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Baseball: Dodgers superstar Ohtani joins Samurai Japan ahead of WBC

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Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani joined his Japan teammates Thursday as they continued tuning up for the World Baseball Classic starting next week.

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Shohei Ohtani is already in Japan, and the first thing he did was put on the national team t-shirt to begin training in the face of the World Baseball Classic. As soon as he stepped on the training complex, the Dodgers phenomenon stood on the mound to release his first pitches on Japanese soil, making it clear that his arm remains in shape even if his role in the tournament is limited. The image of the two times MVP warming his arm with the risi…

After facing Tommy John surgery and not throwing for nearly two years, Shohei Ohtani returned to pitching in the middle of the 2025 season. However, because he was still in recovery, he was not the same pitcher he saw before his injury. But this season the story may be different for the Japanese, who will look ambitiously for a good performance in the Dodgers pitching once again. “Being able to see him battling, start his preparation, he is cert…

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers in Major League Baseball joined the Japanese national team for the World Baseball Classic (WBC) at Vantelin Dome Nagoya on the 26th.

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Antelope Valley Press broke the news in on Wednesday, February 25, 2026.
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