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Pitching Japan, where baseball and blossoms beckon

By Jim Caple
ESPN.com

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

• Photo gallery: Baseball in Japan Kyoto is captivating on this warm spring night. The occasional geisha scurries across a wood footbridge. Tourists pose for pictures underneath blossoming cherry trees and inspiring temples. Locals gather in parks to drink beer during parties dedicated to the sakura (cherry blossom) season. Restaurants tucked into narrow, lantern-lined streets beckon with menus of sushi, sashimi, shabu-shabu and sake. But I'm ignoring all of it at the moment while ...

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