Lakeside and Hanamaki Higashi High School Baseball Exchange

Highly touted Ofunato pitcher Roki Sasaki (C) and his teammates line up after a 12-2 loss to Hanamaki Higashi in the final of Iwate Prefecture's high school baseball tournament in Morioka, northeastern

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HANAMAKI, Japan - Hanamaki Higashi High School pitcher Shohei Otani speaks during a press conference in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, on Oct. 21, 2012. Otani, an 18-year-old armed with a fastball clocked at

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