The World Baseball Classic begins Tuesday and the St. Louis Cardinals have 17 players from their organization representing 11 different countries in the tournament. As the clock ticks down to game time, the players have been preparing to play alongside their new teammates. Cardinals outfielder Lars Nootbaar is in Tokyo, Japan as Team Japan takes on Team China March 9 at 4 am CST. By the looks of it, he is having a great time.
Shohei Ohtani teaching Lars Nootbaar how to throw his splitter in the Samurai Japan dugout | Reddit
It's happening
Nootbaar & Ohtani
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