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I'm Not A Headline Guy Sports ramblings…with a Yankees bias!
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WBC teammates Lars Nootbaar and Masataka Yoshida reunited before today's Buffaloes-Marines game : r/baseball
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MLB on X: #WorldBaseballClassic Champions Lars Nootbaar and Masataka Yoshida face off at Fenway Park. @Cardinals vs. @RedSox at 7:10 p.m. ET on @ESPN for #SundayNightBaseball. (MLB x @Casamigos) / X
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Cardinals' Nootbaar, Boston's Yoshida in Japan's WBC team
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