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Greece: Severe Storms Batter Cyclades, Triggering Flooding 4

Severe weather with heavy rainfall hit the Cyclades, the island group southeast of mainland Greece on Monday, March 31, triggering widespread flooding. Authorities imposed a traffic ban on the islands of Paros and Mykonos due to the severe flooding.

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[Breaking News]Baseball: Shotaro Morii

MESA, United States, March 3 Kyodo - Shotaro Morii, an 18-year-old two-way baseball player just out of high school, takes batting practice at the Athletics' spring training site in Mesa, Arizona, on March 3, 2025. Morii signed a minor league contract with the Major League Baseball team in January. (Kyodo)

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Baseball: Shotaro Morii

Shotaro Morii, an 18-year-old two-way baseball player just out of high school, meets the press at the Athletics' spring training site in Mesa, Arizona, on March 3, 2025. Morii signed a minor league contract with the Major League Baseball team in January.

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Baseball: Shotaro Morii

Shotaro Morii, an 18-year-old two-way baseball player just out of high school, swings in a batting cage at the Athletics' spring training site in Mesa, Arizona, on March 3, 2025. Morii signed a minor league contract with the Major League Baseball team in January.

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Baseball: Shotaro Morii

Shotaro Morii, an 18-year-old two-way baseball player just out of high school, works out at the Athletics' spring training site in Mesa, Arizona, on March 3, 2025. Morii signed a minor league contract with the Major League Baseball team in January.

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Baseball: Shotaro Morii

Shotaro Morii, an 18-year-old two-way baseball player just out of high school, plays catch at the Athletics' spring training site in Mesa, Arizona, on March 3, 2025. Morii signed a minor league contract with the Major League Baseball team in January.

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Baseball: Shotaro Morii

Shotaro Morii, an 18-year-old two-way baseball player just out of high school, plays catch at the Athletics' spring training site in Mesa, Arizona, on March 3, 2025. Morii signed a minor league contract with the Major League Baseball team in January.

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Baseball: Shotaro Morii

Shotaro Morii, an 18-year-old two-way baseball player just out of high school, takes batting practice at the Athletics' spring training site in Mesa, Arizona, on March 3, 2025. Morii signed a minor league contract with the Major League Baseball team in January.

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Baseball: Shotaro Morii

Shotaro Morii, an 18-year-old two-way baseball player just out of high school, takes batting practice at the Athletics' spring training site in Mesa, Arizona, on March 3, 2025. Morii signed a minor league contract with the Major League Baseball team in January.

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Baseball: Shotaro Morii

Shotaro Morii (R), an 18-year-old two-way baseball player just out of high school, takes fielding practice at the Athletics' spring training site in Mesa, Arizona, on March 3, 2025. Morii signed a minor league contract with the Major League Baseball team in January.

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Baseball: Shotaro Morii

Shotaro Morii, an 18-year-old two-way baseball player just out of high school, works out at the Athletics' spring training site in Mesa, Arizona, on March 3, 2025. Morii signed a minor league contract with the Major League Baseball team in January.

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US: Deadly Hurricane Milton Leaves Destruction And Massive Power Outages

Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key, Florida, as a Category 3 storm on Wednesday, October 9, bringing high winds, heavy rain, and storm surges. At least 17 people have died due to Milton and its aftermath, and more than 2 million people remained without power as of Friday.

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US: Hurricane Milton Tears Roof Off Tropicana Field In Devastating Strike 2

Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key, Florida, on Wednesday, October 9, as a Category 3 storm. Milton brought high winds, ripping off the roof of Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg.

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Hideo Nomo after signing with Dodgers

LOS ANGELES, United States, Sept. 4 Kyodo - Japanese pitcher Hideo Nomo (L) meets the press at a Los Angeles hotel on Feb. 13, 1995, after signing a contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers minor league team. (Kyodo)

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Baseball: Trevor Bauer pitches against U.S. minor leaguers

Cy Young Award winner Trevor Bauer pitches for the Asian Breeze in an exhibition game against minor leaguers of his former team the Los Angeles Dodgers on March 10, 2024, in Glendale, Arizona. Bauer pitched in the United States for the first time after being suspended by Major League Baseball in 2022 following allegations of sexual assault and pitching for Japan's DeNA BayStars for one year.

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Baseball: Trevor Bauer pitches against U.S. minor leaguers

Cy Young Award winner Trevor Bauer pitches for the Asian Breeze in an exhibition game against minor leaguers of his former team the Los Angeles Dodgers on March 10, 2024, in Glendale, Arizona. Bauer pitched in the United States for the first time after being suspended by Major League Baseball in 2022 following allegations of sexual assault and pitching for Japan's DeNA BayStars for one year.

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Baseball: Trevor Bauer pitches against U.S. minor leaguers

Cy Young Award winner Trevor Bauer pitches for the Asian Breeze in an exhibition game against minor leaguers of his former team the Los Angeles Dodgers on March 10, 2024, in Glendale, Arizona. Bauer pitched in the United States for the first time after being suspended by Major League Baseball in 2022 following allegations of sexual assault and pitching for Japan's DeNA BayStars for one year.

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Baseball: Trevor Bauer pitches against U.S. minor leaguers

Cy Young Award winner Trevor Bauer pitches for the Asian Breeze in an exhibition game against minor leaguers of his former team the Los Angeles Dodgers on March 10, 2024, in Glendale, Arizona. Bauer pitched in the United States for the first time after being suspended by Major League Baseball in 2022 following allegations of sexual assault and pitching for Japan's DeNA BayStars for one year.

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Baseball: Trevor Bauer pitches against U.S. minor leaguers

Cy Young Award winner Trevor Bauer pitches for the Asian Breeze in an exhibition game against minor leaguers of his former team the Los Angeles Dodgers on March 10, 2024, in Glendale, Arizona. Bauer pitched in the United States for the first time after being suspended by Major League Baseball in 2022 following allegations of sexual assault and pitching for Japan's DeNA BayStars for one year.

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Baseball: Trevor Bauer pitches against minor leaguers

Cy Young Award winner Trevor Bauer (L) speaks to reporters after pitching for the Asian Breeze in an exhibition game against minor leaguers of his former team the Los Angeles Dodgers on March 10, 2024, in Glendale, Arizona. Bauer pitched in the United States for the first time after being suspended by Major League Baseball in 2022 following allegations of sexual assault and pitching for Japan's DeNA BayStars for one year.

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Baseball: Trevor Bauer pitches against U.S. minor leaguers

Cy Young Award winner Trevor Bauer pitches for the Asian Breeze in an exhibition game against minor leaguers of his former team the Los Angeles Dodgers on March 10, 2024, in Glendale, Arizona. Bauer pitched in the United States for the first time after being suspended by Major League Baseball in 2022 following allegations of sexual assault and pitching for Japan's DeNA BayStars for one year.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Yu Darvish of the San Diego Padres pitches against a minor league team during the team's spring training in Peoria, Arizona, on March 25, 2023.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Yu Darvish of the San Diego Padres pitches against a minor league team during the team's spring training in Peoria, Arizona, on March 25, 2023.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Yu Darvish of the San Diego Padres pitches against a minor league team during the team's spring training in Peoria, Arizona, on March 25, 2023.

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Baseball: U.S. Minor League coach Kurano

Shinji Kurano, former longtime SoftBank Hawks pitching coach and current development coach for the AZL Rangers, a rookie-level affiliate of the Texas Rangers, poses at the team's spring training home in Surprise, Arizona, on Feb. 22, 2023.

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Baseball: Diamondbacks sign Japan amateur pitcher Yoshikawa

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 25 Kyodo - Undated photo shows Japanese right-hander Shumpei Yoshikawa of corporate league team Panasonic. The Arizona Diamondbacks announced on Aug. 24, 2018, the signing of Yoshikawa to a minor league contract.

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Baseball: Diamondbacks sign Japan amateur pitcher Yoshikawa

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 25 Kyodo - Undated photo shows Japanese right-hander Shumpei Yoshikawa practicing in Tokyo. The Arizona Diamondbacks announced on Aug. 24, 2018, the signing of Yoshikawa of corporate league team Panasonic to a minor league contract.

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Minor leaguer Ohka released by Jays

DUNEDIN, United States - Japanese veteran Tomokazu Ohka pitches during a practice game in Dunedin, Florida, on March 22, 2014. After the practice he was released by the Toronto Blue Jays after having signed a minor league contract with the American league team in the winter.

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Matsuzaka granted release from Indians

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Japanese pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka. The 32-year-old right-hander, who had spent the entire season with the Cleveland Indians' Triple-A affiliate after signing a minor-league contract in February 2013, has requested and been granted an unconditional release from the Indians, the team said on Aug. 20.

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Pettitte practices pitching

TAMPA, United States - New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte practices in the bullpen in Tampa, Florida, on March 20, 2012, in the team's spring training. The Yankees said on March 16 that Pettitte, who announced his retirement in February 2011, signed a one-year minor-league contract with the team.

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Pettitte practices pitching

TAMPA, United States - New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte practices in the bullpen in Tampa, Florida, on March 20, 2012, in the team's spring training. The Yankees said on March 16 that Pettitte, who announced his retirement in February 2011, signed a one-year minor-league contract with the team.

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Avispa management apologizes for player who paid teen for sex

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yoshihiro Yanagi (L), senior managing director of the company running J-League soccer team Avispa Fukuoka, and the company's managing director, Katsuhiko Machida, bow at a news conference in Fukuoka's Chuo Ward on Nov. 3. A 19-year-old team member, whose name was withheld because he is a minor, was arrested on suspicion of paying a 14-year-old junior high school girl in July to fondle her.

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Nomo sent to minor leagues by N.Y. Mets

The New York Mets releases struggling Japanese right-hander Hideo Nomo on March 24 by sending him to triple-A minor league team Norfolk of the International League. The 30-year-old Nomo has 72 hours to decide whether to accept the assignment or declare himself a free agent. The photo shows Nomo getting in a car after practice the same day.

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Avispa management apologizes for player who paid teen for sex

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yoshihiro Yanagi (L), senior managing director of the company running J-League soccer team Avispa Fukuoka, and the company's managing director, Katsuhiko Machida, bow at a news conference in Fukuoka's Chuo Ward on Nov. 3. A 19-year-old team member, whose name was withheld because he is a minor, was arrested on suspicion of paying a 14-year-old junior high school girl in July to fondle her.

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Matsui named special advisor to Yankees GM Cashman

Photo taken Dec. 17, 2014 shows former New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui, who has been hired by the team as a special advisor to general manager Brian Cashman. Matsui will spend the majority of the 2015 season traveling throughout the Yankees' minor league system. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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MLB studying pitch clocks to speed up big league games

Japanese pitcher Tsuyoshi Wada (foreground) stands on the mound at the home field of the Chicago Cubs' Triple-A minor league team in Des Moines, Iowa, where a 20-second clock (top R) between pitches shows the remaining time, on July 16, 2015. Major League Baseball is studying the possibility of adopting the 20-second rule, introduced in the minor leagues at Double-A and Triple-A this season, to speed up games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Matsui named special advisor to Yankees GM Cashman

Photo taken Dec. 17, 2014 shows former New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui, who has been hired by the team as a special advisor to general manager Brian Cashman. Matsui will spend the majority of the 2015 season traveling throughout the Yankees' minor league system. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Diamondbacks sign Japan amateur pitcher Yoshikawa

Undated photo shows Japanese right-hander Shumpei Yoshikawa of corporate league team Panasonic. The Arizona Diamondbacks announced on Aug. 24, 2018, the signing of Yoshikawa to a minor league contract. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Diamondbacks sign Japan amateur pitcher Yoshikawa

Undated photo shows Japanese right-hander Shumpei Yoshikawa practicing in Tokyo. The Arizona Diamondbacks announced on Aug. 24, 2018, the signing of Yoshikawa of corporate league team Panasonic to a minor league contract. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pettitte practices pitching

TAMPA, United States - New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte practices in the bullpen in Tampa, Florida, on March 20, 2012, in the team's spring training. The Yankees said on March 16 that Pettitte, who announced his retirement in February 2011, signed a one-year minor-league contract with the team. (Kyodo)

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Pettitte practices pitching

TAMPA, United States - New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte practices in the bullpen in Tampa, Florida, on March 20, 2012, in the team's spring training. The Yankees said on March 16 that Pettitte, who announced his retirement in February 2011, signed a one-year minor-league contract with the team. (Kyodo)

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Ex-BayStars pitcher Kitagata signs minor league deal with Dodgers

Former Yokohama BayStars pitcher Yujo Kitagata speaks at a press conference on May 30, 2019, in Oyama, an eastern Japan city where his current team, the Tochigi Golden Braves of the independent Route Inn BC League, is based -- after signing a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers in early May. The 25-year-old right-hander was the BayStars' first pick in the 2011 Nippon Professional Baseball draft but never played for the top team during his time with the club. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-BayStars pitcher Kitagata signs minor league deal with Dodgers

Former Yokohama BayStars pitcher Yujo Kitagata poses with Takayuki Terauchi, manager of his current team, the Tochigi Golden Braves of the independent Route Inn BC League, in Oyama, eastern Japan on May 30, 2019 -- after signing a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers in early May. The 25-year-old right-hander was the BayStars' first pick in the 2011 Nippon Professional Baseball draft but never played for the top team during his time with the club. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-BayStars pitcher Kitagata signs minor league deal with Dodgers

Former Yokohama BayStars pitcher Yujo Kitagata poses at a press conference on May 30, 2019, in Oyama, an eastern Japan city where his current team, the Tochigi Golden Braves of the independent Route Inn BC League, is based -- after signing a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers in early May. The 25-year-old right-hander was the BayStars' first pick in the 2011 Nippon Professional Baseball draft but never played for the top team during his time with the club. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-BayStars pitcher Kitagata signs minor league deal with Dodgers

Former Yokohama BayStars pitcher Yujo Kitagata speaks at a press conference on May 30, 2019, in Oyama, an eastern Japan city where his current team, the Tochigi Golden Braves of the independent Route Inn BC League, is based -- after signing a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers in early May. The 25-year-old right-hander was the BayStars' first pick in the 2011 Nippon Professional Baseball draft but never played for the top team during his time with the club. (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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Otani poised for 1st team mound comeback

Nippon Ham Fighters' slugging ace pitcher Shohei Otani trains on July 11, 2017, at Kyocera Dome, the day before he is set to return to the mound with the first team against the Orix Buffaloes. Due to injuries, Otani's mound action this season has been limited to a one-inning minor league rehab start on July 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Otani poised for 1st team mound comeback

Nippon Ham Fighters' slugging ace pitcher Shohei Otani trains on July 11, 2017, at Kyocera Dome, the day before he is set to return to the mound with the first team against the Orix Buffaloes. Due to injuries, Otani's mound action this season has been limited to a one-inning minor league rehab start on July 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo