Riaan NgoLwesithathu abalandeli babungaze isicoco sesithathu se-World Baseball Classic yase-Japan ngemuva kokunqoba kweqembu i-United States, abaningi bazwakalise ukujabula ngesikhathi u-Shohei Ohtani eshaya i-batter yokugcina kwi-inning yesishiyagalolunye.
Ukunqoba kweJapan ngo 3-2 eMiami, okuyisihloko sayo sokuqala se-WBC kusukela ngo-2009, kubukwe yizinkumbi zabantu ebezibuthene ukuzobuka lo mdlalo ezindaweni zomphakathi ezweni lonke, ezinye izinkampani ezivumela abasebenzi ukuthi baphume ekuseni.
Isisebenzi sisabalalisa izinhlelo ezengeziwe ze-Yomiuri Shimbun ezibika ngokunqoba kwe-World baseball Classic yase-Japan, e-Tokyo ngoLwesithathu. Isihloko sephephandaba sithi “Japan No. 1 in the World.” Isithombe: AP/Eugene Hoshiko
Cishe abantu abayi-100 bahlangane e-Hanamaki, e-Iwate Prefecture — ikhaya le-Hanamaki Higashi High School lapho uMVP womqhudelwano u-Ohtani ake waya khona — ukuze babukele umdlalo. UNoritatsu Kaneko, 37, uthe “unikwe amandla” ngumdlalo ka-Ohtani.
“Uyiqholo lika-Iwate,” kusho uKaneko. “Ngiyajabula ukuthi ngikwazile ukujabula isikhathi esingokomlando.”
E-Higashimatsuyama, eSaitama Prefecture, uTatsuji Enokida, 84, kanye nonkosikazi wakhe uKazuko, 81, ugogo nomkhulu womgadli ophakathi nendawo uLars Nootbaar oshaye igoli nge-inning yesibili, babephakathi kwezakhamuzi ezazihlangene ukuzojabulisa iqembu.
“Ngigajwe ukuziqhenya nenjabulo ngomzukulu wami,” kusho uTatsuji, ekhala ngesikhathi iJapan inqoba isicoco.
Khonamanjalo, abasebenzi ababalelwa ku-20 enkampanini yabaxhumanisi i-Tomorrowgate Inc babukele umdlalo ehhovisi labo e-Osaka, ngemuva kokuba inkampani inikeze abasebenzi bayo isikhathi sasekuseni.
“Kube kuhle kakhulu ukubabona begcina bephumelele,” kusho uShuhei Makigi, 29, ojwayele ukudlala nelungu lokuqala u-lefty uShota Imanaga ngesikhathi bedlala neqembu enyuvesi.
Abalandeli abangaba ngu-400 bahambele indawo yokubukwa komphakathi edolobheni lakubo kaMasataka Yoshida edolobheni laseFukui, bedlala izinto ezahlukene ezihlotshiswe ngegama lakhe.
“Kube kuhle ukubona ukuthi u-Yoshida angazola kanjani kunoma yisiphi isimo,” kusho u-Ayumi Kodani, 36, enezela ngokuthi indodana yakhe okwamanje idlalela iklabhu ye-baseball encane u-Yoshida ayekuyo ngesikhathi ifunda esikoleni samabanga aphansi.
Inxusa laseMelika eJapan uRahm Emanuel uphinde wahalalisela iJapan ngokunqoba kwayo futhi wancoma womabili amaqembu kuTwitter, ekubiza ngokuthi “yisiphetho esisankondlo sokuthi u-Ohtani-san ashaye uzakwabo ukuze aqede umdlalo.
Umenzi wonodoli wendabuko u-Kyugetsu Co uphinde waveza imifanekiso yabanye babadlali baseJapan eyayibambulile ekuqaleni kwale nyanga njengengxenye yohlu lwabadidiyeli bezindaba abaqavile inkampani ezinze eTokyo minyaka yonke.
“Besifuna ukuzwakalisa ukubonga ngesasasa abasinike lona,” kusho isikhulu uSusumu Watanabe.
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