Japan baseball legend Oh 'returns' to Taiwan

Japan baseball legend Oh 'returns' to Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Japan's former Softbank Hawks manager Sadaharu Oh speaks at a press conference in Taipei on Feb. 3. A baseball legend both Taiwan and Japan call their own, Oh met the press and baseball officials in Taiwan on his ''return'' to the island following a four-year gap. Oh, who holds a Taiwanese passport but grew up in Japan and speaks only Japanese, said he looks forward to promoting baseball in Taiwan and Japan. (Kyodo)

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