Female knuckleballer to join Mie if she plays in Japan

Female knuckleballer to join Mie if she plays in Japan

NAGOYA, Japan - Female knuckleballer Eri Yoshida (R) and Keiichiro Kabeya, representative of the Mie Three Arrows of the new independent Japan-Future League, shake hands during a news conference in Tsu on Dec. 28, 2009. Yoshida agreed to join the club should she decide to play in Japan after her stint in the Arizona Winter League.

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(220224) -- LUSAKA, Feb. 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Feb. 16, 2022 shows contemporary visual artist Jonathan Kabeya with one of his paintings in Lusaka, Zambia. Jonathan Kabeya, a contemporary visual artist has come up with a series of paintings under the banner "Behind the mask." "Wearing of facemasks has become a part of our daily lives. That is the reason why there is a facemask in most of my pieces about COVID-19," Kabeya pointed out. The 24-year-old explained that he was compelled to come up with the paintings to encourage people to share thoughts and experiences about the pandemic so as to enable communities to devise better responses. TO GO WITH "Feature: Artist highlighting COVID-19 experiences in African societies through paintings" (Photo by Lillian Banda/Xinhua)

Female knuckleballer to join Mie if she plays in Japan

Female knuckleballer to join Mie if she plays in Japan

NAGOYA, Japan - Female knuckleballer Eri Yoshida (R) and Keiichiro Kabeya, representative of the Mie Three Arrows of the new independent Japan-Future League, shake hands during a news conference in Tsu on Dec. 28, 2009. Yoshida agreed to join the club should she decide to play in Japan after her stint in the Arizona Winter League. (Kyodo)