{"id":501182,"date":"2026-02-28T10:43:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T14:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/ohtani-shines-in-batting-practice-and-steals-the-show-in-nagoya\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T10:43:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T14:43:25","slug":"ohtani-shines-in-batting-practice-and-steals-the-show-in-nagoya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/ohtani-shines-in-batting-practice-and-steals-the-show-in-nagoya\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohtani shines in batting practice and steals the show in Nagoya"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>MIYAZAKI, Japan.<\/strong> \u2013 Although he didn&#8217;t participate in the game, the presence of <strong>Shohei Ohtani<\/strong> was enough to capture all the attention during an exhibition match between the Japan national team and the <strong>Chunichi Dragons<\/strong>.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/beisbol\/juan-soto-decidido-a-arrebatarle-el-mvp-a-shohei-ohtani-voy-por-el\/#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Juan Soto determined to snatch the MVP from Shohei Ohtani: \u201cI&#8217;m going for him\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nThe <strong>Vantelin Dome Nagoya<\/strong> stadium was completely full for the engagement, and the most anticipated moment of the night arrived when Ohtani appeared on the field to perform batting practice before the game.\n\nEach swing of the star player of the <strong>Los Angeles Dodgers<\/strong> provoked reactions of amazement among fans, teammates, and even rival players. Several balls ended up beyond the stadium fences, while those present stopped what they were doing to observe the exhibition of the Japanese phenomenon.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Shohei Ohtani put on a show in Japan for fans and fellow players <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Nkfw5V8WRz\">pic.twitter.com\/Nkfw5V8WRz<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Talkin&#39; Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TalkinBaseball_\/status\/2027410473792979267?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\nIn Major League Baseball, Ohtani rarely participates in batting practices open to the public. However, when he returns to his home country, he usually takes the opportunity to put on a show for Japanese fans, who consider him one of the greatest figures in modern baseball.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Japan&#8217;s victory in the exhibition game<\/h3>\n\n\nIn the match, the <strong>Samurai Japan<\/strong> team defeated the Dragons 5-3, even without Ohtani in the lineup.\n\nThird baseman <strong>Teruaki Sato<\/strong>, the current Most Valuable Player of the Central League of the <strong>Nippon Professional Baseball<\/strong>, hit a three-run home run to lead the offense.\n\nIn the mound also stood out <strong>Hiroya Miyagi<\/strong>, who pitched three scoreless innings, and right-hander <strong>Hiroto Takahashi<\/strong>, in charge of securing the victory.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Preparing for the World Classic<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nMajor League players will officially join the Japanese team on March 2, when Samurai Japan faces the <strong>Orix Buffaloes<\/strong> in one of their final preparation games before the start of the <strong>World Baseball Classic<\/strong>.\n\nMeanwhile, Ohtani&#8217;s brief appearance in batting practice was enough to remember why he is considered one of the most extraordinary talents in baseball history.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIYAZAKI, Japan. \u2013 Although he didn&#8217;t participate in the game, the presence of Shohei Ohtani was enough to capture all the attention during an exhibition match between the Japan national team and the Chunichi Dragons. You may be interested in:Juan Soto determined to snatch the MVP from Shohei Ohtani: \u201cI&#8217;m going for him\u201d The Vantelin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[35481],"tags":[611,40813,13766,41186,40230],"class_list":["post-501182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-baseball","tag-deultimominuto","tag-major-leagues","tag-mlb","tag-theperiodicodelatruth","tag-united-states"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-26nA","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Baseball"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501182\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}