Seibu wins negotiating rights for Kikuchi

Seibu wins negotiating rights for Kikuchi

TOKYO, Japan - Seibu Lions manager Hisanobu Watanabe shows off the winning ticket he drew from a lottery box for the rights to negotiate a contract with Yuseki Kikuchi, a promising left-handed pitcher for Hanamaki Higashi High School, in the baseball draft in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2009. Five other professional clubs also named Kikuchi in the first round of bids.

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