Veteran pro hurler Yamamoto, 49, to continue career

Veteran pro hurler Yamamoto, 49, to continue career

NAGOYA, Japan - Masa Yamamoto, a Chunichi Dragons pitcher who turns 50 years old in 2015, pledges to continue his professional baseball career next year at a Japan National Press Club news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2014. He rewrote a Japanese pro baseball record for the oldest active winning hurler this season.

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