Samurai Japan played its first exhibition of the year Saturday, with Roki Sasaki easily finding his form with the MLB ball. Two fastballs were on display, one very, very fast, and the other very, very good. Daisuke Matsuzaka talked baseballs, and elsewhere, a rookie had one of the best quips of the spring so far.
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Continue reading NPB news: Feb. 25, 2023Yu Darvish threw some live BP at Samurai Japan’s WBC training camp in Miyazaki on Tuesday. The first batter he faced, Munetaka Murakami, took him out to dead center, and I’ve got the video, and an English translation of Darvish’s media availability afterward.
“My goal today was more to get a feel for things rather than being precise in my deliveries,” Darvish said. “It was really fun with so many fans coming out to see us.”
“The instant he (Murakami) hit it, I thought it was gone. But for him to do that so soon into my stint, and to hit it where he did, I felt a little sad.”
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