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Baseball Twitter reacts to St. Louis Cardinals slugger Lars
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Lars Nootbaar brings 'grind-it-out spirit' to Japan and WBC West
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BASEBALL/ 'Nikkei' Lars Nootbaar gets his shot to play for Japan
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BASEBALL/ 'Nikkei' Lars Nootbaar gets his shot to play for Japan
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Ex-star regains love for the sport through reunion with Nootbaars
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Baseball Twitter reacts to St. Louis Cardinals slugger Lars
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Lars Nootbaar on joining Team Japan for the World Baseball Classic
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Lars Nootbaar talks about winning the World Baseball Classic title
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Lars Nootbaar, Masataka Yoshida join Japan's WBC roster - ESPN