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Baseball: Dodgers announce deal with Japan pitcher

Newly signed Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (facing camera) poses for a photo at the mound of Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles prior to an introductory press conference on Dec. 27, 2023. The National League baseball club announced a 12-year deal with the prize Japanese pitcher.

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Matsuzaka ineffective in season debut

BALTIMORE, United States - Boston Red Sox starter Daisuke Matsuzaka runs to the mound in a game against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore on May 1, 2010. Matsuzaka allowed seven runs and seven hits in 4-2/3 innings, losing his season debut game. The Orioles won 12-9.

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Okajima turns in yet another stellar relief performance

BOSTON, United States - Japanese rookie Hideki Okajima (R) congratulated by teammate Daisuke Matsuzaka after turning in yet another impressive relief performance to help the Boston Red Sox to a 7-3 win over the Texas Rangers in Boston on July 2. Okajima retired the side in order with a strikeout to close out the game, extending his scoreless streak to 12 mound appearances while improving his ERA to 0.88 in 38 games.

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Milwaukee's Nomura holds Bonds to harmless fly

San Francisco, United States - Milwaukee Brewers southpaw Takahito Nomura (R) takes the mound in the seventh inning against the San Francisco Giants on April 12 and holds slugger Barry Bonds (L), who hit a three-run homer in the third, to a harmless fly. (MLB)

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Baseball: Blue Jays vs. Yankees

Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Yusei Kikuchi (R) walks off the mound after being relieved during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees on April 12, 2022, at Yankee Stadium in New York.

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Minibus crash kills 4, injures 25 in eastern Turkey

STORY: Minibus crash kills 4, injures 25 in eastern Turkey DATELINE: April 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:33 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the crash site 2. various of the injured in a hospital STORYLINE: At least four were killed, and 25 others injured on Monday after a minibus crashed in eastern Turkey, semi-official Anadolu Agency reported. The incident took place in the town of Adilcevaz in the eastern Bitlis Province. The minibus overturned after crashing into a mound of dirt on the side of the road, the agency reported. Four irregular migrants, who entered Turkey illegally, were killed and 25 people, including the driver, were injured in the accident. The injured were taken to hospitals. Turkey has been a transit point for migrants mostly from Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan who aim to cross into Europe fleeing war and extreme poverty. The country hosts more than 4 million refugees, 3.7 million of whom are Syrians, according to official statistics. Xinhua News

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Baseball: Blue Jays vs. Angels

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels slips on the mound while throwing a pitch to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. of the Toronto Blue Jays in the sixth inning at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on Aug. 12, 2021.

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Baseball: Blue Jays vs. Angels

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels slips on the mound while throwing a pitch to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. of the Toronto Blue Jays in the sixth inning at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on Aug. 12, 2021.

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Baseball: Blue Jays vs. Angels

Los Angeles Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani heads to the mound for the first inning against the Toronto Blue Jays at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on Aug. 12, 2021.

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Milwaukee's Nomura holds Bonds to harmless fly

San Francisco, United States - Milwaukee Brewers southpaw Takahito Nomura (R) takes the mound in the seventh inning against the San Francisco Giants on April 12 and holds slugger Barry Bonds (L), who hit a three-run homer in the third, to a harmless fly. (MLB)

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Okajima turns in yet another stellar relief performance

BOSTON, United States - Japanese rookie Hideki Okajima (R) congratulated by teammate Daisuke Matsuzaka after turning in yet another impressive relief performance to help the Boston Red Sox to a 7-3 win over the Texas Rangers in Boston on July 2. Okajima retired the side in order with a strikeout to close out the game, extending his scoreless streak to 12 mound appearances while improving his ERA to 0.88 in 38 games. (Kyodo)

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Matsuzaka ineffective in season debut

BALTIMORE, United States - Boston Red Sox starter Daisuke Matsuzaka runs to the mound in a game against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore on May 1, 2010. Matsuzaka allowed seven runs and seven hits in 4-2/3 innings, losing his season debut game. The Orioles won 12-9. (Kyodo)

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Baseball: Angels' game in honor of late teammate

Los Angeles Angels players look at their late teammate Tyler Skaggs' No. 45 jerseys around the mound of Angel Stadium before a game against the Seattle Mariners in Anaheim, California, on July 12, 2019. All Angels players wore Skaggs' jerseys in the team's first home game since the 27-year-old starting pitcher's death. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Angels' game in honor of late teammate

Los Angeles Angels players look at their late teammate Tyler Skaggs' No. 45 jerseys around the mound of Angel Stadium before a game against the Seattle Mariners in Anaheim, California, on July 12, 2019. All Angels players wore Skaggs' jerseys in the team's first home game since the 27-year-old starting pitcher's death. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's largest tomb mound

Photo taken in June 2017 shows Daisen Kofun, Japan's largest ancient mound, in Sakai in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan. The tomb, officially designated as that of Emperor Nintoku and one of the three largest in the world, together with the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor in China and the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, was at least 40 meters larger when it was first constructed in the fifth century, the Imperial Household Agency said on April 12, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Tanaka at Yankees spring training

New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka stands on the mound after allowing a two-run home run to Bobby Wilson of the Minnesota Twins in the second inning of a spring training game in Tampa, Florida, on March 12, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Otani returns to mound with 1st team

Nippon Ham Fighters slugging ace pitcher Shohei Otani returns to the mound with the first team against the Orix Buffaloes on July 12, 2017, at Kyocera Dome. Due to injuries, Otani's mound action of the current season was limited to a one-inning minor league rehab start on July 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Otani returns to mound with 1st team

Nippon Ham Fighters slugging ace pitcher Shohei Otani returns to the mound with the first team against the Orix Buffaloes on July 12, 2017, at Kyocera Dome. Due to injuries, Otani's mound action of the current season was limited to a one-inning minor league rehab start on July 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Otani returns to mound with 1st team

Nippon Ham Fighters slugging ace pitcher Shohei Otani returns to the mound with the first team against the Orix Buffaloes on July 12, 2017, at Kyocera Dome. Due to injuries, Otani's mound action of the current season was limited to a one-inning minor league rehab start on July 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Otani dials it up in brief return to starting mound

Shohei Otani matches his Japan speed record of 163 kilometers per hour in the first inning of the Nippon Ham Fighters' 4-4, 12-inning tie with the Lotte Marines at Sapporo Dome on Sept. 7, 2016. The pitcher-designated hitter started a game from the pitcher's mound for the first time since July 10 and worked two innings. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo