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Lars Tatsuji Nootbaar serving as Team Japan's batboy in the summer of year 2006 at Dedeaux Field where Masahiro Tanaka and his rival Yuki Saito previously played in the US. : r/baseball

Lars Tatsuji Nootbaar serving as Team Japan's batboy in the summer of year 2006 at Dedeaux Field where Masahiro Tanaka and his rival Yuki Saito previously played in the US. : r/baseball

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