Hajime Reed and Kadena’s baseball team hope for some takeaways this weekend at Iwakuni to help prepare them for Far East tournament play. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa – What better way to prepare your baseball team for playing its Far East Division I tournament on fields that resemble the one at host Camp Humphreys?
Kadena’s Panthers are visiting Matthew C. Perry this weekend, in an inter-division weekend series of games being played at Atago Kizuna Stadium. The dimensions there – and at Humphreys – closely mirror those of Foster Field 1, where they play their home games this season.
Panthers coach Frank Macias says he welcomes the challenge, particularly that of having more ground to cover in the outfield, putting their gloves and arms to serious work.
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