Ohtani Team in Baseball Classic May Boost Japan’s Sports Stocks
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As Shohei Ohtani gets set to lead a star-studded Japan team in this year’s World Baseball Classic, investors in the nation’s stock market may look for gains in sports-related stocks.
It will be a homecoming for Ohtani — the rare two-way phenom ranked among the world’s best pitchers as well as the top hitters — who has been playing Major League Baseball in the US for five years. Japan hosts its first round group in Tokyo for the WBC, which runs March 8-21.