Kikuchi's 'fast ball' hits photographer

Kikuchi's 'fast ball' hits photographer

HANAMAKI, Japan - Seibu Lions rookie pitcher Yusei Kikuchi reacts after a snowball he threw at the request of the press hit a photographer at Hanamaki Higashi High School in Iwate Prefecture on Jan. 3, 2010.

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