Japan boy wonder to follow Darvish's path
- Published: 28 Dec 2012 at 02.46
- Online news: Asia
A Japanese high-school pitching sensation who gave up his plan to go straight to the US leagues took the perfect first step Thursday in his domestic career, by inheriting Yu Darvish's room.
Shohei Otani pitching at a high school baseball championship on March 21, 2012 at Koshien stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo prefecture, near Osaka in western Japan. The Japanese high-school pitching sensation who gave up his plan to go straight to the US leagues took the perfect first step Thursday in his domestic career, by inheriting Yu Darvish's room.
Shohei Otani, 18, who signed with Japan's Nippon Ham Fighters this month, was given the room used by Texas Rangers pitcher Darvish until his major league move last January, at the club's training and lodging facility near Tokyo.
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