Meng Weiqiang may patrol left field at some point for China during the 2017 World Baseball Classic. He¡¯s also going to pitch and might even strap on a catcher¡¯s mask. There¡¯s a chance he¡¯ll do at least two of those things, maybe even all three, during the same game.
China manager John McLaren didn¡¯t call him the ¡°Chinese Otani¡± for nothing.
¡°I feel happy hearing that,¡± Meng told The Japan Times, through a translator, about the reference to Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters two-way star Shohei Otani. ¡°But I don¡¯t really put much thought into it (pitching and hitting). I¡¯ll do my best no matter where the manager tells me to go.¡±
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