in person would be crazy, to face him would be even better — no matter the result, I can say I've done it.""It'll be one of those memories you never forget," outfielder Ulrich Bojarski said.
The fledgling ABL takes place mostly in outer-suburban fields that draw anywhere from a few hundred spectators on a quiet day, or closer to 1,500 for a big game. Australia beat Japan in the 2004 Olympic semi-final but has lost the last few times they met in international competition.
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