High school student to become 1st female pro baseball player

High school student to become 1st female pro baseball player

OSAKA, Japan - High school student Eri Yoshida poses for photos after she was drafted Nov. 16 to play for the Kobe 9 Cruise in the Kansai independent league to be inaugurated next April. Yoshida will be the first woman to play professional baseball alongside male players in Japan.

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