A Japanese reporter named Ohtani, ‘the Closer with the dirty uniform’. Usually pitcher’s uniforms are clean, but he was doing a hitter as well, so his uniform is always covered with dirt but it makes him so special!
no matter how many times i watch the last inning, its still incredible. What more impressive is Shohei would argee to pitch in a minor league game a couple days later to get ready to pitch in the major again. What a legend.
Trout vs Ohtani was the perfect ending for this tournament. The two best players, and we were treated to a moment that highlighted the best part of baseball
If somebody told me it would end up Trout facing Shohei in the last inning with 1 point difference, 2 outs, full count in the final before WBC started, I would call him a dreamer
This mini movie should be nominated for Academy. Both Ohtani and Trout should be nominated for best actor. And the presenter should be Tom Cruise, if possible, because you know, he did Mission Impossible and so did Ohtani and Trout.
Literally couldn’t have scripted a more perfect ending. Two outs, top of the 9th, full count, Ohtani vs Trout for all the marbles. It wasn’t a deep fly, not an infield chopper, but a strike three swinging. Baseball at its absolute finest
fun fact: Ohtani was the one who threw the first pitch for team Japan in the tournament, and the last one threw the last pitch to close out the tournament for Japan.
I'm a lifelong Angels fan... and that last AB could have gone either way, and it still would have been a perfect ending, in my eyes. I just hope that this is finally the year that Sho and Mike get to the playoffs together. Here's to a healthy halo lineup in 2023, and hoping the depth we added to our roster keeps us in the hunt down the stretch. Fingers crossed
Let's win first and go to the playoffs this year. Also, I hope the Angels don't release Ohtani. Next, I'd like to see Trout and Otani rejoicing together.
Hes finally the goat after this. Before there were some doubters butsfter this world cup it sealed the deal and now ever win and every home run each one will just win over the handful of folks that still are ready to accept him as the GOAT. 20 more homeowners and it will be basically 100 percent
Two of the best in their sports, going head to head, having been former teammates, each representing their own countries, down to the final at bat. This was literally a movie ending.
What the world learned from this game and one of the amazing sports tournament ever in World Baseball Classic 2023, is that Japan has such a strong team that is built on discipline, good fundamentals on both hitting and pitching. Baseball (and basketball too) is a globally famous sport that originated in the USA, so the allure of the league and the rich history draws the athletes from various parts of the world, but the other leagues outside of US are catching up, just as competitive and talented like the players in MLB. Japan beating the line-up of MVPs and multi-MLB All Stars, the days of thinking that Japanese Professional Baseball is like a triple-A level are over. Japanese Professional Baseball is like the European League equivalent of NBA.
Except unlike the nba, mlb doesn’t take the other countries seriously and send their best players to the wbc. In fact, many mlb teams forbid their players to do or limit their actions
@@Airsole23 Mookie Betts, Trea Turner, JT Realmuto, Mike Trout, Paul Goldschmidt, Nolan Arenado, Pete Alonso. That is a stacked lineup there man, even if Team USA doesn't have the pitching they need their firepower is still enough to compensate with the lack of all-star pitching.
The background music for the last Ohtani vs. Trout is deviant! The music is like a battle in the wilderness of a western movie, and even though I know the outcome, I am moved by it.💯💯💯
I watched the last match over and over🇺🇸×🇯🇵 They made a new history. I was so impressed! I hope people will come to Japan through the baseball game and then, I want to go watch the baseball game to Miami someday! JAPAN will be the winner of 2026 again!
Far better noticed and understood than American football. Former MLB players could still make good money at NPB, have chance getting nationwide attention/popularity from like 120 million people. While NFL players...
I'm Japanese so I'm happy that Japan won. But I am a fan of both Ohtani and Trout, so I was both happy and sad when either of them won. I will never forget the fact that I was able to witness the confrontation between the two, which I had dreamed of long before the WBC was held. I will forever be grateful to all the members and the gods of baseball who made this miraculous showdown possible.
Thanks for making this mini-movie! The 5th tournament was also full of really incredible games and I was moved. I sincerely hope that the attractiveness of the WBC will spread and develop throughout the world...👍
Also with the previous pitch being a ball in the dirt where it looked like Shohei was trying for a slider and hooked it too hard, it would have been easy for him to chicken out and go back to the fastball that beat Trout twice (but no guarantee of a third time). Instead he went for the slider again and nailed it. As we say in Japan, a heart of iron.
“Why was the Japanese team so strong?" No, this is better phrased, as "Why are many players from the Japanese baseball system so strong?" This WBC victory was a historic day in which the Japanese "YAKYU" won over the American-style “Baseball”. Japan's victory was not due to the strength of the teams or members who participated in the WBC. It was a day when the victory of Japanese "YAKYU," which was derived uniquely from American-style baseball and took more than 100 years to achieve. The fact is that on this same planet, there is another baseball that exists in a different spirit than the US style. Of course, the roots of baseball are USA, but baseball that was exported to other countries and took root there developed in a different way. This would be a fact. 2023 WBC was the day that ”Japanese YAKYU” defeated the home of ”American-style baseball”. Another way to describe this is to say that it was a battle between Japanese-style "ZEN-INｰYAKYU” baseball, which emphasizes "Teamwork among all players", and American-style baseball, which emphasizes "Individual power players", and it was a day when ZEN-INｰYAKYU (Teamwork-oriented organizational baseball) won. The secret and source of the strength of Japanese baseball lies in the difference in baseball “education”！. The greatest secret of Japanese baseball education is the system in which all players of students aim to participate in the "Koshien Tournament" during their high school years. The "Koshien Tournament" is a high school baseball tournament held twice a year, in spring and summer, for high school students from all 47 prefectures of Japan to determine the best high school baseball club in Japan, with the ultimate goal of everyone participating in a baseball club in high school to compete for three years while in high school. And unlike other high school sports, this national tournament has an unusually high level of interest and involves the entire nation. The schools that have won their regional tournaments gather at the Koshien Stadium(Hanshin Hyogo) for the final tournament as representatives of their respective regions. All games are broadcast nationwide on TV, and it is fair to say that the amount of attention the tournament attracts is more than that of professional baseball. The high level of interest in and recognition of the tournament means that interest and money are spent to support the regional representatives, and of course, it is also a place for professional baseball scouts to discover candidates for the next generation of star players. This tournament is also the place where an unknown boy can become a big star overnight. The emotional dramas of the children's lives, the tragedies and joys of competition due to the tournament style games, arouse the sympathy and interest of the entire nation. And it is this baseball education in high schools across the country for the "Koshien Tournament" that has become the basic baseball training course for Japanese professional baseball players in their teenage years. Every student who joins a high school baseball team learns basic baseball training and tactics every day in the time after high school classes with the goal of participating in this Koshien Tournament. They then go through unusually grueling training, which is hard to believe by American standards, such as training their mental, technical, and physical abilities to compete at a young age in their teens in order to participate in this Koshien Tournament. The selected athletes who win the tournament and participate in the Koshien Tournament are able to experience the rigors of a sudden death match in a tournament, how to keep their composure in a crowd of over 50,000 spectators, and how to concentrate on their game in a big match as part of their training to strengthen their mental strength as teenagers. Although baseball is not an Olympic sport in general, the Koshien Tournament system of Japanese baseball provides teenage athletes with the same opportunity to experience the big game as they would in the Olympics. This training opportunity throughout the high school years contributes to the uniqueness of Japanese baseball, training and honing each player's basic skills, mental strength, and ability to respond within the organization in teamwork, and raising the fundamental level of the game. The members of the Japanese team that participated in the WBC, and all of their managers and coaches, all of them have experienced this high school baseball education for the Koshien Tournament when they were in high school. Almost without exception, all of them. They spend their high school years learning the basic skills of baseball every day with the goal of participating in this tournament. → (hitting, pitching, defense, handling teamwork, keeping calm on the big stage, self control, emotional control skills, how to think strategically to win the game, how to stand up and behave, manners, etc.). This educational system in high schools is unique to Japan and completely different from high school baseball in the United States. This is the backbone that gave birth to Otani and Ichiro, and is the cause and secret of the high level of baseball skills of players from Japan.This is also the reason why ”YAKYU” is different from "American-style baseball”. Americans don’t realize the importance of the unique "Koshien" system of Japanese baseball. You have yet to realize the essential meaning of why Japanese baseball players are different from other players. So when you see a player like Otani, you only think of him as crazy, inhuman, or special. But in the Japanese baseball education system, Otani's words and actions are not an abnomaly; they are the normal behavior of an honor student. And with physical qualities, a second or third Otani could be produced in the Japanese "Koshien" system. This WBC was the day that ”Japanese YAKYU” defeated the home of ”American-style baseball”.
I have a request for FOX sports. Please make a drama series about Ohtani and Trout's journey from childhood to their collision in the WBC finals. And please try to reference the Japanese manga "Vagabond" in your production.
Who will win the 2026 WBC?
Dominican Republic!
そりゃあ連覇よ
Usa or Japan because they have a lot of depth! I'm pretty sure we will come back stronger in 2026!
Japan！again！
Japan！
Love the feeling of Ohtani vs Trout like an old west shootout
A Japanese reporter named Ohtani, ‘the Closer with the dirty uniform’. Usually pitcher’s uniforms are clean, but he was doing a hitter as well, so his uniform is always covered with dirt but it makes him so special!
There’s gotta be a Tide commercial in the works.
He's got everything a baseball boy dreams of.
Truly the KING of the sport.
Ohtani's focus at 5:26 sends a chill down my spine.
Like an assassin
no matter how many times i watch the last inning, its still incredible. What more impressive is Shohei would argee to pitch in a minor league game a couple days later to get ready to pitch in the major again. What a legend.
Trout vs Ohtani was the perfect ending for this tournament. The two best players, and we were treated to a moment that highlighted the best part of baseball
Both the U.S. and Japan are great!
The Ohtani vs Trout match will remain forever.
Trout going against Ohtani at the end of the game was the perfect ending
If somebody told me it would end up Trout facing Shohei in the last inning with 1 point difference, 2 outs, full count in the final before WBC started, I would call him a dreamer
Dream came true!
もう100回以上はこのシーン見てると思うけど、最後のトラウト選手のフルスイングはめちゃくちゃかっこいい❣️
This mini movie should be nominated for Academy. Both Ohtani and Trout should be nominated for best actor. And the presenter should be Tom Cruise, if possible, because you know, he did Mission Impossible and so did Ohtani and Trout.
旗の持ち方、大谷さんは高校野球の開会式みたいだけど、、、トラウトの持ち方見て、アメリカンスタイルに変えた所、おもろい。
どんな時も洞察力ある。
トラウト兄貴の世界最高のフルスイングに感動した。野球史に残る対戦だった。ありがとう。
トラウトは2球甘い球を空振った、
感動とはこの事？
@@閻王-z6f 大谷の球がそれだけ凄いってことだろ。大谷とトラウトどっちも馬鹿にしてんの？
@@閻王-z6f しかも甘い球ってどれだよ。100マイル真っ直ぐが甘いのか？あんな曲がるスライダーが甘いのか？
お茶の間評論家やめてw
@@Cishek-s9t
マジで言ってんのかw
よもやよもや
@@閻王-z6fよもやもや。恥をかいたね🎉
Literally couldn’t have scripted a more perfect ending. Two outs, top of the 9th, full count, Ohtani vs Trout for all the marbles. It wasn’t a deep fly, not an infield chopper, but a strike three swinging. Baseball at its absolute finest
This story cannot be surpassed by movies or novels.
It was a really great match.
Got to admit, it was cool to see these teammates center stage. Gonna be cooler to see them together in the line up for the season opener soon.
大谷選手と中村選手、ブルペンでも捕球したことがなくて、あのラストぶっつけ本番でバッテリーを組んだと思うと更に胸熱🔥
海外の方にも伝われ～😆
Son: "Dad, who won?"
Dad: "We all did, son. We all did."
No, Japan won.. GOAT baseball country
Exactly. All baseball fans won. We got epic games and precious moments in WBC 2023!
As an American mlb fan you can’t even be mad that Japan won here shohei is just too good to disrespect
He’s arguably the greatest baseball player of all time. He consistently proves it. Even brought glory to his whole nation.
Of course not, ohtani with japan bested the US at their very own sport haha unbelievable
Epic battle that’s going to be talked about for years to come.
Next time I'd like to see Ohtani and Trout happy together at the World Series.
And finally this epic drama ends.
That's right. I hope so!
With the way Angels handles their team, I doubt it happening
Yeah need that happy ending.
Yes and the strike out is Aaron judge 😅
@@miwatanabe8091 それはワールドシリーズじゃなくて、ALCSです。
That fastball in the middle, man of guts. Amazing feat
Ohtani told the catcher to hold the glove around the middle cause they never practiced together it was there first battery.
I freaking LOVE how afterwards he looked at Trout like "Yeah I'm crazy"
ダルビッシュnoteだと、トラウトはフォーシームに1番弱いとの情報があったらしい
The whole tournament needs a FULL MOVIE
Agree. I would call it "The Perfect Ending" haha
It needs an anime
It would be 100 times better than the Titanic
This movie should’ve included Shohei going to the bullpen to warm up, back to hit, back to bullpen. That’s something you never see.
Good point！
@c.c. I think I saw it somewhere. Some commentators were also talking about it.
Absolutely nobody can do that, imagine the mentality the stress in this big game, insane
Strongly agree❕❗
@c.c. They only showed it once, but he did have to go back and forth.
ホントこの試合何度見てもめちゃくちゃ面白い漫画を実写化したようにしかみえない
そして編集が最高すぎる
何回見ても鳥肌立つ。すごい。
Id say the WBC is here to stay after the epicness we witnessed this month. Absolutely stellar baseball!
fun fact: Ohtani was the one who threw the first pitch for team Japan in the tournament, and the last one threw the last pitch to close out the tournament for Japan.
I'm a lifelong Angels fan... and that last AB could have gone either way, and it still would have been a perfect ending, in my eyes. I just hope that this is finally the year that Sho and Mike get to the playoffs together. Here's to a healthy halo lineup in 2023, and hoping the depth we added to our roster keeps us in the hunt down the stretch. Fingers crossed
@@ニールズ-w3f 私はずっとエンゼルスのファンだったので、そう言っているのではありません。 多くの人が、彼がエンゼルスでワールド シリーズを制するチャンスはないと言っています。 しかし、真実は、彼がどのチームに所属していても、ワールドシリーズで優勝することは非常に難しく、オッズは反対です。 エンゼルスは最近、勝率を向上させるいくつかの良い変更を加えたと思います。 怪我を避けることができれば、チャンピオンシップのチャンスは他のチームと同じくらい強力です。
Let's win first and go to the playoffs this year. Also, I hope the Angels don't release Ohtani. Next, I'd like to see Trout and Otani rejoicing together.
@@okatashiyoniku releasing ohtani? that's not gonna ever happen. ohtani is too valuable for the angels.
You guys gotta go to the playoffs man. That’s must. We need another drama. WE NEED A SEQUEL TO WBC 2023! Script it well Angels!
2026に第２ラウンドやらなきゃね！
今から楽しみです！
Ohtani got injured😢 So I came here to see the best Ohtani this year!
How can you not be romantic about baseball?
Thanks for this amazing game.
Aligado, Ohtani Shohei!
Ohtani even threw his glove and hat 100mph. 🔥
No. Glove was 102 mph and hat was 104 mph.
チャック・ノリスかよ…
Western ballad for the final at bat was a great choice 🇺🇸🤝🇯🇵
I've always considered baseball boring but this tournament was actually awesome.
Pues ya no lo veas aburrido ya que viste como es el béisbol mínimo no le digas aburrido
この映像には映って無いけど、泥付きユニホームのクローザーがブルペンから出てくる所マジ格好良かった。二刀流の証。
I got goosebumps w/ this mini movie. This was epic moment., Congratulations samurai Japan 🇯🇵 all players were incredible 🏆
Ohtani the GOAT
Hes finally the goat after this. Before there were some doubters butsfter this world cup it sealed the deal and now ever win and every home run each one will just win over the handful of folks that still are ready to accept him as the GOAT. 20 more homeowners and it will be basically 100 percent
🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐
🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐
Good for those who voted for Judge for MVP 2022. I’m not being sarcastic.
He has already been the LEGEND.
改めて、決勝に残れなかったすべてのチームに胸を張れる試合ができて嬉しい。この２チームに敵わなかったのなら仕方がないと思ってもらえたと思います。
この２チームに敵わなかったのなら仕方がないと思ってもらえたと思いますって何かはずいわ
@@user-ey3ye8fr5d
大丈夫です。 JNSnomutalkさんのコメントは 十分素敵だと思いますよ。
Mexico❤
メキシコが一番手強かった
@@user-ey3ye8fr5d それな、君は何もしてないよ、というね
Dope! Could've been doper if it added Ohtani's locker room speech and him in the bullpen. Rare moments
トラウトと大谷の対戦が、こんな凄いシチュエーションで見れるとは夢にも思わなかった。
勝敗を超越した神秘的で最高に痺れる戦いだった。
背景音樂令人感到對決的熱血
どちらが勝っても、怒れない試合だった。はじめて負けても仕方ないと思えた位、最高の試合だった。
This is real baseball "MANGA"!
What we are not able to imagine, what we are not able to write the stories
こういうのぱぱっと作るアメリカのフットワークの軽さと見せ方のセンスほんとすごいわ、さすがエンタメの国。
コメントセンスも素晴らしい👏💕
はぁ？もうユーチューバーでもPCで出来る編集だろうw どんだけジジイなんだよこいつｗ
When comic books became reality. No more perfect than the best against the best in the final.
First time I ve ever been remotely interested in baseball. Outstanding games !
日本もアメリカも本当に最高でクールな戦いをしてくれた。もうどちらが勝っても負けても感動するしかなかった！歴史的な戦いを生きてる時に見れて良かった。トラ兄大好き！日本より😊
What a beautiful game Baseball is..
This was so epic! Truely a movie come to life! So good! I love baseball!
素晴らしい動画をありがとうございます！
野球大好き！選手の皆さんを愛してる！
日本が勝って嬉しいのもあるけど、トラウトが真剣に、そして楽しんで野球をやっていることがとても嬉しい
大谷翔平が打って投げてる時アメリカの人も歓声上げたり、喜んでくれて、日本人として嬉しかったです😊
Perfect music for this truly epic showdown of baseball's two greatest players ever!
Two of the best in their sports, going head to head, having been former teammates, each representing their own countries, down to the final at bat. This was literally a movie ending.
全ての野球映画を過去にした素晴らしい作品です。
The moment when the sport of baseball evolved to the next level.
So many great games happen in this WBC 2023.
What the world learned from this game and one of the amazing sports tournament ever in World Baseball Classic 2023, is that Japan has such a strong team that is built on discipline, good fundamentals on both hitting and pitching.
Baseball (and basketball too) is a globally famous sport that originated in the USA, so the allure of the league and the rich history draws the athletes from various parts of the world, but the other leagues outside of US are catching up, just as competitive and talented like the players in MLB. Japan beating the line-up of MVPs and multi-MLB All Stars, the days of thinking that Japanese Professional Baseball is like a triple-A level are over. Japanese Professional Baseball is like the European League equivalent of NBA.
Cannot agree w/ you more
Except unlike the nba, mlb doesn’t take the other countries seriously and send their best players to the wbc. In fact, many mlb teams forbid their players to do or limit their actions
@@Airsole23 Team USA had a STACKED lineup lol.
@@Airsole23 Mookie Betts, Trea Turner, JT Realmuto, Mike Trout, Paul Goldschmidt, Nolan Arenado, Pete Alonso. That is a stacked lineup there man, even if Team USA doesn't have the pitching they need their firepower is still enough to compensate with the lack of all-star pitching.
素晴らしい戦いを選手のみなさんありがとうございました🇯🇵🇺🇸
It was a great match! I love obtain showing all the emotions, that gives me chills. He is a beyond legend.
漫画なら誰もが予想できるありきたりな展開なのに、現実になると誰も予想しなかった展開になってるのが最高に漫画👏USA代表も侍JAPANも同じ時代に生きてくれてありがとう⚾️
It's not a mini-movie. it's EPIC!!
I need a mini-movie of the whole thing!!
Could be a full movie at the theatres.. I'd go watch 💯
かっこよすぎです！
日本も凄かったけどアメリカも凄かった！
最高の戦いをありがとう！
いやいや、映画やん。
ありがとFOX
I liked the moment when Ohtani struck out Trout and then he threw his cap at 100 mph!
That was the greatest match in my life. I was very nervous in entire game.
It was good but Japan Mexico may have been even better
Ya me imagino imagínate a los jugadores soy mexicano y aveces cuando juego béisbol igual me pongo nervioso ya me imagino a ti
Best WBC all time movie.
The background music for the last Ohtani vs. Trout is deviant!
The music is like a battle in the wilderness of a western movie, and even though I know the outcome, I am moved by it.💯💯💯
大谷VSトラウトのシーンはBGMと合わせて西部劇の決闘を彷彿とさせた。
I gotta say it's beyond description... I bet nobody expected the ending to be that dramatic. Historical tournament for sure.
マジで漫画みたいな試合だった。こんな面白い大会をやってくれて最高。
次も早く見たい
Goro Shigeno vs Joe Gibson Jr vibes 🔥
Congratulations Team 🇯🇵 🙌
I watched the last match over and over🇺🇸×🇯🇵 They made a new history. I was so impressed! I hope people will come to Japan through the baseball game and then, I want to go watch the baseball game to Miami someday! JAPAN will be the winner of 2026 again!
It’s sad that this great sport is not even noticed or understood by most countries.
That can be said for numerous sports.
Far better noticed and understood than American football. Former MLB players could still make good money at NPB, have chance getting nationwide attention/popularity from like 120 million people. While NFL players...
Astonishing editing! Kudos to the editing team.
This single vid can explain how exciting baseball can be better than an entire MLB season.
Shohei Ohtani is Japan's Michael Jordan.
6:39 ケンシロウvsラオウ 感
大谷とトラウトとの一騎討ちのシーンの音楽が、どこかマカロニウェスタンなところが合っていないかのようにみえて意外にマッチしているのでドキドキする。❤
確実に言えることは、この映画をリアルタイムで見ることが出来て一生の思い出になりました。
まさに手に汗握る展開で、試合が終わるまで心臓が張り裂けそうになっていたのを思い出します。
日本人の私としては日本が勝ったことが何よりも嬉しいですが、またアメリカと戦う事になったら2023を超える戦いがあるのかと思うと楽しみでしかありません。
I'm Japanese so I'm happy that Japan won.
But I am a fan of both Ohtani and Trout, so I was both happy and sad when either of them won.
I will never forget the fact that I was able to witness the confrontation between the two, which I had dreamed of long before the WBC was held.
I will forever be grateful to all the members and the gods of baseball who made this miraculous showdown possible.
Greetings from Japan. Thank you for uploading this video. I am proud of being japanese. Shohei Ohtani's performance is so manga-like. incredible.
1:23 メジャー経験なしで初対戦のメジャー選手の初球をあそこまで飛ばせるのエグい
日本人です🇯🇵戦った全ての国に感謝を。
みんなが熱狂的になれるスポーツは素晴らしい。また世界中のみんなで楽しい野球をやろう！
大谷翔平対MikeTrout
こんなに興奮した１打席は初めてだ
Thanks for making this mini-movie! The 5th tournament was also full of really incredible games and I was moved. I sincerely hope that the attractiveness of the WBC will spread and develop throughout the world...👍
When is the last time you remember seeing a closer with a uniform covered in dirt?
神様が二人に試練を与えた
二人とも真の漢だ❤
6:35 100マイルど真ん中空振りで「なるほどね😏」みたいなトラ兄の笑みが好き
大会前のエンゼルスのキャンプのシート打撃を大谷翔平が練習メニュー変えてでもトラウトを回避した伏線をしっかり回収しましたね。
The placement of that pitch was perfection especially after the setup with the pitches before hand, impossible for trout to lay off that
Also with the previous pitch being a ball in the dirt where it looked like Shohei was trying for a slider and hooked it too hard, it would have been easy for him to chicken out and go back to the fastball that beat Trout twice (but no guarantee of a third time). Instead he went for the slider again and nailed it. As we say in Japan, a heart of iron.
Fox should take Ohtani`s speech before the game in this mini movie.
2 fast straight balls taunting Trout!!! Then a slider to finish him off.... Owned!!!🥶
何度見ても、ドキドキしちゃう😂
キャプテン・トラウトが打席に入るところから、低音の効いたBGMが流れ始めるの良い
Otani and Trout are the best players.
“Why was the Japanese team so strong?" No, this is better phrased, as "Why are many players from the Japanese baseball system so strong?"
This WBC victory was a historic day in which the Japanese "YAKYU" won over the American-style “Baseball”.
Japan's victory was not due to the strength of the teams or members who participated in the WBC.
It was a day when the victory of Japanese "YAKYU," which was derived uniquely from American-style baseball and took more than 100 years to achieve.
The fact is that on this same planet, there is another baseball that exists in a different spirit than the US style.
Of course, the roots of baseball are USA, but baseball that was exported to other countries and took root there developed in a different way. This would be a fact.
2023 WBC was the day that ”Japanese YAKYU” defeated the home of ”American-style baseball”.
Another way to describe this is to say that it was a battle between Japanese-style "ZEN-INｰYAKYU” baseball, which emphasizes "Teamwork among all players", and American-style baseball, which emphasizes "Individual power players", and it was a day when ZEN-INｰYAKYU (Teamwork-oriented organizational baseball) won.
The secret and source of the strength of Japanese baseball lies in the difference in baseball “education”！.
The greatest secret of Japanese baseball education is the system in which all players of students aim to participate
in the "Koshien Tournament" during their high school years. The "Koshien Tournament" is a high school baseball tournament held twice a year, in spring and summer, for high school students from all 47 prefectures of Japan to determine the best high school baseball club in Japan, with the ultimate goal of everyone participating in a baseball club in high school to compete for three years while in high school.
And unlike other high school sports, this national tournament has an unusually high level of interest and involves the entire nation. The schools that have won their regional tournaments gather at the Koshien Stadium(Hanshin Hyogo) for the final tournament as representatives of their respective regions. All games are broadcast nationwide on TV, and it is fair to say that the amount of attention the tournament attracts is more than that of professional baseball.
The high level of interest in and recognition of the tournament means that interest and money are spent to support the regional representatives, and of course, it is also a place for professional baseball scouts to discover candidates for the next generation of star players.
This tournament is also the place where an unknown boy can become a big star overnight. The emotional dramas of the children's lives, the tragedies and joys of competition due to the tournament style games, arouse the sympathy and interest of the entire nation.
And it is this baseball education in high schools across the country for the "Koshien Tournament" that has become the basic baseball training course for Japanese professional baseball players in their teenage years.
Every student who joins a high school baseball team learns basic baseball training and tactics every day in the time after
high school classes with the goal of participating in this Koshien Tournament.
They then go through unusually grueling training, which is hard to believe by American standards,
such as training their mental, technical, and physical abilities to compete at a young age in their teens in order to participate in this Koshien Tournament.
The selected athletes who win the tournament and participate in the Koshien Tournament are able to experience the rigors of
a sudden death match in a tournament, how to keep their composure in a crowd of over 50,000 spectators, and how to concentrate on their game in a big match as part of their training to strengthen their mental strength as teenagers.
Although baseball is not an Olympic sport in general, the Koshien Tournament system of Japanese baseball provides teenage athletes with the same opportunity to experience the big game as they would in the Olympics.
This training opportunity throughout the high school years contributes to the uniqueness of Japanese baseball, training
and honing each player's basic skills, mental strength, and ability to respond within the organization in teamwork, and raising the fundamental level of the game.
The members of the Japanese team that participated in the WBC, and all of their managers and coaches, all of them have experienced this high school baseball education for the Koshien Tournament when they were in high school.
Almost without exception, all of them.
They spend their high school years learning the basic skills of baseball every day with the goal of participating in this tournament.
→ (hitting, pitching, defense, handling teamwork, keeping calm on the big stage, self control, emotional control skills,
how to think strategically to win the game, how to stand up and behave, manners, etc.).
This educational system in high schools is unique to Japan and completely different from high school baseball in the United States. This is the backbone that gave birth to Otani and Ichiro, and is the cause and secret of the high level of baseball skills of players from Japan.This is also the reason why ”YAKYU” is different from "American-style baseball”.
Americans don’t realize the importance of the unique "Koshien" system of Japanese baseball.
You have yet to realize the essential meaning of why Japanese baseball players are different from other players.
So when you see a player like Otani, you only think of him as crazy, inhuman, or special.
But in the Japanese baseball education system, Otani's words and actions are not an abnomaly; they are the normal behavior of an honor student. And with physical qualities, a second or third Otani could be produced in the Japanese "Koshien" system.
This WBC was the day that ”Japanese YAKYU” defeated the home of ”American-style baseball”.
長い
日本はメキシコに、アメリカはベネズエラに敗北寸前まで追い詰められながらも土壇場で逆転勝利した。この事はアメリカ一強ではなく、世界の国同士で実力が拮抗してきている事を意味する。
そんな中で日本とアメリカが決勝で激突できたのは嬉しいし、この二国なら文句ないと、敗退した国も納得してくれたと思いたい。本当に楽しい大会だった。
Alright, here is the short film that won the Oscar this year. It's a convincing performance. I see, I see😌
I am not even into baseball and I thoroughly enjoyed this.
Baseball is the winner.
I pay my respects to all the baseball players who participated in this tournament.
See you in 2026
自分が歳を取ったら子供に今回のwbcの話を何回もしてしまうんだろうな‼︎
自分が子供のころに王さん長嶋さんの話を沢山聞かされたように！
I have a request for FOX sports. Please make a drama series about Ohtani and Trout's journey from childhood to their collision in the WBC finals.
And please try to reference the Japanese manga "Vagabond" in your production.
面白い！どっちが武蔵ですか？
@@ぽんきち-j4q WBCで勝ったので大谷が武蔵ですね。ただ大事なのはその結末に至るまでの2人の生い立ちを両視点で描いてほしいってことです！そして願くばエンディングはその2人が協力してワールドシリーズに挑む…ってところで終わってほしいですね😢