{"id":27659,"date":"2025-05-19T12:00:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T03:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ohtani.iroirojapon.com\/?p=27659"},"modified":"2025-05-19T14:50:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T05:50:47","slug":"does-yu-darvish-speak-english-sports-scouters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ohtani.iroirojapon.com\/?p=27659","title":{"rendered":"Does Yu Darvish Speak English? &#8211; Sports Scouters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtube\"><iframe title=\"Does Yu Darvish Speak English? - Sports Scouters\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iUAS3bZ4Bdw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Does Yu Darvish speak English? Yes \u2014 and fluently. By 2019, he was giving full interviews without a translator and speaking confidently with teammates. 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