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Snubbed by Japan Teams, Keio Slugger Gets a Dream Offer
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The Japan News
The Yomiuri ShimbunKotaro Tsunematsu poses at a press conference on the Keio University campus in Tokyo earlier this month.
When Kotaro Tsunematsu was overlooked in the Japan pro baseball draft, the senior slugger at prestigious Keio University had an offer from financial services giant Goldman Sachs to fall back upon.
“I know it’s going to be a difficult, long path,” the 22-year-old Tsunematsu said at a press conference at Keio.
He put him name into the Japan pro baseball draft, but went overlooked by all 12 teams.
That outlook led him to pass on Goldman Sachs’ offer, opting instead to head across the Pacific.