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MESA, Ariz. – Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki noticed when camera shots into Team Japan’s dugout showed his jersey hanging over the bench. He watched from afar as they brought it onto the field in their World Baseball Classic championship celebration.
Suzuki was working back from the strained left oblique that has sidelined him since spring training games began and forced him to withdraw from the WBC, and he said the gesture meant a lot.