Eagles win rights to lefty Matsui

Eagles win rights to lefty Matsui

KAWASAKI, Japan - Schoolmates toss Yuki Matsui of Toko Gakuen High School into the air at the school in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2013, after the Pacific League champion Rakuten Eagles won the negotiating rights to the highly rated lefty in the Nippon Professional Baseball's annual amateur draft.

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