{"id":1390,"date":"2023-03-17T00:24:32","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T15:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=1390"},"modified":"2023-03-17T00:24:32","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T15:24:32","slug":"baseball-japan-manager-pulls-out-all-the-stops-to-reach-wbc-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=1390","title":{"rendered":"Baseball: Japan manager pulls out all the stops to reach WBC semis"},"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>Samurai Japan manager Hideki Kuriyama was as good as his word in Thursday&#8217;s World Baseball Classic quarterfinal victory, when he predicted it would be &#8220;all hands on deck&#8221; and unleashed the full power of his roster to crush Italy and reach the semis. Even though the Italians had never reached the semifinals, Kuriyama took no chances against a team built around a core of American major and minor leaguers. Two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani started on the mound and cruised through three innings. 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