The president of WBC praised the influence of MLB star Shohei Ohtani: I have never seen such a player

Major League Baseball (MLB)Just after the Tokyo Overseas Tournament, the Los Angeles Dodgers swept the Cubs to win 2 in a row, and the Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani returned to the Tokyo Dome and knocked out the first hit of the season in the game, which plunged all Japanese fans into a frenzy, and the Otani craze reached its highest point, and the president of the World Baseball Classic (WBC) Summer, also praised Ohtani's influence.

Shohei Otani

Shohei Ohtani started the first game of the Tokyo tournament with 5 single-game 2s, and in the second game, he knocked out the first hit of the season from the Cubs fireball man Pearson, with a total of 3 hits in two games of 8 hits, scoring 1 RBI and 2 guarantees, with a batting average of 0.375 and an attack index of 1.375 this season. Under the influence of the Otani craze, the first round of the Tokyo Overseas Race set a record of 25 million viewers in Japan.

Shohei Ohtani is expected to represent Japan again in the 2026 Classic, and WBC President Shi Mo talked about Ohtani at a press conference held in Tokyo on the 21st, and he couldn't help but praise: "I've never seen a baseball player like this since I was born." I think he is attracting attention not only in Japan and the United States, but also around the world. His participation in the WBC, as well as his opening game with the Dodgers in Tokyo, are extremely important in developing a new generation of fans. ”

This Tokyo overseas tournament gathered 5 Japanese stars, including Dodgers "Japanese Three Pillars" Shohei Ohtani, Yushin Yamamoto, Ronshi Sasaki, and Sebuta Imanaga and Seiya Suzuki. As the Japanese samurai superintendent, Hirokazu Ibata also said in an interview a few days ago that he is looking forward to them competing in next year's classic.

The Group C heats of the Classic will be played at the Tokyo Dome in March next year, with defending champions Japan joining South Korea, Australia and the Czech Republic, while Chinese Taipei, who qualified from Group A, are also expected to be drawn in Group C.