Ben Verlander welcomes St. Louis Cardinals’ Lars Nootbaar to the show to discuss how he came to play for Team Japan in the World Baseball Classic, his MLB Draft story, his call to the big leagues story and his relationship with Nolan Arenado. He also talks about how he predicted that he would play for Japan when he was in Little League and how he hosted Japan’s High School National team when he was kid. He also shares his favorite Adam Wainwright, Yadier Molina, Albert Pujols stories and that he may or may not play with range balls when he plays golf.
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