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World Baseball Classic Power Rankings: Who's No. 1? - ESPN
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Murakami, Okamoto Spark Japan Over Italy and Into WBC Semifinals
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Ohtani long HR powers Japan; Italy advances at World Classic
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Masataka Yoshida crushes a home run to right field that extends
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World Baseball Classic: Japan advances to final with walk-off win
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How Japan's Shohei Ohtani Dominated the 2023 WBC – NBC Los Angeles
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Japan Beats United States to Win World Baseball Classic Crown
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World Baseball Classic: Shohei Ohtani helps Japan advance to
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Japan blows out Italy to advance to World Baseball Classic
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Shohei Ohtani discusses being part of Team Japan during the World
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Ohtani leads Japan over Italy 9-3, into WBC semifinals - NBC Sports
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There's a world of interest in this year's World Baseball Classic