Japan, French players call for return of baseball at Olympics

Japan, French players call for return of baseball at Olympics

PARIS, France - Japanese and French players call for bringing baseball back at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games at the international baseball tournament "Yoshida Challenge," an event named after Yoshio Yoshida (C), a former manager of Japanese professional baseball club Hanshin Tigers and the French national team, in the outskirts of Paris on Sept. 4, 2014.

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