Major League Baseball's Red Sox player Masanao Yoshida participated in actual batting practice at a camp in Florida. Yoshida showed off his good form by hitting a sharp hit from the team's ace pitcher.
He is in his second year with the Red Sox and is expected to perform even better than in his first year, when he recorded a batting average of.289, 15 home runs, and 72 RBIs. When asked which food he disliked, Yoshida answered with a smile, "Shiitake mushrooms"