{"id":607081,"date":"2026-03-05T04:49:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T04:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/607081\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T04:49:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T04:49:16","slug":"samurai-japans-kensuke-kondo-calmly-responds-whether-hes-in-front-of-or-behind-shohei-ohtani-my-mindset-remains-the-same-if-im-behind-shohei-a-hit-would-be-best-though-pacific-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/607081\/","title":{"rendered":"Samurai Japan’s Kensuke Kondo calmly responds whether he’s in front of or behind Shohei Ohtani: “My mindset remains the same,” “If I’m behind Shohei…” “A hit would be best, though.” | Pacific League"},"content":{"rendered":"

Samurai Japan’s Kensuke Kondo calmly responded whether in front of or behind Shohei Ohtani, “My attitude remains the same,” “If I’m behind Shohei…” and “A hit would be best, though.”<\/p>\n

Sports Hochi<\/p>\n

March 3, 2026 23:27<\/p>\n

\"Kensuke<\/p>\n

\u25c6WBC warm-up match: Hanshin Tigers 4-5 Japan (3rd, Kyocera Dome Osaka)<\/p>\n

Samurai Japan’s Softbank Hawks Kensuke Kondo outfielder hit 2 hit. In the second at-bat of the third inning with two outs and third base, he hit a timely hit in the middle of the field. After Ohtani retired, he changed runner. In the past four games, he had a rare pleasant sound of 10 At Bat hit, but he regained his pre-production style by hitting a midfield hit in the third at-bat of the 6th inning.<\/p>\n

In the game Orix Buffaloes on the 2nd, he batted first before Ohtani, but was switched to batting second. Manager Ibata said, “We have two days, so I’ll think about it,” and was pondering until the very end. For Kondo, it was a role he had joked about, “I absolutely don’t want to bat behind Shohei. It’s a heavy burden,” but when it was actually handed to him, he calmly said, “I don’t think what I have to do will change that much.” “I don’t think my mindset has changed that much. I think there will be more situations where there will be runner on base behind Shohei. It would be best to connect with hits, but I also need to think about how to move forward,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Samurai Japan’s Kensuke Kondo calmly responded whether in front of or behind Shohei Ohtani, “My attitude remains the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":607083,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2302],"tags":[5,2353,2352],"class_list":{"0":"post-607081","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-npb","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-nippon-professional-baseball","10":"tag-npb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116174768020597772","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607081","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=607081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/607083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}