Shohei Ohtani didn’t attend Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s introductory news conference, but he didn’t have to.
Listen back to what Yamamoto said. Ohtani was everywhere
“Starting today,” Yamamoto said in Japanese, “in the truest sense, I have to stop admiring.”
The words, and the feelings behind them, were inspired by a speech Yamamoto heard earlier in the year when playing for Japan in the World Baseball Classic. The address in question was delivered by Ohtani before the championship game against the United States.
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“From me, just one thing,” Ohtani said.