- World Baseball Classic Championship: Buster Olney on significance of Japan’s win over USA | Get UpESPN
- Shohei Ohtani, Japan’s WBC MVP, gets a taste of meaningful baseballThe Washington Post
- Tipsheet: Better pitchers would make World Baseball Classic even greaterSt. Louis Post-Dispatch
- Shohei Ohtani fans Mike Trout for final out as Japan wins WBCESPN
- Japan’s Ohtani strikes out Trout to seal World Baseball Classic winReuters