While playing for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in 2009 and for the Lotte Giants of the Korea Baseball Organization in 2014, Venezuela's Luis Jimenez developed many friendships on both teams.
Because of those experiences, he has special emotions about facing the Japan and South Korea national teams in the ongoing Premier 12 tournament.
Coincidentally, Venezuela, Japan and South Korea are all in Group B for the tournament's preliminary round.
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