{"id":252,"date":"2021-10-05T00:07:43","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T15:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=252"},"modified":"2021-10-05T00:07:43","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T15:07:43","slug":"baseball-red-sox-pitcher-sawamura-only-japanese-in-mlb-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=252","title":{"rendered":"Baseball: Red Sox pitcher Sawamura only Japanese in MLB playoffs"},"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>Relief pitcher Hirokazu Sawamura will be the sole Japanese player on a 2021 MLB playoff team after helping the Boston Red Sox clinch the top American League wild card slot on Sunday. 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