Yushin Yamamoto: World Series MVP & Historic Performance

(Central News Agency reporter Dai Yazhen, Tokyo, 2nd) The Los Angeles Dodgers of the American Professional Baseball League defeated the Blue Jays 5-4 in Game 7 of the World Series today, completing their second consecutive championship. Yamamoto Yunobu shut down the Blue Jays for two days and won the World Series Most Valuable Player (MVP). His superb performance made Japanese fans excited. They shouted on the Internet that “it is really the pride of the Japanese” and “I am really happy to live in this era and see this scene.”

Yamamoto Yunobu pitched his first complete game in the major leagues in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series. He also pitched a complete game in Game 2 of the World Series, setting a two-game shutout record. What’s even more surprising is that after the third game of 18 innings, he warmed up in the bullpen after only one day’s rest, causing outsiders to worry about his fatigue.

However, in Game 6, which was a matter of life and death, Yamamoto still pitched well, allowing only 1 point in 6 innings, helping the team successfully extend its life. In the final Game 7, he stepped onto the mound again despite being on the plate for consecutive days.

When the game entered the ninth inning and the score was tied, Yamamoto encountered a big crisis with 1 out and people on first and second base, and then the bases were loaded due to a touch ball, but he finally succeeded in suppressing the batter. Will Smith hit the winning home run in the 11th inning, but Yamamoto continued to hit the plate, throwing a total of 34 pitches without allowing a run, leading the team to the World Series championship.

Yushin Yamamoto won a total of 3 wins in the World Series, allowed only 2 runs in 17.2 innings, struck out 15 times, and had an ERA of 1.02. His excellent performance was finally selected as the MVP of the World Series. He was the second Japanese player to win this title after Hideki Matsui, and the first Japanese pitcher.

Yamamoto was interviewed after the game and mentioned his decision to board today. He said, “After pitching yesterday, I thought it would be the last time I boarded the plate. I also told (rehabilitation engineer) Yata to thank him for taking care of me this year, but he said, if you can go to the bullpen tomorrow, I hope you can try it. I thought that even just staying in the bullpen might be able to help, so I went back for treatment, and got up again early this morning to prepare.”

He said that his physical condition today was not perfect, but they told me that if I use this physical condition to adjust my pitching method, when I actually go to the court to practice, I feel much better than I imagined.

The reporter asked who asked him to “at least appear in the bullpen.” Yamamoto said, “It was Dr. Osamu Yada. He told me that even just being in the bullpen can change the atmosphere and bring great strength to the whole team. I really appreciate his encouragement.”

The reporter said that translator Yoshida Sonoda also wore lucky underwear today because he expected you to board the board. Yamamoto laughed and said, “I didn’t know about it at all before the game ended.” But everyone around him supported him with actions, which led to the results of today and this entire season. He would like to thank everyone.

When asked what he wanted to do most after winning, Yamamoto Yushin, who was exhausted, said honestly, “I want to go back,” which caused the audience to laugh.

He said, “I haven’t thought about how to celebrate, but winning the championship is the happiest thing.”

After today’s investment, did you feel that you had “broken through your limits”? Did you feel scared during the process? Yamamoto said that he did not feel that he had exceeded his limit because the team told him “we will only send you if you say yes”, so he can prepare with confidence. “Although this is the first time in my career that I have been on the board for two consecutive days, but through this time, I know that I can do it.”

He said that of course he would feel uneasy in this kind of game that he could not lose, and would have negative thoughts such as “what to do if he failed”, but he tried hard to stay calm, take deep breaths and concentrate, so that he could perform his usual performance.

When the last out was thrown, he said that he was a little unbelievable and even couldn’t remember what he had thrown. “When my teammates rushed up and hugged me, I was really happy and felt tears welling up all of a sudden.” (Editors: Tian Ruihua, Lin Xiangyun) 1141102

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