Japan’s “Knuckleball Princess” Eri Yoshida on US media and Yakyu Baka

There is an awesome Japanese Baseball blog called Yakyu Baka, which is updated daily and with bunch of great information. I noticed couple of articles about Japanese “Knuckleball Princess” Eri Yoshida on WSJ and NYTimes and posted a link on my facebook/twitter acounts, (follow me at @DaigoFuji for English and @DaigoRedSox for Japanese) but Gen Sueyoshi of Yakyu Baka had a complete rundown of Englsh articles on Eri Yoshida, so I figured I’d share that here:

The Japanese media is beginning to pick-up on the headlines from various US site covering Eri Yoshida.  The New York Times Sports section for 5/31 also carried the Yoshida story on the front page.

Below are a few links that might be of some interest:

• 6/1 – At 5’1″, Eri Yoshida Vaults Latest Hurdle: Giant Uniforms (Wall Street Journal – Andrew Morse)
• 5/31 – ‘Knuckle Princess’ Takes Swing at U.S. Baseball (Wall Street Journal – Andrew Morse)
• 5/31 – ‘Knuckle Princess’ debuts in U.S. (AP)
• 5/30 – Japan�s �Knuckle Princess� Arrives in U.S. (NY Times – Billy Witz)
• 5/30 – Eri Yoshida getting adjusted to U.S. (ESPN Page 2 – Gideon Rubin)
• 5/30 – At Age 18, Eri Yoshida Doesn’t Knuckle Under in Her Pro Debut (FanHouse – Jeff Fletcher)
• 5/30 – Female pitcher makes history (Examiner – Patrick Shabram)

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