“Shotime”, the nickname Ohtani Shohei acquired in America, topped the list in Japan’s nationwide “buzzword of the year” contest last year
After the war, baseball helped Japan and America become allies. Both celebrated Babe Ruth Day in 1947. During another baseball tour of Japan in 1949, the two countries’ flags were raised side by side, reportedly for the first time since the war. Lefty O’Doul, the American manager, was granted an audience with Emperor Hirohito, who declared that “It is by means of sports that our countries can be brought closer together.
Then in 1995 Nomo Hideo, a trailblazing pitcher, found a loophole and jumped to the American major leagues. Initially dubbed a traitor, Mr Nomo found favour in Japan when he began mowing down American hitters. Suzuki Ichiro followed in 2001, outlasting racist chants to become an American baseball icon.
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