TOKYO - Hirokazu Ibata, who was five times named his league's best overall shortstop, has been hired to manage Japan's senior men's national baseball team, Samurai Japan, through the 2024 Premier 12 tournament, NPB Enterprises Inc. announced Wednesday.
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