Baseball: Nippon Ham wins rights to record-setting slugger Kiyomiya

Baseball: Nippon Ham wins rights to record-setting slugger Kiyomiya

Waseda Jitsugyo High School slugger Kotaro Kiyomiya is congratulated by his schoolmates in Kokubunji, Tokyo, on Oct. 26, 2017 after being selected by the Pacific League's Nippon Ham Fighters in the Japanese baseball amateur draft. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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