Little by little the plot ends. More than ever, the Baseball World Series is just around the corner and just days after its start, the teams have completed the most delicate singles, as the return of the top selection event after a six-year absence.
One of the countries that is looking forward to the tournament is Japan, which will host Group B and also have two matches in the second round. In Japan, the movement caused by the baseball team is gigantic, and the Japanese fans have made it known to their players in recent days.
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In preparation for the World Cup, the Japanese team played four friendly matches at home against teams from the local league, which will also begin. At these meetings, the response of the Japanese fans was absolutely overwhelming.
Attending the four preparatory games that Japan completed for the WBC.
Feb 25 vs. SoftBank: 26,212
Feb 26 vs. SoftBank: 26,382
March 3 vs
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– Brushstrokes of the Classic World (@pinceladascmb) March 4, 2023
An average of 31,081 people attended Japan’s four friendlies, the highest peak on March 4, when 35,897 people packed the stands of the famous Tokyo Dome to watch the match between Japan and the Chunichi Dragons.
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For this World Classic, Japan has stars such as Shohei Ohtani, Yu Darvish, Munetaka Murakami or Roki Sasaki, who have excelled in the major leagues and in the Japanese league, which always favors major players.
Japan is the only team that holds two World Baseball Classic titles, winning the first two editions of the event, in 2006 and 2009. This year, Japan is dreaming of winning three championships, and the fans have responded to them. waiting
Shohei Ohtani taking BP before Japan’s Samurai exhibition game. µ pic.twitter.com/Wt0JonFwl3
– Shawn Spradling (@Shawn_Spradling) March 4, 2023