Shawn Spradling on X: 🇯🇵WBC NEWS - JAPAN🇯🇵 Manager Kuriyama

Shawn Spradling on X: For those who are newer to Japanese baseball: high school baseball in Japan is a big, big deal. It seems like it's similar to *6A Texas high school

Shawn Spradling on X: For those who are newer to Japanese baseball: high school baseball in Japan is a big, big deal. It seems like it's similar to *6A Texas high school

Shawn Spradling on X: For those who are newer to Japanese baseball: high school baseball in Japan is a big, big deal. It seems like it's similar to *6A Texas high school

Shawn Spradling on X: Tonight, Mexico celebrates. Monday, they face the hardest pitching challenge in the WBC. 🇲🇽

Shawn Spradling on X: Per @YahooNewsTopics, Hideki Kuriyama, Samurai Japan manager, retired immediately after winning the World Baseball Classic. / X

Shawn Spradling on X: WBC NEWS - JAPAN Red Sox outfielder Masataka Yoshida (吉田正尚) is committed to play for Samurai Japan in the 2023 World Baseball Classic. This comes as a surprise to many, as the thought was he may skip the WBC to

Shawn Spradling on X: 🇯🇵WBC NEWS - JAPAN🇯🇵 Manager Kuriyama has officially selected Shohei Ohtani to be Samurai Japan's game 1 starter vs China in the World Baseball Classic. / X

Shawn Spradling on X: TODAY IS THE DAY We get to re-live Samurai Japan's historic ride, from the very beginning last year to the very last pitch, becoming world champions. 🇯🇵 Today