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Munenori Kawasaki suggests MLB players try karate, may return to Japan next year

Munenori Kawasaki suggests MLB players try karate

We can only assume that Munenori Kawasaki hasn't been given his own Anthony Bourdain-style travel show because he's just too busy inventing dance moves, giving hugs, and wearing sweet ties:

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Until we get our Muni-hosted No Reservations, we have this brief interview from Saturday's Japan Series Game 3 at Tokyo Dome. Watch the video above to hear his travel tips (spoiler alert: they involve karate) and to find out what he did with his 2013 GIBBY Award. But prepare to tear up a little at the end -- he's only "50-50" on returning to MLB next year, even though he says he "love[s] American baseball" and the Toronto Blue Jays. 

American baseball loves you too, Muni. American baseball loves you too:

HUG

Photography and reporting by Ian Kay / MLB.com.