Baseball: Over 10 MLB clubs to hold interview with high school star Oda

Over 10 MLB clubs will interview Yokohama High School pitching star Shoki Oda, its team manager Hiroaki Murata said Monday.The 18-year-old expressed his intent to head to the United States straight out of high school before he was drafted by the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball as their first pick on Oct. 22."(His mind) hasn't changed. He is really looking forward to the interviews," Murata said, revealing that the number of interested MLB clubs is 11 or 12.Oda stands 186 centimeters tall and threw the fastest pitch ever recorded at the Japanese national high school baseball c…READ FULL ARTICLE