It’s on the short  side but Chiba Lotte Marines skipper Bobby Valentine chirps in with an opinion regarding the fact that one of his best players in Kobayashi Masa, and others,  will attempt to land MLB contracts.
The money quote:
I totally wish that we, here in Japan, would improve our game enough to raise the standard [...]

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Hirokazu Ibata had four RBIs and stater Kenta Asakura struck out five and gave up one run over six-plus innings to help Chunichi bounce back after  a Japan team’s  first ever loss in the  cup.      Closer Hitoki Iwase picked up the save in relief.
In the other game China kept SK close for [...]

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With its scoreless streak extended to 19 innings by pitcher Josh Outman, shortstop Brian Bixler booted a Leonardo Zileri ground-ball to stop the run. But Team USA didn’t stop there, yeilding  consecutive RBI singles to put Italy up 3-0  en route to a 6-2 loss.
In the game Italy scored  five unearned runs via three errors [...]

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