After becoming number one in Japan, he won against a major leaguer in the Japan-US Baseball match. The long-held desire to go to America becomes even stronger. However, in order to call himself the best pitcher in the country, there was a man he had to defeat.
In the fall of 2004, a Japan-US baseball game was held. The MLB lineup includes Kazuhisa Ishii of the Dodgers and Akinori Otsuka of the Padres, as well as big names such as Roger Clemens, David Ortiz, and Manny Ramirez. This year, Daisuke Matsuzaka was selected as a member of the All-Japan baseball team for the first time.
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I started in Game 6 and won a complete game. I was told that this was the first complete game win in 20 years since Kazuhisa Kawaguchi, but to be honest, I didn’t feel nervous because it was a Japan-US baseball game. I felt like I should let the players over there (MLB) know about it. That year, I was tired from pitching from the season to the Athens Olympics to the Japan Series, so after the series ended, I took a no-row pitch for a week. My shoulder wasn’t in very good condition, and I was scheduled to pitch in two games, but I didn’t have enough time to pitch in the first one. That’s why I told Mr. Oh (Sadaharu), who was the coach for All Japan.
2023-11-21 12:02:30
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