{"id":1360,"date":"2023-03-08T18:52:39","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T09:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=1360"},"modified":"2023-03-08T18:52:39","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T09:52:39","slug":"baseball-ohtani-to-start-japans-wbc-opener-against-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=1360","title":{"rendered":"Baseball: Ohtani to start Japan&#8217;s WBC opener against China"},"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>Two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani will take the mound Thursday when two-time World Baseball Classic champion Japan faces China in its Pool B opener, Samurai Japan manager Hideki Kuriyama said Wednesday. Although the skipper said he hadn&#8217;t decided on his big star&#8217;s offensive role for the first game, Ohtani said he also expected to bat at Tokyo Dome. &#8220;That&#8217;s the way I play,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And I don&#8217;t know for sure, but I expect to do both tomorrow.&#8221; &#8220;It&#8217;s my first WBC, so I&#8217;m a little nervous. 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