Otani Shohei.

(AFP)

[Sports Center/Comprehensive Report] In the 5th World Baseball Classic, Japanese team star Shohei Otani showed his "passion" to motivate his teammates after knocking on An's on-base bag yesterday, and let the former Yankees retired star "A-Rod" "Rodriguez (Alex Rodriguez) said that he has not seen such a big valley in the past few years.

After Shohei Ohtani hit a single in the 6th inning yesterday, when the Japanese team was trailing by 3 runs, he went to base and made a celebratory gesture to encourage his teammates.

In the 9th inning, Otani Shohei took the lead in hitting a double. He also took off his helmet during the run and showed his enthusiasm to the rest area of ​​the Japanese team after reaching the second base.

In the end, the Japanese team relied on Munetaka Murakami's farewell double to help Japan beat Mexico 6-5.

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Otani Shohei.

(Associated Press)

Red Sox Hall of Fame star "Daddy" Ortiz (David Ortiz) who served as a commentator for "FOX Sports" said that after watching this game, he understood why the Japanese team is so strong; "A-Rod" said that in Japanese baseball There are two things that are very important, that is the mentality and the fundamentals, which were fully displayed in this game.

"FOX Sports" host Kevin Burkhardt said that watching Shohei Otani's major league games in the past few years, he mentioned that the focus is on "emotion". He has never shown "passion" like this game. .

A-Rod pointed out that Japanese players are notoriously restrained and do not express emotions, "I have never seen Shohei like that." Ortiz laughed and said, "Did he communicate too much with Latin Americans recently?"

LEADOFF DOUBLE FOR OHTANI!



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