Claire’s reporter from the official MLB site praises Aki Sasaki’s “unbelievable performance”
Pitcher Aki Sasaki of the Japanese national baseball team “Samurai Japan” made his “world debut” on the 11th in the game against the Czech Republic (Tokyo Dome) in the “Carnext 2023 WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC 1st Round Tokyo Pool”. Using a fastball with a top speed of 101.9 mph (about 164 km) as a weapon, he became the winning pitcher with 8 strikeouts, 2 hits and 1 run during the 4th inning. Michael Claire of the official website of the MLB praised the name of the right-hander Justin Verlander with a total of 244 victories.
Sasaki’s fastball debut. Over 100 miles counted 21 out of 66 balls, which seemed to be a shock to reporter Claire. “It’s an unbelievable performance. It’s as relaxed as a walk in the park, but the ball is powerful. I was looking forward to seeing Sasaki throw, but he lives up to his reputation. He living up to it all. “I gave it to you.” He rolled his eyes. He went on to refer to the 40-year-old right-hander, who won the Cy Young Award three times in 2011, 2019 and 2022. “Something reminded me of Justin Verlander. It was just like pitching before he won the Cy Young Award[yn 2011 pan oedd yn 28],” he praised.
Claire checked Shohei Ohtani’s (Angels) pitching live two days ago. Who is the better pitcher, Ohtani or Sasaki? It’s a debate that American journalists often talk about, but how did reporter Claire see it? “Right now, I want to give the win to Ohtani. Ohtani is the greatest baseball player on the planet. Hey”.
Otani and Sasaki are both from Iwate prefecture. Reporter Claire was very excited, saying, “It’s a great relationship. What kind of education are you doing? I’d love to know. What you’re doing is definitely doing the right thing, so everyone should emulate him.” Either way, it was an area that had an impact on the world.
(Masaya Kotani)
