{"id":1230,"date":"2022-12-08T12:39:21","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T03:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=1230"},"modified":"2022-12-08T12:39:21","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T03:39:21","slug":"baseball-cubs-outfielder-suzuki-to-play-for-japan-in-wbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=1230","title":{"rendered":"Baseball: Cubs outfielder Suzuki to play for Japan in WBC"},"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>Chicago Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki on Thursday announced his intent to participate in Japan&#8217;s national team for the World Baseball Classic next March. The 28-year-old is the third Japanese MLB player committed to taking part in the tournament, joining two-way star Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels and San Diego Padres pitcher Yu Darvish. &#8220;I&#8217;m taking part in the WBC too. I&#8217;ll try my best not to drag the team down,&#8221; Suzuki said in an Instagram post. &#8220;Let&#8217;s give skipper (Hideki) Kuriyama a victorious toss.&#8221; Suzuki would be making his second straight appearance at the WBC after playing in &#8230;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"nordot-read-more \" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nordot.app\/973427557639421952?c=768235488726712320\" rel=\"noopener\">\u3082\u3063\u3068\u8aad\u3080<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published by Kyodo News Chicago Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki on Thursday announced his intent to participate in Japan&#8217;s national team for the World Baseball Classic next March. 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