Wladimir Balentien, Japan’s single-season home run record holder, has retired from Japanese baseball, according to a tweet from his Twitter account on Sunday.
“Today I wanna announce to all my fans in Japan that I’m retiring from (Japanese) baseball, wanna thank the swallows for the opportunity to play in Japan,” the tweet read.
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