Marlins introduce Japanese slugger Rintaro Sasaki

MIAMI (AP) — Rintaro Sasaki was ready to turn his long-awaited dream into a reality.

The Japanese slugger had a choice to make. He could return to Stanford, where he played college baseball for two seasons. He could pursue a pro career in his home country, where was selected last October by the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in the first round of the Nippon Professional Baseball draft.