{"id":280,"date":"2021-11-02T00:16:58","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T15:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=280"},"modified":"2021-11-02T00:16:58","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T15:16:58","slug":"baseball-ohtani-mentor-kuriyama-leaves-nippon-ham-manager-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=280","title":{"rendered":"Baseball: Ohtani mentor Kuriyama leaves Nippon Ham manager role"},"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>Outgoing Nippon Ham Fighters manager Hideki Kuriyama believes there could have been star two-way players like Shohei Ohtani from previous generations but they were not given the opportunity to fulfill their potential. 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