This is sports news. Japan, who had been dragged by Mexico, reached the WBC final with a come-from-behind play in the bottom of the ninth. Now we are competing with the United States, and there is a lot of gossip. Unexpected things happen in the running of the tournament.
This is reporter Choi Jong-hyeok.
[Reporter]
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In the bottom of the 9th inning, trailing 4-5, it was Ohtani who created the springboard for a turnaround.
He aimed for the first pitch, but as if he had an intuition for a long hit, he took off his helmet and ran to second base.바카라
The protagonist of the reversal was Murakami, the ‘home run king’ of Japanese baseball.
He was sluggish throughout this tournament, but he lived up to his name with a double on the threshold of the finish.
[Hideki Kuriyama/Japan National Baseball Team Coach: I think Murakami is a hitter who will surprise the world and can prove it at the WBC.] There is a
high possibility that Otani will make a relief mound in the final between the US and Japan tomorrow (22nd). A head-to-head confrontation with Trout who eats is expected.
However, behind this big match, there are mysterious processes.
Contrary to expectations, the United States advanced to the quarterfinals with second place in the group and advanced to the semifinals to meet Japan.
Then, the Major League Secretariat, which oversees the WBC, changed the order of the games in the quarterfinals of the United States, so that they could face Cuba, not Japan, in the semifinals.
From the point of view of the United States, the scenario of avoiding Mexico, which lost in the first round, and facing Japan in the final, which is popular in baseball, is complete.
In addition, Japan and the United States never played a daytime game in the first round, so they consumed less energy.
Criticism is pouring in that the WBC has broken the fair itself and has become a ‘league of their own’ rather than the Baseball World Cup.