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St. Louis Cardinals celebration becoming a part of Team Japan's
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Lars Nootbaar on Cardinals Depth and playing for Team Japan in WBC
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MLB Twitter reacts to Lars Nootbaar hyping up Team Japan in
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Lars Nootbaar's WBC teammate doesn't think his lack of Japanese
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Lars Nootbaar on Cardinals Depth and playing for Team Japan in WBC
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Lars Nootbaar on Cardinals Depth and playing for Team Japan in WBC
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Japan buzzing for Shohei Ohtani's return in WBC
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Cardinals Lars Nootbaar talks about Japan teammate Shohei Ohtani
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Japan buzzing for Shohei Ohtani's return in WBC