Baseball: Hawks feel indirect impact of Puerto Rico disaster

Although the disaster struck on the other side of the world, the SoftBank Hawks and some of their players have been touched by the hurricane that devastated Puerto Rico on Sept. 20.For years, the powerhouse in Japan's Pacific League has sent players to Puerto Rico's winter league to learn how the game is played in a different environment. But this year, because of uncertainty over the Liga de Beisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente's season, the Hawks will only send players to Taiwan's winter league.Reliever Sho Iwasaki and star center fielder Yuki Yanagita, the PL's 2015 MVP, both told Kyodo …READ FULL ARTICLE