Twins' Nishioka departs to U.S.

NARITA, Japan - Japanese infielder Tsuyoshi Nishioka, who signed a three-year contract with the major league club Minnesota Twins, speaks to reporters ahead of his departure to Minneapolis at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Feb. 2, 2011. The 26-year-old former Chiba Lotte Marines star is scheduled to arrive in Florida on Feb. 6 to join the Twins' spring training.

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