RBI king Fighters' Koyano ups salary to 146 mil. yen

RBI king Fighters' Koyano ups salary to 146 mil. yen

SAPPORO, Japan - Nippon Ham Fighters third baseman Eiichi Koyano, the Pacific League RBI title holder, gets into the Christmas spirit at the club's head office in Sapporo on Dec. 20, 2010, after successful negotiations to extend his contract with an annual salary increase of 60 million yen to 146 million yen. Koyano pledged to work hard in the 2011 season ''to mark better numbers in all categories.''

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