Fans sitting in the first few rows along the outfield wall at Hiroshima's Mazda Stadium can leave their gloves at home.
Because if there's a ball heading toward that part of the stadium, Carp outfielders are going to catch it.
Hiroshima's outfielders — who've twice this month turned heads by climbing the fence to take away home runs — are quickly joining Sawamura Award candidate Kenta Maeda as a couple of the reasons to keep an eye on the team.
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