Daikan Yoh was surrounded by a mob befitting a rock star. Most eyes had been trained on the Taiwanese outfielder during his team's practice session at Tokyo Dome on Friday, and finally they'd caught up to him.
The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters outfielder had better get used to all the attention. Now that he's a hot commodity in two baseball-crazy nations, the spotlight on him at the 2013 World Baseball Classic is only going to get brighter.
Yoh, known as Yang Dai-Kang in his native Taiwan, has led the way for Taiwan during the WBC, guiding the country to a berth in the second round, where a showdown with two-time defending champion Japan looms on Friday.