In the midst of the greatest individual season of his career, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma was left off Japan's Olympic roster.
With any luck, the Pacific League MVP can show the Japanese baseball brain trust the error of its ways at the upcoming World Baseball Classic.
Japan released a provisional roster for the WBC on Tuesday and this time Iwakuma's name was on it.
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