It's the dream of Japanese players. I'm very happy they can play equally with American players. We used to think the Americans played at a much higher level. The national sport in Japan is sumo, but the Japanese love baseball even more. Baseball is America's national sport, but it has become Japan's national sport as well.
Japanese fans watch the Japanese players in America with interest and joy.
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