Yomiuri takes Olympic team catcher Abe in baseball draft

Yomiuri takes Olympic team catcher Abe in baseball draft

TOKYO, Japan - Surrounded by his friends and teammates, Japanese Olympic team catcher Shinnosuke Abe throws up arms in joy after the Japan Series champion Yomiuri Giants named him in the first round of professional baseball's amateur draft Nov. 17. Abe said he was ''relieved'' and ''happy'' to have been selected by the Giants.

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