{"id":540,"date":"2022-04-17T09:47:12","date_gmt":"2022-04-17T00:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=540"},"modified":"2022-04-17T09:47:12","modified_gmt":"2022-04-17T00:47:12","slug":"feature-baseball-fire-baller-sasaki-quickly-fulfilling-promise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=540","title":{"rendered":"FEATURE: Baseball: Fire-baller Sasaki quickly fulfilling promise"},"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>Once the brightest star in Japan&#8217;s amateur baseball constellation, 20-year-old Roki Sasaki has overcome a slow start to his pro career and has now pitched perhaps the world&#8217;s greatest nine-inning game. 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