Yomiuri Giants Pick Kaito Ito in Baseball Draft
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The Yomiuri Giants chose a new baseball player.
His name is Kaito Ito. He plays for Chuo University.
The Giants picked him in the fifth round. This happened at the draft meeting.
A draft is a special event. Teams choose new players there.
Ito is a right-handed hitter. He is known for big hits. People call this long-ball power.
In one game, Ito hit a dramatic winning home run. This is called a sayonara hit in Japan.
He said he grew a lot this year. He became a fourth-year student.
Ito worked hard to show his skills. Many teams watched him play.
Chuo University plays in a college league. The league is called Toto.
Another Chuo player, Tounona, pitched very well recently. He did not allow any runs in six innings.
Fans are excited about Ito joining the Giants. He will now play professional baseball.
Vocabulary6 words
- draft
- an event where teams pick new players
- long-ball power
- the ability to hit the ball very far
- sayonara
- a hit that wins the game at the very end
- Toto
- the name of a Japanese college baseball league
- right-handed
- using the right hand to throw or hit
- fourth-year student
- a student in the last year of university
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Answer key
1. Yomiuri Giants 2. Long-ball power 3. True
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The Yomiuri Giants chose a new baseball _____.
His name is Kaito Ito. He plays for _____ University.
The Giants picked him in the _____ round.
This happened at the _____ meeting.
Ito is a right-handed _____.
He is known for big hits, called _____ power.
In one game, Ito hit a dramatic winning _____.
This is called a _____ hit in Japan.
He said he grew a lot this _____.
Chuo University plays in the _____ league.
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