A few days ago, MLB Los Angeles Angels Shohei Otani expressed his willingness to participate in the 2023 World Baseball Classics (hereinafter referred to as WBC), which will be the first time Shohei Otani participated in the WBC.
In addition, recently, Shohei Otani won the "2022 Edgar Martinez Outstanding Designated Hitter Award) for his outstanding performance when he was a designated strike.
Under the popularity of awards, the news of Otani Shohei official proclaiming the battle against WBC has attracted more attention, causing widespread discussion in the sports media circles of various countries .
American reporter said in the report: "Otani Shohei joins Japanese team and may become the best pitcher in WBC history." Perry Minasian, general manager of Los Angeles Angels , also said that has the strong strength of Otani Shohei's "two-knife stream" and can play any role in WBC .
Korean media even "screamed warning" in the news report: "South Korea's batting line has been completely invalid and may be completely suppressed by Shohei Otani. This will be the most difficult opponent for the South Korean team to deal with." You should know that the South Korean team will be the team against Japan in the first round, which shows that Shohei Otani officially announced the battle to bring great pressure to the entire WBC participating team.
What makes Chinese baseball fans and fans of Shohei Otani more looking forward to is that in the upcoming WBC, may have a wonderful confrontation with the Chinese team at that time .
WBC returns after five years, Shohei Otani may meet with the Chinese team
WBC will officially return in 2023 after five years. The WBC champion will be awarded the title of "World Championship" by the World Baseball and Softball Association. , a difficult sense of honor and mission, will bring all the stars of the World Baseball Classic Tournament to .
Recently, the Japanese football team fought bravely in the World Cup, facing the world-class team Germany for the first time, and won the surprise, bringing Asian glory. Under the shining halo of honor, the news that Japanese baseball team will compete in WBC also aroused great expectations.
As the World Cup in the baseball world, this WBC can be said to have carried the expectations of countless fans - the scale of participation has expanded to 20 teams for the first time, and all 16 teams of WBC in 2017 and 4 teams that advanced to the 2022 qualifiers will join. It is worth noting that Chinese national baseball team has officially announced that it will go to WBC earlier, and all players are actively preparing for the game. This time Shohei Otani joins means that in the Group B competition held at the Tokyo Dome in Japan, the Chinese national baseball team will have the opportunity to meet with Shohei Otani and compete for the best together. This made fans from all over the world excited and look forward to it.
Chinese team is not unfamiliar with the sport of baseball . debuted at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. The Chinese baseball team once appeared on the Olympic stage as the host and defeated the Chinese Taipei team in an eye-catching surprise. The first year of professionalization of Chinese baseball can be traced back to 2002, and after football, basketball and volleyball, it became the fourth professional sports event and entered the fast lane of development.
It is reported that as early as 2008, MLB began to cooperate with Chinese baseball, focusing on the competitive level of the national team, helping the national team to train and compete in the United States, and sending foreign coaches to help with training, which greatly improved the team's ability.
2019 Chinese baseball team competed in the Asian Championships, defeated the third-ranked South Korean team in the world, and qualified for the Tokyo Olympics. The remarkable results confirm the rapid growth of the Chinese baseball team.
Shohei Otani: The legendary "Two Dao Flow" of genius
This time Shohei Otani volunteered WBC, which is also a microcosm of the desire for the World Baseball Classic in the hearts of baseball players.As early as 2017, Shohei Otani had the opportunity to play for Japan in the WBC, but he eventually withdrew due to a foot injury. But Shohei Otani has been working hard for the goal in recent years.
In 2018, Shohei Otani, who was just 24 years old, joined the Los Angeles Angels team, active on the field with a shooting and playing "two-knife stream", and showed his first-class baseball talent at a young age. After the end of the 2021 season, he was elected as the Best Player of the Season (MVP) of MLB Major League Baseball . It is also another Japanese and Asian MVP born in the MLB field after Suzuki Ichiro . It is also the first player in to truly obtain MVP as a 2-double stream in , inspiring all young Asian players who fight in the MLB field. At the end of 2021, the discussion on the topic of "Who is the No. 1 Asian Sports" has exploded across the Internet. The number of views related to Shohei Otani's main topic reached 120 million, causing authoritative media at home and abroad to report more than 5,000 articles. It can be seen that Shohei Otani, who is as good as the baseball god, has set off a craze for star chasing across the Internet.
In the WBC event next year, Shohei Otani may meet with the Chinese team. What kind of sparks will Otani create with Chinese baseball players at that time? The global media and fans can’t help but look forward to it. China baseball and softball development will also build a bridge to the international baseball event system, and go further and more steadily under the attention of all spectators.
