As a cards fan it is amazing to see Lars in this spotlight. Cards fans know the energy he brings every game and to see him on this stage is simply awesome.
People need to stop bashing Lars Nootbar just because he played on the Japanese team. He's half Japanese and American. You can't be bitter over the results... Cause the Japanese team was just crazy good this time. It was a win for the sport of baseball. A great game.
imo it was good for the sport of baseball to have Lars play on the Japanese team, he was able to speak about the different perspectives between the Japanese and American teams in his interviews and bring more fans into the strategies involved.
Lars was recently featured in a protein bar commercial in Japan. Currently, very popular in japan. Lars has also appeared in commercials for eyeglass manufacturers.
As a one of Japanese Baseball fan,It's a real honor to be able to see the game against the United States🇺🇸, which is the country where baseball was born and at the same time has the best league in the world. Baseball was introduced to Japan 150 years ago. And tomorrow, team Japan challenge to "Sensei" country. This is a moment that makes you feel the history of baseball and the splendor of sports🇺🇸🇯🇵
Yep Ohtani is 6'4" so not the biggest man in MLB but he's up there. Also a big, sturdy guy. Not a string bean. Even other big players have said how huge he is. I forget which one said the words but they made me chuckle: "Shohei is a very large human." 🤣🤣🤣
I mean no disrespect or anything, just genuinely curious, are the japanese getting a bit taller? Maybe a dumb question and it might just be because of social media but i feel like theres a lot more tall japanese athletes now than there has been in the past.
@ThorkageMOB 12% Well, all the East Asians are getting A LOT taller since they're no longer malnourished like when their countries are still poor. The height of people directly correlates to their quality of life. This is something economists have known and cited for years.
I've noticed that too. By American standards I'd say Ippei is like "average tall." But pretty much everyone looks short standing next to 6'4" Ohtani because that's quite taller than average, and he's very broad shouldered too, so he appears even larger I think. I'm barely 5 ft, imagine all the stuff that man could reach for me on high shelves!! hahaha My ex hubs was 6'1" and the runt of his fam, w/a bro 6'4", a dad 6'3" and a sis 6'. He didn't like it! Worked fine for me tho. lol 😋 God bless tall men, esp in the grocery store aisle. I always need help! 😄😉 (PS Short men are cute too.)
Lars is not a Japanese athlete as he was born in the U.S. Everybody talks about how much of an impact he makes on the team when he can't even speak Japanese.
They came to play and their fans showed their support. We had home field advantage and came up short. Watch their games on their home field those fans we’re chanting. You couldn’t tell this was the championship game you could barely hear any USA chants. We need to get louder and support our players that made it to the finals. We’ll get em next time.
@@kingdingaling2469 I know that?? You said it yourself, ohtani doesn't need Ippei there, but he's his friend and a good dude so I don't think he'd ignore Lars, a non Japanese speaker to just
Ohtani is the best baseball player of my generation. Too bad he is on the crappy Angel’s. Hopefully he gets a chance to play on a real contender team in his prime.
According to some news reports Ippei also apparently collects players statistical data. He must had helped Shohei collect all those statistical files that Shohei studied to improve his pitcing and batting on the first few years in MLB
@@pial3270 According to an NHK Japan documentary, Shohei never used to "study" the stats of the players until a few years ago. He's got thick binders full of players stats that Ippei carries around. Reportedly, Shohei's dad is real proud of him considering he was pretty bad as a kid in regards to his pitching, as he was always worried he'd hit one of the other kids by accident. His father admitted his wife (Shohei's mom) doesn't watch when he pitches to this day, so it's incredible now how far he's come.
Ippei is really good. Shohei speaks in a very Japanese way (almost excessively polite with indirect expressions - suitable for Japanese audience) and Ippei does not need 3 seconds to pick up the core information from Shohei's words and compose a whole new sentence that sounds more natural to the US audience. Not easy to do with that speed...!
The reason why Yoshida is not here is because he is a type of guy who is not talkative and not good with interview so he probably asked Nootbaar or Ohtani to go for interview on behalf of him.
i never heard of lars nootbar and when i heard him talk i was like thats the most American sounding Japanese dude with a dutch name i have ever heard. but he is American. so that’s my cool story.
Ad Narrator Voice: "whether it's a morning walk or a 9 inning baseball game, with 25 grams of protein and only 30 calories each, ALWAYS grab a Lars Nootbar and recharge ur battery!"
If Shohei and Ohtani have another crappy season with the angels they need to get outta there and have some potential chance another team in the World Series.
Trade Noot right now to LAA for Reid Detmers, Zach Neto, Ky Bush and Ben Joyce... keep Reid and Joyce. Package Neto and Bush with Libby and Burlson and bring in Dylan Cease. Boom taking advantage of 2 bad front offices
Why doesn't the American media report on fraud? At the press conference, Kuriyama complained about the rule change during the WBC. Joinother participating nations in calling for a protest against MLB.
No he doesnt... although his mom is a japanese native and his American dad even speaks Japanese.... i dont understand why they didnt give him a special gift of being a bilingual.... we Japanese still love him tho!!!
In wbc, you can choose the nationality of your parents to compete even if your own nationality is different. In Lars, his mother is Japanese and has Japanese nationality. He has wanted to play for Japan since he was a child because of his acquaintances and contacts in the Japanese baseball world. He loves the U.S. as much as he loves Japan.
Linsanity was overhyped for awhile but shotime is still underrated. And it is insane to say that cus he has so much coverage but no one is giving him the runaway hall of fame card
@Ccccccc If I played Major league baseball in Japan for multiple years and was a star i would. :) He plays in the USA and is surrounded by the language.
He can speak English with other players (Like Noot) just fine. In fact he's super talkative and friendly. Its only during the interviews that he uses an interpreter, probably because he's self-conscious and he wants to be precise.
@@RickB.rolling Almost no American speaks Japanese in five or so years. American players playing in Japan have never spoken Japanese fluently enough to answer interviews, even those who had played longer than five years. Besides, Americans come to Japan and complain that Japanese don't speak English. You don't hear Japanese people complaining that Americans don't speak Japanese in America, do you? No offense, but I hope you understand how funny your statement was.
@@clubeyxander5132 respectfully disaggree. And if what you say is true those players need to learn Japanese. Simple as that. If you are a big star (not a JAG) then after 3 or 4 yrs you should have been taking speaking lessons and should be able to speak for yourself. So my statement isnt funny its practical and respectful of the culture you work in for 9 months out of the yr.
When you're a pre-school child or so, 1-5 years is usually good enough to learn a foreign language if you're living there. The younger the better, but grown-ups take much more time, especially if they haven't studied its intensely beforehand (like a language student) . Ohtani is a specialist in baseball, it's rather ridiculous that you think he would be able to speak English fluently in 5 or so years. He does seem to understand much of what is being said, though. Give him another couple of years, it'll come.
It was a new rule implemented this time where players could play on the teams of their ethnicity. By doing that it elevated every team competing and made the tournament 10 times as interesting and exciting. Nootbaar was never going to get on team U.S.A. with that All-Star lineup, but he came to Japan and in 3 weeks became a household name and superstar here. It actually might be the smartest thing he has ever done or will ever do in his whole life.
As a diehard St. Louis Cardinals, fan and a proud American, it saddens me to see American born baseball players play for other countries. What a disgrace for the home country of the United States of America. I have no respect for these players and shame on the other countries who utilize American born talent for their teams. Lars should go live in Japan since he loves it so much and can brag about a championship he has against his home country of the U.S.A.
日本に足りない物を全てヌートバーが補ってくれた大会だった
実力があっても発揮できないって言う、発揮の部分を引き出してくれた存在感だった
As a cards fan it is amazing to see Lars in this spotlight. Cards fans know the energy he brings every game and to see him on this stage is simply awesome.
He's a huge sensation now in Japan. Japanese fans are buying pepper grinders in his honor lol.
@@brianflynn5355 that’s so awesome!
@@animal2990 you got three cardinals tomorrow vs lars and Japan
@@danielpos9390 4 cardinals
Waino, Mikolas, Goldy, and Arenado
@@kingpm9072 i forgot about mikolas
People need to stop bashing Lars Nootbar just because he played on the Japanese team. He's half Japanese and American. You can't be bitter over the results... Cause the Japanese team was just crazy good this time. It was a win for the sport of baseball. A great game.
imo it was good for the sport of baseball to have Lars play on the Japanese team, he was able to speak about the different perspectives between the Japanese and American teams in his interviews and bring more fans into the strategies involved.
Lars is a lucky one who have the best of two worlds!
You had the best players in the Universe on the U.S. team, its like who cares if a middle of the road rookie played on another team?
@@joninosaka right! USA never asked Nootbaar to join team USA.
This is common in other sports for dual national athletes to play for their other country.
In my opinion, this semifinal between Japan and Mexico was the best game in WBC.
Really love Lars, he’s the perfect representation of an American - passionate, cheerful, charismatic and never hide his emotion.
Ohtani is a superstar
He is the real deal man one of a kind!!!
Lars was recently featured in a protein bar commercial in Japan.
Currently, very popular in japan.
Lars has also appeared in commercials for eyeglass manufacturers.
Congratulations on Japan
Congrats to Japan 🎉🎉🎉 nice match
3:35 たつじの「あれ？俺とは握手してくんないの？」的なわかりやすい動きに萌え
大谷くんかっこ良すぎやろーーーーー！！
As a one of Japanese Baseball fan,It's a real honor to be able to see the game against the United States🇺🇸, which is the country where baseball was born and at the same time has the best league in the world.
Baseball was introduced to Japan 150 years ago. And tomorrow, team Japan challenge to "Sensei" country.
This is a moment that makes you feel the history of baseball and the splendor of sports🇺🇸🇯🇵
It's gonna be a banger. Can't wait.
Nice 👍
Well said
Who do you think is going to win ? Me personally I think it’s going to be USA
I wish USA had a more stacked pitching bullpen against Shohei and Roki Sosaki. It will be a Dicey game for us.
japan is world champion
Nootbaar shows the Japanese and the world American spirit.
nootbarr is a japanese american. he even speaks in english that he's japanese lol.
@@stomo422 he is half japanese but was born and grew up in the US
8ヶ月前のコメントにコメントするのは大変恐縮です🙏💭💗。
ラーズ・ヌートバーの母親は「上2人は日本で出産したが、上2人の子供を連れて大きなお腹を抱えて帰国するのは困難だったので、諦めてアメリカで出産したのでとても大変だった」と語っていました。
実はWBC前にNPBがMLBに調査依頼した結果、50人程の日系の選手が居た事が判明していました。
しかし、アジア系以外との混血選手の多くは、外見からは日本人のDNAが彼らに存在しているとは思えない程のアメリカ人の容姿になっている人が殆どなのが判明しています。
それはおそらく、唯一アジアでは日本人だけが他のアジア人とは大きくかけ離れた世界では6%しか居ないと言う特殊なDNAを持っている事が関係しているのかも知れません。
ラーズ・ヌートバー選手も(お母様が日本人なのに)分かりにくい選手のその1人でした。
彼の母親が国籍を変えずに日本国籍のままだった事が助けとなりました。
日本チームを助けて頂いたラーズ・ヌートバー選手とお母様に感謝致しています。
そして、心暖かいアメリカの皆様のコメントに大変感謝致しております。ありがとうございます。🙏💭💗。
心温まる詳細な情報ありがとうございます。ヌートバーは日本人のスピリットを大谷、ダッシュビルとともに覚醒させた素晴らしい人間だと思います。愛国的というより、日本人は自身のすばらしさと過去の業績を再認識する時が来たと思います。
Otani= Class act. If i were an owner I would pay Otani any amount of money to come to my team. Dude is the future GOAT man!
Sound nice, but Otani doesn't care much about money, and his life style is just humble.
World Champion 🏆 🥇 Forever Lar , Ohtani And Champion 😊 ..........
ヌートバーがいてくれてよかった。
大活躍してくれたし、英語のインタビューも通訳なしで答えられる。
間違いなくそれがデカい。
ヌートバーはアメリカのことを熟知してるし言語もわかるからとにかく敵チームの情報やスタジアムの情報、
その他試合以外に関することでもいろんな情報を知っていて間違いなく日本側にメリットがある。
スパイとまでは行かないが日本側に間違いなく有益な人材だった。
Kinda noticed here that Ohtani is tall and has the biggest build in this shot. When Lars was a QB in high school, that makes Shohei a Tight End.
Yep Ohtani is 6'4" so not the biggest man in MLB but he's up there. Also a big, sturdy guy. Not a string bean. Even other big players have said how huge he is. I forget which one said the words but they made me chuckle: "Shohei is a very large human." 🤣🤣🤣
❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉congrats 👏 japan 🎉
Lars Nootbaar(Tacchan) is a true samurai.
(From Japan)
Never underestimate the japanese
Heightwise, Ippei is like Matt Damon to Ohtani's Ben Affleck. When you see him next to Ohtani, you think he's short, but he's actually pretty tall.
Yeah, I was quite surprised when I saw him in person too. I'm like a smidge under 6 ft tall and Ippei could easily be like 2 inches taller than me.
I mean no disrespect or anything, just genuinely curious, are the japanese getting a bit taller? Maybe a dumb question and it might just be because of social media but i feel like theres a lot more tall japanese athletes now than there has been in the past.
@ThorkageMOB 12% Well, all the East Asians are getting A LOT taller since they're no longer malnourished like when their countries are still poor. The height of people directly correlates to their quality of life. This is something economists have known and cited for years.
@@CumBrianFries Yeah, it seems Ippei just seems to slouch a lot, but he's pretty tall himself.
I've noticed that too. By American standards I'd say Ippei is like "average tall." But pretty much everyone looks short standing next to 6'4" Ohtani because that's quite taller than average, and he's very broad shouldered too, so he appears even larger I think. I'm barely 5 ft, imagine all the stuff that man could reach for me on high shelves!! hahaha My ex hubs was 6'1" and the runt of his fam, w/a bro 6'4", a dad 6'3" and a sis 6'. He didn't like it! Worked fine for me tho. lol 😋 God bless tall men, esp in the grocery store aisle. I always need help! 😄😉 (PS Short men are cute too.)
The Final is going to Be A WBC Classic 😁👍
LG 🇺🇸 ⚾️ 🥇🥇 🙏
大谷さん、世界一かっこいい
優勝して🏅
When Lars spoke, I completely understood him. I guess I can understand Japanese.
No, you understood his Dutch.
Derrrrrrr 😋😋🤣🤣 Idk why that made me laugh
오타니는 괴물이다 대단하다
one of the biggest beneficiaries from WBC is Lars. He's being well-known in Japan and also expending in USA
He is a wonderful guy who inspire Japanese team mates. This shows American can inspire many people around the world.
@@oppama1969 definitely! I’ve been in USA for 8 years, so I can feel that
Lars is not a Japanese athlete as he was born in the U.S. Everybody talks about how much of an impact he makes on the team when he can't even speak Japanese.
@@james8156 no doubt he’s American. Although he doesn’t speak any Japanese, he brought the vibe to his Japan teammates.
@@chengoscar6793 I as a Cards fan hope be can bring this "vibe" to the Cards.
They came to play and their fans showed their support. We had home field advantage and came up short. Watch their games on their home field those fans we’re chanting. You couldn’t tell this was the championship game you could barely hear any USA chants. We need to get louder and support our players that made it to the finals. We’ll get em next time.
Shohei getting His Homie paid as well as some recognition 👍😁
Because Sho can speak perfect English
I think he was helping Lars more in the dugout :P
Angels fly together!
@@wbaldwin666 Lol
What the heck?!
It’s literally Shohei homie that is also His “ interpreter “ He brings around with Him
@@kingdingaling2469 I know that?? You said it yourself, ohtani doesn't need Ippei there, but he's his friend and a good dude so I don't think he'd ignore Lars, a non Japanese speaker to just
Ippei is basically his manager and assistant now. He does a lot of stuff other than just interpreting.
Ohtani is the best baseball player of my generation. Too bad he is on the crappy Angel’s. Hopefully he gets a chance to play on a real contender team in his prime.
He making that move to the Dodgers. The Dodger clearing cap space for him as well. He stays in LA. Stars are aligning for the free agency next season
We'd rather the Angels get better than lose Ohtani, but it's unlikely
Imagine having the job of simply interpreting for Shohei Ohtani. God damn, that guy has the best job in the entire world.
And he translates the languages in very natural slungy ways... i love Ippei's interpreter skill🎉
According to some news reports Ippei also apparently collects players statistical data. He must had helped Shohei collect all those statistical files that Shohei studied to improve his pitcing and batting on the first few years in MLB
@@pial3270 According to an NHK Japan documentary, Shohei never used to "study" the stats of the players until a few years ago. He's got thick binders full of players stats that Ippei carries around. Reportedly, Shohei's dad is real proud of him considering he was pretty bad as a kid in regards to his pitching, as he was always worried he'd hit one of the other kids by accident. His father admitted his wife (Shohei's mom) doesn't watch when he pitches to this day, so it's incredible now how far he's come.
@@aznmochibunny yes, i watched that documentary.
Ippei is really good. Shohei speaks in a very Japanese way (almost excessively polite with indirect expressions - suitable for Japanese audience) and Ippei does not need 3 seconds to pick up the core information from Shohei's words and compose a whole new sentence that sounds more natural to the US audience. Not easy to do with that speed...!
Is just occur to me that Ohtani might have the Japanese equivalent of “Mahomes” voice.
Respet to Mexico 🇲🇽
メキシコは強かった。紙一重。from Japan
感動をありがとう！メキシコ代表だからこそ実現した素晴らしい試合です！
Por supuesto, México es uno de los mejores equipos de este torneo.
メキシコ手強かった！
特にサンドバル投手のボールはエグくてなかなか打てそうになかった
素晴らしい試合をありがとう🎉
오타니 WBC 뿐만 아니라 월드시리즈도 우승할 수 있길 바래요
ヌートバーがいなかったら、日本は絶対に勝てなかったです！感謝！！
He is a hero in japan
Niitber is samurai !!
ヌートバーが勢いを持ってきてくれた。
翔平が知性とリーダーシップを発揮した。
吉田がとっておきの飛び道具をもたらした。
山川がムードを盛り上げた。
村上はかつて大戦犯、のちに最後の切り札に。
君たちは強い
大谷さんー！！！
大好きー！😊
大谷選手の、意気込み感じました〜🤯
The reason why Yoshida is not here is because he is a type of guy who is not talkative and not good with interview so he probably asked Nootbaar or Ohtani to go for interview on behalf of him.
MLB DNA was just flammable 🔥
Can’t wait to see Ohtani sporting the birds on the bat next year.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO bite thy tongue Can't we just get Goldie and a few others in Anaheim instead??
ヌートバー❤
大谷翔平選手は紳士だし、日本では嫌いな人がいないです。けど いつも、いたずらしている。今日は本当に凄かった、私達は翔平さんみたいな野球選手を待ってたんだよ。一平さんも良い人。ヌートバーも凄く人気あります。
❤❤❤❤❤~
일본 우승하길!!!
Ohtani = Future New York Met
He loves the West Coast. Welcome to Dodgers Othani!
Future Cardinal, you mean...
Brother loves the sun lol He stayin in the West😆
Thank you Ippei! you are important.
この通訳の人もでかいな
185
Baseball is back!!!!!!!
Lars sounds like that senior varsity guy that runs around the locker room with Mike Trout and slaps everyone's ass with a wet rolled up gym towel. 😂
man wtf
Lmao
huh?
I have a question: - Lars Nootbaar doesn't speak Japanese?
@@Viajero-1980 no. he does know a little but not enough to hold a conversation.
i never heard of lars nootbar and when i heard him talk i was like thats the most American sounding Japanese dude with a dutch name i have ever heard. but he is American. so that’s my cool story.
Yeah he’s half Japanese and Japan invited him to compete for them in the WBC. He brings the energy no matter who he plays for
He is so popular in Japan, and he showed the Japanese what is typical American guys are..
Forget a baberuth😂. Need to make the nootbar candy 🍫
Ad Narrator Voice: "whether it's a morning walk or a 9 inning baseball game, with 25 grams of protein and only 30 calories each, ALWAYS grab a Lars Nootbar and recharge ur battery!"
New York Yankee' boss is preparing a big contract n big money for the 2 superstars now.
Mets too
Goatani.
안녕
Lars looks like Vinny from the jersey shore
What is your favorite flavor of nootbaar.
I like the oatcrunch with chocolate and peanut butter.
Japan wins the real "World" Series where there are actually other countries playing. Congrats!
Japan would never have won if Spring Training was happening here.
If Shohei and Ohtani have another crappy season with the angels they need to get outta there and have some potential chance another team in the World Series.
インタビュアーデカすぎ
of course goatani led off with a double
がんばれー
❤❤❤
Trade Noot right now to LAA for Reid Detmers, Zach Neto, Ky Bush and Ben Joyce... keep Reid and Joyce. Package Neto and Bush with Libby and Burlson and bring in Dylan Cease. Boom taking advantage of 2 bad front offices
I'd rather get paredes from Mexico. Great bat as we saw and amazing glove
Why doesn't the American media report on fraud?
At the press conference, Kuriyama complained about the rule change during the WBC.
Joinother participating nations in calling for a protest against MLB.
I wish he played for the Yankees 😆
These guys are so taller than me. I’m so jealous. From Japanese man
通訳すごい。
待って…左の人2mくらいある？？
Good looking Japanese men
can Lars speak japanese?
Nope😢
Just a little cause his mother is japanease.
I can’t wait till shoei becomes comfortable speaking English he’d be like Gianni’s in the nba with all his funny clips
今でも日本語でインタビューを受けるのは通訳（一平）の職を奪わない為やぞ。あと、微妙なニュアンスによって誤解を生じさせるのを避ける為でもある。
Ohtani will decline this year😂😂😂
I have a question: - Lars Nootbaar doesn't speak Japanese?
yes
@@楽都くん-k1c I just investigated, he doesn't speak Japanese
No he doesnt... although his mom is a japanese native and his American dad even speaks Japanese.... i dont understand why they didnt give him a special gift of being a bilingual.... we Japanese still love him tho!!!
彼の両親の教育方法がとても悪かった、、、
@@楽都くん-k1c 中学の英文法の基礎を思い出して、、、
Why is Lars playing for Japan instead of the U.S.? 🇺🇸 🇯🇵
In wbc, you can choose the nationality of your parents to compete even if your own nationality is different. In Lars, his mother is Japanese and has Japanese nationality. He has wanted to play for Japan since he was a child because of his acquaintances and contacts in the Japanese baseball world. He loves the U.S. as much as he loves Japan.
Since childhood, he admired Samurai Japan. There's a video of 10-year-old Lars saying so.
He didn’t get asked to play for the US team.
I mean shit, I'll play for Japan too if I want to win. Japan has won 3 out of 5 WBC.
He switched sides for the homeland
みんなでけえ
個人的な感覚で言いますが、ヌートバーの場合は、実力は十二分にある。ただ、環境にちょっと恵まれてなかった。故に実力を発揮する場がなかった。コロナも１つ。栗山さんじゃなかったら、彼の手を引っ張って上げられなかったかもしれない。大谷選手の場合は、環境も良し周りの人間関係も良し。でも二刀流を良しとしない人が多かった。それをOKだよ！と受け入れてくれる環境と周りの人達に恵まれたのが良かったですよね。
The Japanese railway drove thru Mexico like BP
Think about this for a second, Lin-Sanity brought asians to Basketball, you can only imagine what Ohtani is doing for baseball. I'll let that sink in.
Linsanity was overhyped for awhile but shotime is still underrated. And it is insane to say that cus he has so much coverage but no one is giving him the runaway hall of fame card
I don’t think you’re Asian.
You won’t understand that comment.
They did Lin so dirty, I think it turned off as many fans as it attracted. Me included.
前に言ってたんです
運命の人
それが
運命
通訳合ってる？
合ってる。一平さんの通訳はいつもとても正確です。彼の英語力はネイティブ以上です。
「3ラン打たれた時に大谷がなんでうなずいてたんだ？」っていう質問が、しっかり伝わってない気がするんだが……
You're absolutely right. That happens in translation.
Hoop
おれヌートバーのものまね出来るかも
Lars 😂
オトメな書き込みをします
運命の人
大谷って英語話せへんの？話せると思ってた笑
普通にそこそこ話せる
正確に伝えるために通訳使ってる
仲間との日常会話程度です。
The Sinaloa Cartel will have vengeance. Believe me, this will not stand
💀
Ayoooo lol
That ain't even right to say you must be 14 years old and if you're older than that then you're a sick freak.
dead 😂
vs the yakuza?!😂
明天美國至少贏5分
这是你所期望的吗？
Shohei love him... but you rich bro.. learn English
@Ccccccc If I played Major league baseball in Japan for multiple years and was a star i would. :) He plays in the USA and is surrounded by the language.
@@RickB.rolling he shy.
He can speak English with other players (Like Noot) just fine. In fact he's super talkative and friendly. Its only during the interviews that he uses an interpreter, probably because he's self-conscious and he wants to be precise.
@@RickB.rolling Almost no American speaks Japanese in five or so years. American players playing in Japan have never spoken Japanese fluently enough to answer interviews, even those who had played longer than five years. Besides, Americans come to Japan and complain that Japanese don't speak English. You don't hear Japanese people complaining that Americans don't speak Japanese in America, do you? No offense, but I hope you understand how funny your statement was.
@@clubeyxander5132 respectfully disaggree. And if what you say is true those players need to learn Japanese. Simple as that. If you are a big star (not a JAG) then after 3 or 4 yrs you should have been taking speaking lessons and should be able to speak for yourself. So my statement isnt funny its practical and respectful of the culture you work in for 9 months out of the yr.
大谷選手は英語で話せないか？残念です。
When you're a pre-school child or so, 1-5 years is usually good enough to learn a foreign language if you're living there. The younger the better, but grown-ups take much more time, especially if they haven't studied its intensely beforehand (like a language student) . Ohtani is a specialist in baseball, it's rather ridiculous that you think he would be able to speak English fluently in 5 or so years. He does seem to understand much of what is being said, though. Give him another couple of years, it'll come.
Pretty dumb that Lars is able to play from Japan imo. If you're not from the country you shouldn't be able to play for them.
Have you ever heard of a dual citizen?
@@renegato0789 Yes... my point still stands.
It was a new rule implemented this time where players could play on the teams of their ethnicity. By doing that it elevated every team competing and made the tournament 10 times as interesting and exciting. Nootbaar was never going to get on team U.S.A. with that All-Star lineup, but he came to Japan and in 3 weeks became a household name and superstar here. It actually might be the smartest thing he has ever done or will ever do in his whole life.
@kippered beef I didn't make any conclusory statement?? I just stated my opinion lmfao.
@@joninosaka I agree just think its silly to be able to compete for a country that you're not from imo. (diego costa etc.)
As a diehard St. Louis Cardinals, fan and a proud American, it saddens me to see American born baseball players play for other countries. What a disgrace for the home country of the United States of America. I have no respect for these players and shame on the other countries who utilize American born talent for their teams. Lars should go live in Japan since he loves it so much and can brag about a championship he has against his home country of the U.S.A.
Salty
英語喋ってるヌートバーってあまり好きじゃないね。
見た目からアメリカ人でしょう、なんで日本語喋らないといけない？
That means you HATE Nootbaar. He doesn't speak Japanese at all.
Lars and shohei code switching lol
Japan wins the real "World" Series where there are actually other countries playing. Congrats!
Japan wins the real "World" Series where there are actually other countries playing. Congrats!