Hearing this, Ohtani Shohei laughed out loud on the other end of the phone: "Let me put it out there first—although your Yankees are the defending champions, I won't be afraid of you guys when we actually face off, so don't cry if you lose the game."
"I should be the one telling you that, high schooler—hope you'll manage to get at least one hit off me by then." Over the phone, Lin Guanglai bantered back with Ohtani Shohai without holding back, and even after he hung up, a smile lingered on his face.
Looking at the swaying palm trees and the blue waves not far away, Lin Guanglai felt his mood lift: "The new season is coming!"
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After a nearly half-year-long off-season, the defending champions New York Yankees hoisted their 28th World Series championship banner over the Bronx before the opening game, reigniting the flames of the 2018 Major League Baseball season.
