Name: World Baseball Classic Champion Lars Nootbaar reflects on the finals vs USA & MORE | Flippin’ Bats
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All right, we're here with World Baseball Classic champion Lars Nootbaar.

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That's got a ring to it, man, for sure, I can I so cool, man.

Have you tested out this gold to make sure it's real yet?

Feels kind of real when I bite into it like that.

So, Lars, I just want to take a step back for a second.

You were on Flipping Bats two weeks ago, right before you went to Japan.

And how could you best describe the transformation in your life from that moment two weeks ago to to being right here right now?

Yeah, I I really couldn't and you know, I said earlier but we talked about it.

And you know, you you told me, you know, kind of what to expect.

I don't even know if you you knew that this was going to happen in two weeks, you know.

You know, we talked about two, three years ago, I was working at manual labor to that point, I think from that point to this point, it's it's blown up even more, man.

Uh, so I I could almost guarantee you went over there and were given a bunch of gifts probably from from a bunch of people.

What's the coolest thing you were given over there?

Probably probably like uh Maki gave me like a family what's it called, like a like a not like a necklace, but like a family thing that he passed along and what's funny is that my mom actually gave me something from our family to take with me in Japan.

So yeah, so we had matching emblems, I guess you want to call them.

So, how did how did the pepper grinder thing start?

I know you kind of did it really take off when when Shohei did it.

When he hit that homer in the exhibition.

How how did this take off the way it did?

I was like, hey, what are we going to do for celebrations?

He's like, what do you guys do with the Cardinals?

And I told him we did that and so he was like, you're leading off, you know, if you get a hit, go do it.

And then from there, obviously he hit two home runs that game and he started doing it and whatever Shohei does in Japan, that's what goes.

You said that last night, uh, when he shows the emotion, you guys know it's real.

Um, and these last couple of games, it's all we've seen, right?

What was what were the emotions like these last couple of games in the tournament?

I can't wait, man, I can't wait to just sleep for 24 hours, man.

The emotions have been going absolutely crazy.

Um, Mike Trout, Shohei Otani to end the game, ninth inning, 3-2 count.

Lars, it's a long way in the distance, man.

Congratulations, but when this upcoming season's over, we're going golfing out now.

Hey, all right, absolutely, absolutely anytime, man.

All right, but hey, congratulations, man.

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