THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
March 13, 2023 at 18:54 JST
Samurai Japan teammates, including Shohei Ohtani, middle, do the “pepper-grinding” gesture after Lars Nootbaar hits a triple against the Orix Buffaloes in a pre-WBC training game at Kyocera Dome Osaka on March 7. (Jin Nishioka)
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