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League of her own: Knuckleball pitcher with big baseball dreams

Eri Yoshida sat in the dugout of a 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,” and Ms. Yoshida certainly has her own.

The Japanese woman is a knuckleball pitcher with a sidearm delivery that she hopes might carry her to the big leagues in the United States or Japan.

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