OSAKA -- The Hanshin Tigers will push Norihiro Nakamura for a prompt answer on whether the free-agent slugger wants to join the Central League club, manager Senichi Hoshino said.
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Hanshin is due to hold a third round of talks Dec. 17 with Nakamura after he returns from a vacation in the United States.