Japan baseball pros start teaching adults better ways to play ball

Japan baseball pros start teaching adults better ways to play ball

KAWASAKI, Japan - Participants in the Japan Professional Baseball Players Association's first ''yakyu kyoshitsu'' or baseball classroom for adults receive a lesson from former Yakult Swallows pitcher Tomokazu Teramura.

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