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Munetaka Murakami Compares White Sox Media Attention to Dodgers
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Munetaka Murakami Compares White Sox Media Attention to Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers On SI·Matt Levine·about 1 month ago
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Over the last few seasons, the Los Angeles Dodgers have become somewhat of the "hub" for the Japanese market in baseball. After the team signed both two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani and ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Los Angeles has taken the media market by storm. Each day, the Dodgers have all sorts of media members covering the team, with a large portion of them being for Japanese outlets. This is part of the experience when a player like Ohtani is on the roster, but being in a large market like Los Angeles also plays into everything. While the Dodgers do have a few of the bigger Japanese stars in baseball, including pitcher Roki Sasaki, they don't have them all. One of the bigger names just came over to MLB and decided to sign with the Chicago White Sox after a quieter free agency than expected. This would be slugger Munetaka Murakami, who has enjoyed himself in Chicago so far. But Murakami was recently asked about the difference in media spotlight between the Dodgers and White Sox.…

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