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Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Munetaka Murakami, it turns out, was due.
Murakami, the star Japanese third baseman who owns the nation’s home run record and is coming off a Triple Crown, struck out in his first three plate appearances of Monday night’s World Baseball Classic semifinal. But he came through when it mattered most, delivering a two-run double in the ninth inning that sent Japan to a thrilling, 6-5 walk-off victory against Mexico at a sold-out LoanDepot Park.
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1. Tin Angel Posted: March 21, 2023 at 01:14 AM (#6120895)I was not around when we landed on the moon, but at least once a month, I am outside at night, and see the moon, and I'm briefly like, "It's been over 50 years, and I still can't believe we put people on the f**king moon!" The Onion did a great job of being like the rest of us, and realizing that the real story of that day was, basically, "Holy F*ck!". It was (and remains) that crazy.
Well, that's what I love about announcers like Gus Johnson, who are really good at being like, "F*ck it - this game (or play, or ending, etc.) is insane, and I'm going to go insane, too."
I don't know if this Japanese announcer is the Gus Johnson of Japanese sports broadcasting, but I loved the energy. It was an insanely entertaining game. It did give me goosebumps watching the excitement. It does bring me back to the love of the game I had as a kid, and it reminds me of why baseball is so wonderful.
I don't know a word of Japanese, but he was communicating very clearly. Awesome game, awesome energy, awesome call by the announcer.
Shuto's mad dash
what a stupid word to use about a ballgame
I'll die on the hill that MLB needs to figure out a camera angle that shows the runner and the ball in the play at the same time. I don't think it should be that hard, considering how big the average TV is now. I presume the announcers' booth angle would be ideal.
Yes, it means goodbye, and is commonly used in baseball terms to describe a walk-off win - a walk-off home run is a "sayonara home run."
He's on the team for his baserunning. Shuto has never had over 307 AB in a season, in 2020, because of injuries (to his hand and shoulder, not his legs, fortunately), but that year he led the league with 50 stolen bases. After his rookie season in 2019, when he was used mainly as a pinch runner and defensive sub, and hit .196 in 102 AB, he still made the national team purely for his baserunning ability.
You're gonna love watching Corbin Carroll
The extra hour of dead time didn't make it a great game, and it still would have been a great game if it didn't have an hour of wasted time in it.
Case in point.
It didn't - the game was only 3:36. Not short, but not exactly an old-school Sox/Yankees slog.
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