Baseball facility built by major leaguer Kikuchi

Baseball facility built by major leaguer Kikuchi

Japanese major league pitcher and Hanamaki Higashi High School alumni Yusei Kikuchi (C) attends a tape-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of an indoor baseball facility built by him in Hanamaki in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate on Nov. 17, 2024. Called King of the Hill, the facility houses a weight training area and a sauna room as well as batting and pitching areas, with a baseball clinic for children scheduled to open in December.

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          [Breaking News]Baseball facility built by major leaguer Kikuchi

          HANAMAKI, Japan, Nov. 19 Kyodo - Japanese major league pitcher and Hanamaki Higashi High School alumni Yusei Kikuchi throws in an indoor baseball facility built by him in Hanamaki in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate on Nov. 17, 2024. Called King of the Hill, the facility houses a weight training area and a sauna room as well as batting and pitching areas, with a baseball clinic for children scheduled to open in December. (Kyodo)
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