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Hall of Fame boss Idelson deepening understanding of Japan baseball

National Baseball Hall of Fame president Jeff Idelson (right) greets Mizuno's Tamio Nawa, the craftsman who has worked on bats for Hideki Matsui and Ichiro Suzuki, in Yoro, Gifu Prefecture, last week. | JEAN FRUTH / NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME

By Jason Coskrey
Staff Writer

Mar 8, 2017

Jeff Idelson, president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, has spoken to groups of kids before.

But over 1,000, and at the same time?

"Not that many, not in one place," Idelson laughed. "It was great. I've done a lot of fun stuff here. I went to Yoro (in Gifu Prefecture) to see them turn bats at the Mizuno bat factory. I saw them turn an Ichiro bat.

Hall of Fame boss Idelson deepening understanding of Japan baseball

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