Baseball: WBC-winning Samurai Japan members return to MLB clubs
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World Baseball Classic MVP Shohei Ohtani and other Samurai Japan major leaguers have returned to their respective spring training homes in Arizona and Florida a week before the opening of the season.
St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Lars Nootbaar, whose personality and gutsy play helped him establish a big Japanese fan base while representing his mother’s native country, appeared in an exhibition game Thursday in Jupiter, Florida, going 0-for-1 with a walk against the New York Yankees.
While expressing his wish to play for Japan again, Nootbaar told reporters Ohtani had surprised him with the gi...