Fans watch baseball draft

Fans watch baseball draft

TOKYO, Japan - A throng of baseball fans react after Seibu Lions manager Hisanobu Watanabe shows off the winner's ticket for the rights to negotiate a contract with the club's No. 1 draft pick Yusei Kikuchi, a high-profile pitcher, at a Tokyo hotel Oct. 29, 2009. It was the first time for fans to be allowed in the venue of the annual draft of the professional sport. (Kyodo)

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000044535
  • Registered date
  • 2009/10/29 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • Media size
  • 1889 × 1289 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 920.88(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Matsuzaka retirement ceremony

    Matsuzaka retirement ceremony

    Former Boston Red Sox right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka (L) shakes hands with retired baseball star Ichiro Suzuki at his retirement ceremony held at the Seibu Lions' fan appreciation day at MetLife Dome in Saitama Prefecture near Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2021. The 41-year-old seven-time Japanese Golden Glove winner ended his 23-year baseball career when he pitched at the dome for the Seibu Lions, the Pacific League club where he started his career at age 18, on Oct. 19.
      Matsuzaka retirement ceremony

      Matsuzaka retirement ceremony

      Former Boston Red Sox right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka (L) receives a bouquet of flowers from retired baseball star Ichiro Suzuki at his retirement ceremony held at the Seibu Lions' fan appreciation day at MetLife Dome in Saitama Prefecture near Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2021. The 41-year-old seven-time Japanese Golden Glove winner ended his 23-year baseball career when he pitched at the dome for the Seibu Lions, the Pacific League club where he started his career at age 18, on Oct. 19.
        Matsuzaka retirement ceremony

        Matsuzaka retirement ceremony

        Former Boston Red Sox right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka bids farewell at his retirement ceremony held at the Seibu Lions' fan appreciation day at MetLife Dome in Saitama Prefecture near Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2021. The 41-year-old seven-time Japanese Golden Glove winner ended his 23-year baseball career when he pitched at the dome for the Seibu Lions, the Pacific League club where he started his career at age 18, on Oct. 19.
          Matsuzaka retirement ceremony

          Matsuzaka retirement ceremony

          Former Boston Red Sox right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka (L) shakes hands with retired baseball star Ichiro Suzuki at his retirement ceremony held at the Seibu Lions' fan appreciation day at MetLife Dome in Saitama Prefecture near Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2021. The 41-year-old seven-time Japanese Golden Glove winner ended his 23-year baseball career when he pitched at the dome for the Seibu Lions, the Pacific League club where he started his career at age 18, on Oct. 19.
            Matsuzaka retirement ceremony

            Matsuzaka retirement ceremony

            Former Boston Red Sox right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka is pictured during his retirement ceremony held at the Seibu Lions' fan appreciation day at MetLife Dome in Saitama Prefecture near Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2021. The 41-year-old seven-time Japanese Golden Glove winner ended his 23-year baseball career when he pitched at the dome for the Seibu Lions, the Pacific League club where he started his career at age 18, on Oct. 19.
              Matsuzaka retirement ceremony

              Matsuzaka retirement ceremony

              Former Boston Red Sox right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka waves to fans during his retirement ceremony held at the Seibu Lions' fan appreciation day at MetLife Dome in Saitama Prefecture near Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2021. The 41-year-old seven-time Japanese Golden Glove winner ended his 23-year baseball career when he pitched at the dome for the Seibu Lions, the Pacific League club where he started his career at age 18, on Oct. 19.
                Matsuzaka retirement ceremony

                Matsuzaka retirement ceremony

                Former Boston Red Sox right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka (L) receives a bouquet of flowers from retired baseball star Ichiro Suzuki at his retirement ceremony held at the Seibu Lions' fan appreciation day at MetLife Dome in Saitama Prefecture near Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2021. The 41-year-old seven-time Japanese Golden Glove winner ended his 23-year baseball career when he pitched at the dome for the Seibu Lions, the Pacific League club where he started his career at age 18, on Oct. 19.
                  Baseball: NPB draft

                  Baseball: NPB draft

                  Seibu Lions team executive Mitsuo Iida (L) reacts after winning the right to negotiate with Nishinippon Institute of Technology pitcher Chihiro Sumida during the Nippon Professional Baseball draft at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 11, 2021. (Pool photo)
                    Baseball: Memorial service for Kaneda

                    Baseball: Memorial service for Kaneda

                    Japan's all-time home run king Sadaharu Oh attends a memorial service for Hall of Fame pitcher Masaichi Kaneda at a Tokyo hotel on Jan. 21, 2020. Kaneda, the only Japanese pitcher to have won 400 games, died on Oct. 6, 2019, at age 86. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
                      Draft No. 1 pick Roki Sasaki

                      Draft No. 1 pick Roki Sasaki

                      High school baseball pitcher Roki Sasaki (C) is congratulated by friends in Ofunato, Japan, on Oct. 17, 2019, after being picked by the professional club Lotte Marines in the draft. The 17-year-old has thrown a pitch clocking a Japan fastest 163 kilometers per hour. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo