Hoshino named as Japan national team skipper

TOKYO, Japan - Senichi Hoshino, the former skipper of the Hanshin Tigers, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Jan 25 after he was named as manager of the Japan's national baseball team. A committee of amateur and professional baseball officials formally appointed Hoshino as the man to lead Japan to next year's Beijing Olympics.

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