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00:00The Rikuzentakata, a small fishing village on Japan's northeast coast.

00:05Watching closely today, having a viewing party there. He's got an official fan club back in Takata.

00:13Four seasons in Japan, dominant. ERA around two, had a perfect game in his time there.

00:20Delivers to Seiya Suzuki and downstairs with 101. Decided to come to the big leagues similar

00:26to Otani before he was eligible to make riches. He comes over and signs essentially a minor league

00:32contract, wanting to test himself against the best in the world. Not wanting to wait around

00:37just for the dollars. 2-0. Chose the Dodgers over the Padres ultimately. He wears 11 because of his

00:45boyhood hero Hugh Darvish and that was part of the appeal with San Diego, the chance to link up with

00:50him. Decided though, he got the Dodgers who are world champion and Japan's team at this point. But

01:03the big thing he said that he talked about was the player development reputation. Because he says

01:08I've achieved so little at this point, he knows he's still a work in progress and can really

01:12benefit from what the Dodgers have when it comes to player development. Well that was one of the

01:17things when he went through the interview process with other ball clubs and the Dodgers, he asked

01:22them to evaluate him and what did they see and how could they help him. Felt the Dodgers offered

01:29that best opportunity. Count has gone full-on Suzuki. I mean you figure if you're the Dodgers

01:36too, you're getting a guy that has immense talent and really hasn't been exposed to all the resources

01:43the Dodgers have. Got him swinging!

01:51The first strikeout of Roki Sasaki's major league career is of Seiya Suzuki.

01:58And a nice feather in his cap right there getting his countryman.

02:03I mean as hard as he throws as a hitter, you're gonna have to get him down in the zone.

02:07This thing up, just not gonna catch up to it, especially when you're throwing 100 miles an hour.

Roki Sasaki strikes out Seiya Suzuki for his FIRST CAREER MLB K! | 佐々木朗希

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