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Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated
Tim Capurso

Shohei Ohtani Got Rock Star Treatment While Arriving in Japan for World Baseball Classic

Shohei Ohtani arrived in Japan on Sunday days ahead of the World Baseball Classic, and it was as if Paul McCartney had stepped foot in Liverpool.

Ohtani's teammates and fellow members of Team Japan all filed out of the train at Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka, Japan as fans that had gathered to welcome the club were largely quiet.

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