On Sunday afternoon, ex-baseball hurler Osamu Higashio stepped onto an unfamiliar field, a hardwood court, not a soft baseball field.
The 56-year-old former Seibu Lions star, who was introduced as the new Tokyo Apache president on Sept. 11, appeared at the team's first preseason practice at its home arena, Ariake Colosseum.
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