Ex-pitcher Kuwata's father dies in fire in Hamamatsu

Ex-pitcher Kuwata's father dies in fire in Hamamatsu

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Firefighters investigate the gutted coffee shop and home of Taiji Kuwata, the father of Masumi Kuwata, a former right-handed pitcher with the Central League's Yomiuri Giants baseball club, in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Jan. 17, 2010, after Taiji Kuwata was killed in a predawn fire.

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