From Supermarket Clerk to Professional Baseball Player… Japan’s Baseball Talent Pool Is Simply Enviable; Would It Have Been Possible in Korea?

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[Sports Chosun Reporter Park Sang-kyung] Would this have been possible in Korea? The story of Rikuto Matsuda, who was drafted by the Hiroshima Carp of the Japanese Professional Baseball (NPB) Central League, is making headlines. On the 24th, Japan's Asahi Shimbun reported on the story of Matsuda, who was selected by Hiroshima in the fourth round of the developmental draft. Matsuda, a native of Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, went through high school…