Extreme practice hours at the lowest levels of youth baseball are stifling one of Japan's most popular sports and leading to a never-ending stream of injuries, a leading surgeon and researcher said in a recent interview.Dr. Kozo Furushima, whose research findings empowered reformers seeking to slow an epidemic of sports injuries, shared his research and discussed ongoing reform efforts with Kyodo News on Saturday."Children's bodies are still growing. The bones in their joints are not strong. People don't know that and allow kids to throw a lot," said Furushima, the chief of Keiyu Orthopaedi…READ FULL ARTICLE
