Nippon Ham welcomes fastballer Darvish with open arms

TOKYO, Japan - Tohoku high school right-hander Yu Darvish, who was named in the first round of the amateur draft by the Nippon Ham Fighters, shake hands with team general manager Shigeru Takada paid a courtesy call on him in Sendai on Nov. 18.

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