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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: NPB season opener at new Hokkaido ballpark

People take photos of a mural featuring major leaguers Shohei Ohtani and Yu Darvish, who both previously played for the Nippon Ham Fighters, at Es Con Field Hokkaido, the team's new home in Kitahiroshima in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on March 30, 2023, ahead of Nippon Professional Baseball's season-opening game against the Tohoku Rakuten Eagles.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani pitches against Arizona Diamondbacks minor leaguers in a spring training baseball game on March 24, 2023, in Tempe, Arizona.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani pitches against Arizona Diamondbacks minor leaguers in a spring training baseball game on March 24, 2023, in Tempe, Arizona.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani pitches against Arizona Diamondback minor leaguers in a spring training baseball game on March 24, 2023, in Tempe, Arizona.

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MLB players hold baseball class for kids in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - The Houston Astros' Jose Altuve (C), the 2014 American League batting champion, is surrounded by children during a baseball class for young players held by major leaguers at Okinawa Cellular Stadium in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, on Nov. 19, 2014, on the eve of an exhibition game between Japan and an MLB team.

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Japan batters major leaguers to lead series 2-0

TOKYO, Japan - Members of Samurai Japan celebrate after winning 8-4 in Game 2 of the Japan-Major League All-Star Series at Tokyo Dome on Nov. 14, 2014.

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Japan batters major leaguers to lead series 2-0

TOKYO, Japan - Softbank Hawks Nobuhiro Matsuda hits a single homer in the eighth inning of Game 2 of the Japan-Major League All-Star Series at Tokyo Dome on Nov. 14, 2014. Samurai Japan won 8-4 to lead 2-0 in the five-game series.

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Japan batters major leaguers to lead series 2-0

TOKYO, Japan - Colorado Rockies' Justin Morneau hits a two-run homer in the second inning of Game 2 of the Japan-Major League All-Star Series at Tokyo Dome on Nov. 14, 2014. Samurai Japan won 8-4 to lead 2-0 in the five-game series.

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Japan batters major leaguers to lead series 2-0

TOKYO, Japan - Colorado Rockies' Justin Morneau hits a two-run homer in the second inning of Game 2 of the Japan-Major League All-Star Series at Tokyo Dome on Nov. 14, 2014. Samurai Japan won 8-4 to lead 2-0 in the five-game series.

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Samurai Japan bats tepid in warm-up defeat

FUKUOKA, Japan - Samurai Japan manager Hiroki Kokubo meets with reporters following a practice game against a team selected from the rosters of the Pacific League's Softbank Hawks and Nippon Ham Fighters at Yafuoku Dome in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka on Nov. 10, 2014. Samurai Japan lost 1-0 before opening its five-game series against a team of visiting big leaguers on Nov. 12 in Osaka.

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Samurai Japan bats tepid in warm-up defeat

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 10, 2014, shows Samurai Japan, who lost a practice match 1-0 to a team selected from the rosters of the Pacific League's Softbank Hawks and Nippon Ham Fighters at Yafuoku Dome in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka. Samurai Japan will open its five-game series against a team of visiting big leaguers on Nov. 12 in Osaka.

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Major leaguers Iwakuma, Wada in Japan

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Japanese pitchers Hisashi Iwakuma (L) of the Seattle Mariners and Tsuyoshi Wada of the Chicago Cubs pose for a photograph as members of the Major League Baseball All-Stars at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 10, 2014.

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Kokubo gives Otani 1st Samurai Japan call-up

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroki Kokubo, manager of Japan's senior national baseball team, announces 28 players for a November series against visiting major leaguers at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2014. The five-game series, part of Japan's buildup to the 2017 World Baseball Classic, will run from Nov. 12 to 18.

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Kokubo gives Otani 1st Samurai Japan call-up

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroki Kokubo, manager of Japan's senior national baseball team, poses with the team's uniforms at a news conference in Tokyo, on Oct. 9, 2014, after announcing 28 players for a November series against visiting major leaguers. The five-game series, part of Japan's buildup to the 2017 World Baseball Classic, will run from Nov. 12 to 18.

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Carp ace Maeda among 6 named to Samurai Japan squad

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on July 17, 2014, in Tokyo shows Japan baseball manager Hiroki Kokubo (C) and the first six members of this year's national team -- (from L) Yomiuri Giants shortstop Hayato Sakamoto, Rakuten Eagles catcher Motohiro Shima, Orix Buffaloes outfielder Yoshio Itoi, Buffaloes ace Chihiro Kaneko, Hiroshima Carp ace Kenta Maeda and Nippon Ham Fighters outfielder Sho Nakata. The team's big test this autumn will be five games against a team of visiting major leaguers in November.

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Carp ace Maeda among 6 named to Samurai Japan squad

TOKYO, Japan - Japan baseball manager Hiroki Kokubo announces in Tokyo on July 17, 2014, the first six players selected for this year's national team. The team's big test this autumn will be five games against a team of visiting major leaguers in November.

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Japan major leaguers with U.S. envoy

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy speaks at the envoy's official residence in Tokyo on Jan. 21, 2014, sporting a Boston Red Sox jersey given to her by the major league team's Japanese pitchers Koji Uehara and Junichi Tazawa. (Pool photo by Mainichi Shimbun)

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Japan major leaguers with U.S. envoy

TOKYO, Japan - The Boston Red Sox's Japanese pitchers Koji Uehara (R) and Junichi Tazawa (L) and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (C) pose for photos at the envoy's official residence in Tokyo on Jan. 21, 2014. Before them is the Major League Baseball World Series trophy which the Boston Red Sox won in 2013. (Pool photo by Mainichi Shimbun)

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Japan major leaguers with U.S. envoy

TOKYO, Japan - Boston Red Sox Japanese pitcher Koji Uehara (L) and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy pose for photos at the envoy's official residence in Tokyo on Jan. 21, 2014. Before them is the Major League Baseball World Series trophy which the Boston Red Sox won in 2013. (Pool photo by Mainichi Shimbun)

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Japan major leaguers with U.S. envoy

TOKYO, Japan - Boston Red Sox's Japanese pitchers Koji Uehara (L) and Junichi Tazawa (2nd from L) and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy pose for photos after the players hand the major league team's uniform to Kennedy at the envoy's official residence in Tokyo on Jan. 21, 2014. Uehara and Tazawa hold their numbers displayed at the Red Sox home stadium. (Pool photo by Mainichi Shimbun)

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Japan major leaguers with U.S. envoy

TOKYO, Japan - Boston Red Sox's Japanese pitchers Koji Uehara (2nd from L) and Junichi Tazawa (3rd from L) hand the major league team's uniform to U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (R) at the envoy's official residence in Tokyo on Jan. 21, 2014. At left is Red Sox Senior Vice President Adam Grossman. (Pool photo by Mainichi Shimbun)

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Ryutsu Keizai Univ. players to become J leaguers

RYUGASAKI, Japan - (from L) Kazuya Yamamura, Takuya Masuda, Yusuke Higa and Takahiro Nakazato, students at Ryutsu Keizai University, pose for photos at a press conference at the university in Ryugasaki, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Sept. 13, 2011. They all will join J-league soccer clubs next spring.

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Major leaguers coach students from Japan disaster areas

BALTIMORE, United States - Junior and senior high school baseball club members from the disaster-hit northeastern Japan prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima get coaching from players of the Baltimore Orioles at the team's home stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, on Aug. 11, 2011.

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Zico stars for Kashima greats in charity match

KASHIMA, Japan - Former Japan coach Zico (C), playing for Kashima Antlers greats, reacts after scoring the opening goal during a charity match for March 11 earthquake and tsunami victims, against a team of ex-J-Leaguers on June 4, 2011, at Kashima Stadium in Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, which was struck by the disaster. The team won 3-0.

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Former baseball player Shozo Doi dies at 67

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo taken in December 1991 shows Orix BlueWave manager Shozo Doi (R, front) at a news conference to introduce Ichiro Suzuki (L, in back) and So Taguchi (L, front), who are now major leaguers, and the team's other rookies at a hotel in Kobe. Doi's family said Sept. 25, 2009, that he had died aged 67. A member of the Yomiuri Giants team that won nine consecutive Japan Series titles from 1965-73, Doi underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer in March 2007.

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Japan finalizes WBC roster, wraps up camp

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki (2nd from L) and other members of the Japanese national team for the upcoming World Baseball Classic greet spectators in the rain after a practice match with Japanese club Yomiuri Giants at Sunmarine Stadium in the city of Miyazaki on Feb. 22. Suzuki and Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka are among five major leaguers named the same day to Japan's final 28-man roster for the WBC.

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Japanese major leaguers at final stage of spring training

SURPRISE, United States - Kansas City Royals right-hander Yasuhiko Yabuta (R) speaks with manager Trey Hillman (L) and catcher Miguel Olivo (C) after allowing three hits and two runs during a preseason outing against the Texas Rangers in Surprise, Arizona, on Feb. 27. (MLB)

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Japanese major leaguers at final stage of spring training

FORT MEYERS, United States - Boston Red Sox right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka (R) listens to manager Terry Francona (2nd from R) and bench coach Brad Mills (2nd from (L) through an interpreter at the club's spring training camp at Fort Meyers, Florida, on Feb. 27. (MLB)

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Japanese major leaguers at final stage of spring training

FORT MEYERS, United States - Boston Red Sox set-upper Hideki Okajima practices pitching at the club's spring training camp at Fort Meyers, Florida, on Feb. 27. (MLB)

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Japanese major leaguers at final stage of spring training

VERO BEACH, United States - Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Hiroki Kuroda practices pitching during the club's spring training at Vero Beach, Florida, on Feb. 27. (MLB)

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Japanese major leaguers at final stage of spring training

TAMPA, United States - New York Yankees left-hander Kei Igawa practices pitching, as manager Joe Giradi looks on at the club's spring training camp at Tampa, Florida, on Feb. 27. (MLB)

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Japanese major leaguers at final stage of spring training

VERO BEACH, United States - Los Angeles Dodgers closer Takashi Saito pitches against his teammate during the club's spring training at Vero Beach, Florida, on Feb. 27. (MLB)

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Japanese major leaguers at final stage of spring training

TAMPA, United States - New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui stretches muscles at the club's spring training camp at Tampa, Florida, on Feb. 27. (MLB)

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Japanese major leaguers at spring camp

KISSIMMEE, United States - Houston Astros infielder Kazuo Matsui (R) speaks with teammate Miguel Tejada (R) at the club's spring training camp in Kissimmee, Florida, on Feb. 23. (MLB)

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Japanese major leaguers at spring camp

PEORIA, United States - Seattle Mariners catcher Kenji Jojima smiles during his batting practice at the Club's spring training camp in Peoria, Arizona, on Feb. 23. (MLB)

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N.Y. Yankees' Matsui meets Japanese, U.S. little leaguers

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui (C in back) poses with about 30 little leaguers from Staten Island and his home prefecture of Ishikawa Prefecture at the Japanese mission to the United States in New York on July 30.

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Major leaguers beat Japan All-Star team

FUKUOKA, Japan - New York Mets infielder Jose Reyes hits a two-run ''sayonara'' homer off Rakuten Golden Eagles closer Hisashi Ogura in the bottom of the 10th inning to lead the Major League selection to a 5-3 win over the Japan All-Star team in their final exhibition game at Yahoo Dome on Nov. 8.

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Major leaguers again beat Japan All-Star team

OSAKA, Japan - Philadelphia Phillies slugger Ryan Howard (L) in greeted by New York Mets infielder David Wright after hitting a go-ahead solo home run in the top of the eighth inning of an exhibition game against a select Japan All-Star team at Kyocera Dome in Osaka on Nov. 7. The major leaguers beat the Japanese team 7-2 for their fourth win in a row.

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Major leaguers again beat Japan All-Star team

OSAKA, Japan - Philadelphia Phillies slugger Ryan Howard belts a go-ahead solo home run in the top of the eighth inning of an exhibition game against a select Japan All-Star team at Kyocera Dome in Osaka on Nov. 7. The major leaguers beat the Japanese team 7-2 for their fourth win in a row.

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MLB overpower Japan All-Star team to win series

TOKYO, Japan - Philadelphia Phillies slugger Ryan Howard watches the ball after hitting a three-run homer off Yomiuri Giants hurler Yuya Kubo in the seventh inning as the major leaguers routed the Japan All-Star team 11-4 to claim victory in a five-game exhibition series with their third win in a row at Tokyo Dome on Nov. 5. (MLB)

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MLB overpower Japan All-Star team to win series

TOKYO, Japan - Atlanta Braves outfielder Andruw Jones slams a two-run homer off Chiba Lotte Mariners starter H. Kobayashi in the sixth inning as the major leaguers routed the Japan All-Star team 11-4 to claim victory in a five-game exhibition series with their third win in a row at Tokyo Dome on Nov. 5. (MLB)

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Select MLB beats Japan All-Stars in 2nd exhibition game

TOKYO, Japan - Philadelphia Phillies infielder Ryan Howard hits a second homer in the third inning of an exhibition game between the select MLB team and Japan All-Stars at Tokyo Dome on Nov. 4. Major leaguers beat Japan 8-6 to win their second straight in a five-game exhibition series.

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Japanese major leaguers in exhibition games

TAMPA, United States - New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui ., who skipped a preseason game in Tampa, Florida, comes out of the indoor training ground after a hard butting practice on March 2. (MLB)