definitely yes. they treat baseball as another main source of national pride especially right now when their national baseball team won the baseball equivalent of the world cup, over usa no less. then you now have ohtani who threw the title winning pitch and basically treated like a god there.Over a fucking beanball comment? Do the Japanese take baseball more seriously than the Americans?
back to gundos tweet that went viral and caused her suspension.
"If a strong person is standing there, can the person who pitches the ball chuck it at their head or body and make them leave the pitch that way?"

strong person pertaining to a star player. now imagine her implying (though jokingly) the opponent intentionally hurting a star player like ohtani who like i said is now treated like a god in japan.
the fact that this reached national news means that even the mainstream audience heard or knew this. lets not forget. enikara also have existing baseball sponsors including exclusive rights to power pros koshien thanks to konami. they have to cave in or otherwise face an angry mob of not just chuuba liver fans but also both baseball and casuals.