Major League Baseball enlisted a little star power to help announce its latest youth initiative in Japan.
Representatives from the Arizona Diamondbacks, including recent Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Randy Johnson, Tony La Russa and Luis Gonzalez, took time out of their goodwill tour to Japan to help announce the MLB Cup, a little league competition scheduled to take place in the country next year.
"The Arizona Diamondbacks are excited to be a part of this announcement today with MLB International, AIG and Little League Baseball," Gonzalez said during a news conference at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan on Tuesday. "Little League baseball is very important in the United States, as well as here in Japan and to the youth."
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