Check Out This Absurd Japanese Ballplayer Hitting Routine

I'm not 100% convinced this is real but holy shit it's funny.  This ballerina/ninja/samurai swordsman shit would never work here in the good ole US of A but I guess it's ok to do in Japan.  I don't even know how I would react if I was the pitcher and this asshole came to the plate.  Actually I do.  Let's just say wannabe Ichiro here would have a new neck tattoo featuring a deep red Rawlings stitches.