Baseball: Japan high school pitcher turns down MLB

Oct 26, 2009

Story Timeline: 30 days

Japanese schoolboy Yusei Kikuchi has snubbed several offers from Major League Baseball teams and will stay in Japan to play baseball next year, Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday. The 18-year-old pitcher told reporters last... [read full story]

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Sports › Record 9 clubs set to pick Kikuchi as 1st-round draft

japantoday.com

Oct 28, 2009

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Baseball: Japan high school pitcher turns down MLB

newsonjapan.com

Oct 26, 2009

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Sports › Record 9 clubs set to pick Kikuchi as 1st-round draft

japantoday.com

Oct 28, 2009

Thursday 29th October, 06:34 AM JST TOKYO — A record nine clubs look set to name highly-touted Hanamaki Higashi High School left-hander Yusei Kikuchi as their first-round pick in Japanese baseball’s amateur draft on Thursday....

Baseball: Record 9 clubs set to pick lefty Kikuchi as 1st-rd draft

kyodo.co.jp

Oct 28, 2009

A record nine clubs look set to name highly-touted Hanamaki Higashi High School left-hander Yusei Kikuchi as their first-round pick in Japanese baseball's amateur draft on Thursday. Kikuchi on Sunday announced his decision to...

Kikuchi's decision sparks mixed reactions

thejapannews.net

Oct 26, 2009

HANAMAKI, Iwate Pref. (Kyodo) Yusei Kikuchi's decision to begin his professional career in Japan relieved Japanese baseball officials Sunday, but it appeared to be largely driven by the older people a...