{"id":1186,"date":"2022-11-14T18:16:54","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T09:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=1186"},"modified":"2022-11-14T18:16:54","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T09:16:54","slug":"baseball-yakult-swallows-star-murakami-reveals-mlb-ambitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=1186","title":{"rendered":"Baseball: Yakult Swallows star Murakami reveals MLB ambitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 75px;height: 75px;border-radius: 50%;background: url(https:\/\/nordot-res.cloudinary.com\/c_limit,w_200,h_200,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/ch\/units\/288215928582407265\/profile_2.png);background-position: center;background-size: cover;vertical-align: middle\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 5px;font-size: 14px;font-weight: bold;vertical-align: middle\">Published by <br \/>Kyodo News<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px\"><\/div>\n<p>The Yakult Swallows&#8217; record-breaking slugger Munetaka Murakami revealed Monday he has his sights set on a move to the majors as soon as possible. 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