{"id":446,"date":"2022-04-01T14:45:47","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T05:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=446"},"modified":"2022-04-01T14:45:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T05:45:47","slug":"baseball-darvish-named-opening-day-pitcher-for-2nd-straight-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=446","title":{"rendered":"Baseball: Darvish named Opening Day pitcher for 2nd straight year"},"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 right-hander Yu Darvish will take the Opening Day mound for the second straight year and third time in his career, the San Diego Padres said Thursday. 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