(1)Players strike looms as merger nears reality

(1)Players strike looms as merger nears reality

TOKYO, Japan - Atsuya Furuta, a catcher for the Central League baseball club Yakult Swallows who serves as head of the Japan Professional Baseball Players Association, speaks to reporters at a hotel in Kobe on Sept. 6 about a plan for players to go on strike over the planned merger between two Pacific League clubs -- the Orix BlueWave and the Kintetsu Buffaloes.

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