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amen! 😂

A young Astros fan wearing a Samurai Japan Ohtani Jersey and Cap while cheering on Team USA 😭😂

#WBC2026

Samurai Japan outlasts South Korea in back-and-forth thriller at WBC Japan improved to 2-0 in the 2026 WBC.

Whew! What a match.

Japan defeats Korea 8-6 as all the Big Bats showed out today...
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www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/...

Yup, always an adventure 🤦

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Brasil 🤲

Got that right! 🤲

Shohei Ohtani's second-inning grand slam propels Japan to a rout in World Baseball Classic opener Shohei Ohtani provided the first electric moment of the World Baseball Classic with a grand slam, three years after he capped the last WBC by striking out Mike Trout.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto was fabulous across nearly 3 innings of shutout baseball as well, no hits allowed.

Samurai Japan will next face Korea in game 2 of Pool Play...
#WBC2026

SHOHEI OHTANI HITS A GRAND SLAM in the 2026 World Baseball Classic! 🇯🇵 | 大谷翔平ハイライト YouTube video by MLB

Of course, he does.
Ohtani hits a grandslam. Yamamoto takes care of business on the mound, and Samurai Japan leads Chinese Taipei 13 - 0 through 6 innings...
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Astros utilityman muscles up with pair of homers for Korea in WBC Infielder Shay Whitcomb has only 79 plate appearances and one home run in the majors, but he hit two out in Korea's WBC opener Monday vs. Czechia.

Shay Whitcomb, a career .178 hitter, comes up big with 2 homers as Team Korea blows by Czechia with an 11-4 victory.
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【WBC】大声援も…台湾は打線沈黙で黒星発進　野手にケガ相次ぎ6日侍J戦に暗雲 - スポニチ Sponichi Annex 野球 第6回ワールド・ベースボール・クラシック（WBC）は5日、東京ドームで行われる1次ラウンドC組の台湾─オーストラリア戦で幕を開け、台湾は打線が振るわず初戦を…

Team Australia opens up #WBC2026 by defeating Chinese Taipei 3 - 0.
www.sponichi.co.jp/baseball/new...

The Japanese talent to watch out for during the 2026 WBC The tournament often serves as a showcase for players from outside MLB to put themselves on the radar of fans outside their home nations.

The Japanese talent to watch out for during the 2026 WBC www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/...

Yup, Yusei Kikuchi is very hittable. But we all knew that 🤷‍♂️

Shohei Ohtani returns to Japan as the center of attention ahead of WBC ​Ohtani, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ two-way superstar, arrived last week to join the rest of his Samurai Japan teammates ahead of the 2026 World Baseball Classic.

Shohei Ohtani returns to Japan as the center of attention ahead of WBC www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/...

WBC、写真や動画の投稿禁止 - ライブドアニュース 東京ドームで行われるワールド・ベースボール・クラシック（WBC）1次リーグC組の主催者は1日までに、試合や練習の画像、動画の投稿禁止などを含むチケット規約を発表した。

If they're behind this, Netflix Japan is pathetic for doing this.
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Finally, all Samurai JPN players in one photo, w/Yoshinobu Yamamoto predictably in the front & Ohtani in the back.
Ohtani hosted the team gathering in Osaka as they prepare to face the Orix Buffaloes & Hanshin Tigers. Their official WBC play will begin March 6 v Chinese Taipei 🔥🔥
📸: @shoheiohtani

【3年前の伝説再び】大谷翔平がフリー打撃で柵越え祭り「鈴木誠也・吉田正尚！豪華MLB組による豪打」【2/27 侍ジャパン強化試合 日本 vs. 中日】WBC2026 YouTube video by 【公式】TBS スポーツ

Valentin Dome, Nagoya

Hawks player Kensuke Kondo jested that BP is basically fan service. So of course a HR derby broke out during BP between Masataka Yoshida, Seiya Suzuki and Shohei Ohtani. Some of Ohtani's HRS hit the backwall and broadcasters' booths. #WBC2026
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ESPN muffled this brilliant sports political economist for so long, and finally did him a favor when they laid him off.

Thank goodness Joon Lee is free to offer yet another masterclass on the insidious hyperfinancialization of global modern sports economies.

Nagoya, JPN

Shohei Ohtani finally joins Samurai Japan on the practice field, catching up with old and new teammates while squeezing in warm ups.

The National Team will play exhibition games against the Chunichi Dragons on the 27th and 28th.

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#大谷翔平

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SAMURAI JAPAN - full roster

Pool C Schedule:

3/6/26 JPN v TPE, 5 AM EST
3/7/26 JPN v KOR, 5 AM EST
3/8/26 JPN v AUS, 6 AM EST
3/10/26 JPN v CZ, 6 AM EST

Seiya Suzuki and Masataka Yoshida take the practice field in Nagoya, Japan!
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#吉田正尚

ATTENTION: Stan Kasten and Mark Walter

Yup. We #BeenKnew

Me, going to see Homecoming: Tokyo Series in an MLB World Tour Tokyo Series 2025 hat

Movie tickets

Rocked this hat to the Homecoming: Tokyo Series movie because what were the odds this convergence would happen?

If this is playing near you, go see it. Just a truly beautiful love letter to baseball, Japan, and Japanese baseball. I beamed the whole way through. It’ll stick with me for a long time.

Okamoto flexes power with his 1st HR, RBIs of Spring Training DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Oh, so that’s what it could look like. Kazuma Okamoto’s first home run in a Blue Jays uniform was majestic, a 431-foot blast to dead center that the wind didn’t want to let go of in T...

I’m just glad I got the first one out of the way. Seeing their reaction, it just made me want to hit more for the team
-Kazuma Okamoto

I know!! THAT semifinal was the championship for me!

Classless sh*t stays classless. That faction of losers deserve Moreno

Pitching ASMR - Samurai Japan #WBC2026

Repeatable, controlled power, with Sawamura award winner Hiromi Itoh (#14) at the fore of the starting pitching contingent. Cannot wait for Yoshinobu Yamamoto to join the rotation next week at camp.

Rocks Just Laying Around: Rev. Jesse Jackson on the Value of the Black Vote YouTube video by IBW21st

"Little David...[and] rocks just laying on the ground"

Rest in power, Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson
October 8, 1941 - February 17, 2026