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Japan fans pepper Lars Nootbaar with love - Taipei Times
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Shawn Spradling on X: Lars Nootbaar on what it means to be able to play for Samurai Japan in the WBC. 🇯🇵 Its a huge honor. To be able to represent Japan
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