Sitting in the Hanshin Tigers' bullpen has given Pierce Johnson a chance to pick up some new things. Namely, his teammates have been teaching him some Japanese during their downtime, and he's already imagining the possibilities of having a new language in his arsenal.

"This is such a unique language that none of my family and friends know," Johnson told The Japan Times.

"So it's kind of like, this is cool, I'm going to go home and talk about 'em, but they won't have any idea what I'm saying," he joked.