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How Seiya Suzuki Used Mike Trout as Inpiration to Get to Cubs
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Japanese Baseball Star Seiya Suzuki Trains with the Chicago Cubs
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After watching from afar as Japan won the World Baseball Classic
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Japan Enters 2023 World Baseball Classic With Team USA In Its
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Seiya Suzuki (oblique) out of World Baseball Classic – NBC Sports
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Did Team Japan players hold up Ichiro Suzuki's jersey? Exploring
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Cubs' Seiya Suzuki (oblique) out of World Baseball Classic - ESPN
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Seiya Suzuki will play for Team Japan in the WBC : r/baseball
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Seiya Suzuki Signed 2023 World Baseball Classic Japan AUTOGRAPH
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Shohei Ohtani, Yu Darvish, Seiya Suzuki on Japan's WBC roster - ESPN