One day after its historic 14-2 called-game victory over archrival South Korea, clinching a berth to the second round of the World Baseball Classic, Team Japan took a light workout on Sunday afternoon at Tokyo Dome.
With Latin music playing in the stadium, the Japanese fielders casually went through batting practice in cages and took the field with their gloves on to catch some balls.
Most of the fielders — including one of Saturday's heroes, Ichiro Suzuki, who had three hits — did not seem to be swinging hard. Instead they were focusing on making contact with the ball in the core of their bats to make sure their improving offense, which earned Japan's second win on Saturday night, is on the right track.