A Czech electrician struck out Shohei Ohtani -- and then Ohtani asked for his jersey

Like many of his teammates on the Czech Republic's World Baseball Classic squad, Ondrej Satoria has a day job.

The right-handed pitcher works as a technician for an electrical company when he's not starting for his national team. You'd expect, then, that someone who plays baseball part-time would be overmatched against a juggernaut like Japan.

Satoria, however, put up an admirable showing in his team's 10-2 loss on Saturday, giving up three runs in three ...