"I can't stand the bidet!"' 日 Players Special Request to MLB Club 'Change the toilet first'

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An interesting report said that Murakami Munetaka (26, Chicago White Sox), the "monster hitter of Japan" and the youngest member of the NPB to win five hits, asked the club immediately after entering the Major League was nothing but "toilet reform."

Scott Merkin, a reporter for the Major League Baseball's official website MLB.com , delivered Murakami's unique request in an interview with White Sox general manager Chris Gaetz on the 3rd (Korea Standard Time).

According to the report, Murakami, who toured the home ground, Late Field, for a contract with the Chicago White Sox in December last year, asked for the installation, saying, "There is no bidet." General manager Gaetz said, "I noticed that Murakami didn't have bidet in our club's locker room. The bathroom without a bidet seems to have been very unfamiliar to him. It was a new request from the club's point of view, but we were willing to listen to Murakami's request," he laughed.

U.S. media are paying attention to Japanese players' "love of bidets." In fact, it is also because this is not the first Murakami case. Roki Sasaki (25), who drew the attention of many clubs ahead of the 2025 season, also reportedly strongly hoped to install bidets at the LA Dodgers.

According to The Athletic, a U.S. sports media outlet, Dodgers chief executive Stan Kasten said, "I was explaining the club's latest amenities to Sasaki. In the middle of the trip, Sasaki recalled, "I seriously asked if there was a Japanese toilet (bidet)." In response, Sasaki said, "It may sound like a joke, but to me, the bathroom is a really important issue."

In fact, bidets seem to have become an essential factor affecting pre-game condition management beyond simple home appliances among Japanese players. This is why "installing bidets" is emerging as a new recruitment strategy for MLB clubs trying to recruit Japanese stars. The Athletic also said, "This is a message to Major League teams that want to recruit Japanese players. It means that installing bidets in the locker room may help with negotiations," he wrote.

The Athletic pointed out that these Japanese players' special demands are nothing. The media said, "Charlie Kuffeld, who was overwhelmed by the Houston Astros in 1986 by ranking fourth in the Rookie of the Year vote, demanded 37 boxes of orange-flavored jelly during the new salary negotiations. The reason was that the uniform number was 37," he added.

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