{"id":1262,"date":"2023-01-06T19:44:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T10:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=1262"},"modified":"2023-01-06T19:44:09","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T10:44:09","slug":"baseball-ohtani-hopes-to-do-it-all-for-japan-in-wbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=1262","title":{"rendered":"Baseball: Ohtani hopes to do it all 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>Shohei Ohtani suggested Friday he would like to both pitch and hit for Japan in March&#8217;s World Baseball Classic. 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