{"id":2325,"date":"2024-02-14T15:21:26","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T06:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=2325"},"modified":"2024-02-14T15:21:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T06:21:26","slug":"baseball-teenage-slugger-sasaki-to-enroll-at-stanford-univ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=2325","title":{"rendered":"Baseball: Teenage slugger Sasaki to enroll at Stanford Univ."},"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>Japanese teenage slugger Rintaro Sasaki will enroll at Stanford University in April before joining its baseball team for the 2025 season, the school announced Tuesday. 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