Japanese female pitcher joins training

Japanese female pitcher joins training

OSAKA, Japan - Eri Yoshida, 17, the first Japanese woman to have been granted the opportunity of playing professional baseball, throws the ball during a training session in Osaka on March 1 of the Kobe 9 Cruise baseball team of the Kansai independent league to be inaugurated in April.

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