{"id":552063,"date":"2026-02-03T10:44:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T10:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/552063\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T10:44:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T10:44:15","slug":"not-the-dodgers-mlb-team-installs-bidet-to-accommodate-japanese-star-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/552063\/","title":{"rendered":"Not the Dodgers: MLB team installs bidet to accommodate Japanese star"},"content":{"rendered":"

One MLB<\/a> team set to feature a Japanese slugger for the 2026 season is the Chicago White Sox, who were recently mentioned in a report revealing the club is installing a bidet to make Munetaka Murakami feel more comfortable.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne thing that stood out, one thing he did notice is I think we didn\u2019t have a bidet in our locker room,\u201d general manager Chris Getz said. \u201cThat\u2019s something that\u2019s new to him, and we are putting one in. So it was like, \u2018OK, that\u2019s new. We can do that.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Murakami noticed the lack of a bidet during his visit to the team\u2019s facilities. Coming from a very different culture, he is a player the White Sox want to make feel at home, similar to the way the Dodgers have accommodated their Japanese players.<\/p>\n

More than just a bidet for Murakami<\/p>\n

According to Getz, the White Sox are preparing for a full adaptation to Murakami. The organization has evaluated everything necessary to ensure the Japanese star feels comfortable playing in Chicago and is prepared to do whatever it takes.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously from a nutrition standpoint, his diet, his preferences are going to be different than some of the players that we currently have had,\u201d Getz said of Murakami. \u201cThat\u2019s something that\u2019s been noted.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"NY<\/p>\n

see also<\/p>\n

NY Yankees\u2019 Austin Wells makes decision on which national team he\u2019ll represent in the 2026 WBC<\/p>\n

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While this isn\u2019t the first time a Japanese player has joined the White Sox, Kosuke Fukudome played for the team in 2008, the situation is different now. Back then, amenities like bidets were never part of the conversation, and the front office has acknowledged that Murakami\u2019s arrival brings a completely different level of impact.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s a White Sox conversation with an agent, a player, a fan, a friend that doesn\u2019t involve conversations about Murakami,\u201d Getz said. \u201cIt\u2019s just a jolt. It\u2019s positive buzz. The excitement lies in kind of the unknown, as well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One MLB team set to feature a Japanese slugger for the 2026 season is the Chicago White Sox,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":552020,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2406],"tags":[5,39,1165,4332,4333,774,57,3224,4331,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-552063","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-dodgers","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-dodgers","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-la-dodgers","12":"tag-ladodgers","13":"tag-los-angeles","14":"tag-los-angeles-dodgers","15":"tag-losangeles","16":"tag-losangelesdodgers","17":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116006294128058202","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/552020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}