An active major leaguer gave unforgettable memories to young baseball players, even for a moment.
On the 5th, the World Baseball Classic (WBC) official training was held at Maishima Buffaloes Stadium in Osaka, Japan. The Korean national team started training at 1:00 pm, followed by the Japanese team at 4:00 pm. On this day, the training was conducted in an indoor practice field in the form of self-training. Most of the players appeared, including Shohei Ohtani and outfielder Masataka Yoshida, who joined the training for the first time that day. Japanese athlete Lars Taylor-Tatsuji Nutba (26) also participated in the training without exception.
If Tommy Hyeonsu Edman followed his mother’s lineage in Korea and became a member of the Korean national team at this year’s WBC, Lars Nuthba of the Japanese national team followed his Japanese mother and chose the Japanese national team. Both players are teammates of the St. Louis Cardinals.
Nutba arrived in Japan on the 2nd and joined the Japanese national team. He conducted his first training session with the Japanese national team prior to an evaluation match against the Chunichi Dragons in Nagoya. By the time he started official training on the 5th, he was somewhat acquainted with the players of the Japanese national team. In particular, many scenes of him talking with Ohtani were captured. Ohtani is helping Nutba to adapt to the national team, and Nutba is also melting into the Japanese national team with a bright expression. 더블유 토토
He also showed fan service to show the dignity of a major leaguer. On this day, the training was only open to the reporters and fans could not see it. However, the assistants who help the Japanese national team train are in charge of dream baseball players who seem to be the same age as middle school students.
It was an environment that could be somewhat intimidated and nervous due to the atmosphere and aura of the Japanese national team with prominent stars and about 100 reporters.
But at this time Nutba came. After stretching, Nutba made eye contact with about 6 dreamers one by one before the full-scale training and handed high fives with his fists. The training assistants seemed to be taken aback for a moment by the sudden high-five of a major leaguer’s kind fist, but soon responded brightly. Nervous expressions quickly
After Nutba left, these dream baseball players laughed at each other and were able to be freed from the rigid atmosphere for a while. Perhaps it will remain an unforgettable memory for them.