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What's the story behind Lars Nootbaar's pepper-grinder celebration? Spice up your celly with Team Japan star's viral gesture
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Japan high school baseball player's warning over 'pepper grinder' gesture stirs debate - The Mainichi
Lars Nootbaar's pepper grinder celebration is taking Japan and the World by storm in the WBC - PHNX
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The Nootbaar effect: Sales of pepper mills soaring in Tokyo
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The Nootbaar effect: Sales of pepper mills soaring in Tokyo
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Japan high school baseball player's warning over 'pepper grinder' gesture stirs debate - The Mainichi
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Pepper-grinder move unwelcome in Japan high school tourney
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What's the story behind Lars Nootbaar's pepper-grinder celebration? Spice up your celly with Team Japan star's viral gesture
Talkin' Baseball on X: Japanese soccer stars are now doing the pepper grinder celebration that Lars Nootbaar brought to the World Baseball Classic (h/t @yakyucosmo) / X
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Pepper-grinder move unwelcome in Japan high school tourney
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Nootbaar says pepper-grinder sales are 'up quite a bit
Lars Nootbaar's pepper grinder celebration is taking Japan and the World by storm in the WBC - PHNX
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Shawn Spradling on X: Lars Nootbaar has introduced the pepper grinder celebration to an entire country. / X