Although the real games don’t start for another couple games, exhibition World Baseball Classic match-ups have started in Tokyo, with Team Japan playing the Orix Buffaloes today.
And even THAT fake game had a thrilling ending! The would-be game-tying run gunned down at the plate to end the game:
Team Japan lost an exhibition to the NPB’s Orix Buffaloes on a game-ending play at the plate pic.twitter.com/RZpWWz62LF
— Talkin' Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) March 2, 2026I have to be honest. My first thought as I watched the play unfold and saw the awkward, hard, diving slide at home plate was, “OK, I’m glad that wasn’t Seiya Suzuki, and boy howdy I pray he does not try that in any of the upcoming games.”
Fun to see the passion even in an exhibition game for the WBC. It’s just such a great event, and I can’t wait for more.
Also, nice to see Suzuki there in the dugout enjoying himself, by the way. He didn’t get to do this a few years ago because of an ill-timed oblique injury, so I hope it’s a great experience for him, and for all the Cubs participating these next couple weeks.
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