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It's always welcome for the Denizens to fire up a discussion thread of their own. +1
For my part, I was more curious as to why a person living in Japan (IceX, Taro) wouldn't be rooting for an NPB star to come over and kick tail in MLB -- obviously it adds honor to Japanese baseball when they do so. Fairly easy to get why he'd have fans and detractors here. Well stated post, though.
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Personally I found it refreshing that Ohtani was willing to give up $250-300MM (?) to "partner" with an MLB team that will give him respect in place of a (literal) pallet of cash. But can understand other POV's.