(2)Players' strike averted for this weekend

(2)Players' strike averted for this weekend

OSAKA, Japan - Atsuya Furuta, a catcher of the Central League baseball club Yakult Swallows who heads the Japan Professional Baseball Players Association, briefs reporters at Osaka International Convention Center in Osaka's Kita Ward, on Sept. 10 about the players' decision not to go on strike on Sept. 11 and 12.

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