Japanese female pitcher begins her first pro baseball season

Japanese female pitcher begins her first pro baseball season

OSAKA, Japan - Eri Yoshida, a pitcher for the Kobe 9 Cruise baseball team of the Kansai independent league, runs from the dugout at Kyocera Dome in Osaka after her name is announced during a ceremony to start the league's season. Yoshida, 17, is the first woman to play in professional baseball alongside male players in Japan.

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