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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Stephen Wade

Japanese knuckleball pitcher Eri Yoshida plays on her own 'Field of Dreams'

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Eri Yoshida sat in the dugout of an all-dirt baseball field in rural Japan, surrounded by rice paddies, narrow roads, and traditional Japanese houses.

The scene recalled instantly the 1989 film “Field of Dreams" — Asian style — and Yoshida certainly has her own.

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