By KEI YOSHIDA/ Staff Writer
November 2, 2022 at 07:10 JST
Masayuki Hamada’s agricultural field was located beyond the right field net of a sports ground where Munetaka Murakami practiced during his junior high school years in Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture. (Kei Yoshida)
MASHIKI, Kumamoto Prefecture--Long before Tokyo Yakult Swallows slugger Munetaka Murakami terrorized pitchers in his record-setting season this year, he was unintentionally putting the fear into Mashiki resident Masayuki Hamada. [Read More]
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