I'm 100 percent sure. I spoke to him recently and told him we really want him to be a part of our team. |
I'm very confident we will have very good games. Although we're the second seed we can still play. We'll do our best. |
Ichiro had been perceived in the media to be selfish but through his participation and commitment in this tournament, I think his popularity will only increase with the fans. |
If we can win, there won't be any problem, we'll be happy with that. What happened happened. It's already in the past. It's done. So it's over. So what we're looking at is in the future. |
In the future, I hope to have this Classic as the football World Cup, something many more countries can join. |
In the past when the Cuban team was using the metal bats, we surely had a different style of baseball. But nowadays, the style of baseball between Cuba and Japan are very similar. So when we meet them, the game will be played in a very similar way, with a lot of speed and a lot of schemes in the game. |
It is disappointing, but as with declaring free agency, it is the individual's decision. He was wavering up until this point, so no, this was not unexpected. |
It is unimaginable that this could happen in the United States, where baseball is very famous and popular. |
It was a tighter game than I wanted to see. But anyone watching it must have thought it was a pretty good game. |
It will be a very tough competition. The level of play will be very high and there will be teams that want to beat us, so we knew we had to go with a strong team. |
It will not be easy. They have good pitchers but so do we. |
It's a pity, but that's his decision. |
It's just unimaginable that this could have happened, or this did happen, in the U.S. where baseball is very famous and popular. |
It's just unimaginable that this could have happened, or this did happen, in the U.S. where baseball is very famous and popular. And it's a pity that it was overruled. |
It's just unimaginable that this happened in the United States. |