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Japanese high school baseball players discouraged from using World Baseball Classic star's celebration
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Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar set to play for Japan at WBC in 'big first step for Japanese baseball' - The Japan Times
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Saitama town, grandpa go wild as Nootbaar plays 'Cinderella
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AP Sports on X: Cardinals outfielder Lars Nootbaar has suddenly become a popular star playing for Japan in the World Baseball Classic. Dubbed an American-born samurai by fans, he qualified by ancestry
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Baseball Twitter reacts to St. Louis Cardinals slugger Lars Nootbaar joining Team Japan for World Baseball Classic: I freaking LOVE this
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