Japanese female pitcher joins camp

Japanese female pitcher joins camp

AWAJI, Japan - Eri Yoshida, 17, the first Japanese woman to have been granted the opportunity of playing professional baseball, arrives at a baseball stadium in Awaji, Hyogo Prefecture, to join the camp of the Kobe 9 Cruise baseball team of the Kansai independent league to be inaugurated in April.

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