{"id":2946,"date":"2025-03-15T13:49:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T04:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=2946"},"modified":"2025-03-15T13:49:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T04:49:07","slug":"baseball-japanese-stars-of-tokyo-series-pay-tribute-to-trailblazers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=2946","title":{"rendered":"Baseball: Japanese stars of Tokyo Series pay tribute to trailblazers"},"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-repeat: no-repeat;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>While Japanese players are strongly represented among MLB rosters, including five taking part in the season-opening series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs at Tokyo Dome, Shohei Ohtani is not ready to call it a &#8220;golden age&#8221; of Japanese baseball. 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