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Yakult veteran hurler Kida pitches out of jam

TOKYO, Japan - Yakult Swallows veteran hurler Masao Kida celebrates after grounding Hanshin Tigers infielder Takashi Toritani out to second and pitching his team out of a jam in the eighth inning of their game at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on May 7.

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Yakult veteran hurler Kida pitches out of jam

TOKYO, Japan - Yakult Swallows veteran hurler Masao Kida celebrates after grounding Hanshin Tigers infielder Takashi Toritani out to second and pitching his team out of a jam in the eighth inning of their game at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on May 7. (Kyodo)

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High school slugger Kiyomiya agrees to join Fighters

High school slugger Kotaro Kiyomiya (L), the most sought-after player in October's amateur draft, shakes hands with Nippon Ham Fighters acting general manager Masao Kida in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2017, after agreeing to join the Pacific League ballclub. The Fighters won negotiating rights in a seven-way draft-day lottery for the 18-year-old, 1.84-meter, 102-kilogram Kiyomiya, who hit 111 home runs as a high schooler -- a total said to be an unofficial Japan record. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese baseball draft

Nippon Ham Fighters assistant general manager Masao Kida (3rd from L) pumps his fist after winning a seven-team lottery for the right to select Waseda Jitsugyo High School slugger Kotaro Kiyomiya in the first round of the Japanese amateur baseball draft on Oct. 26, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo