Is It Any Surprise to Be in Anaheim?: Not for the Japanese, although it may be a bit of a jolt to be heading to Disneyland as the No. 2 seed.
Team Japan's Tsuyoshi
Nishoka had a monstrous
weekend in WBC play at Tokyo Dome, batting .500 with
seven RBIs in three games.
Sadaharu Oh made no secret about saying that he thought his team was the best in Asia, and the loss to Korea should have given the Japanese some extra motivation to come to the United States and prove themselves, not only against the powers that be from Group B, but also the Koreans. Japan would hate to see the smug look on its East Asian rival's collective face if it lost again.