Women in baseball 36 strikeouts. In 2008, Eri Yoshida, at 16 years old, became Japan's first professional female baseball player to play in a men's league by signing a professional contract with a new Japanese independent league. In April 2010, she signed a contract with the Chico Outlaws, becoming the first woman to play professionally in two countries. In 2009, Justine Siegal became the first female coach of a men's professional baseball team. In 2011, she was the first woman to throw batting practice to an MLB team, the Cleveland Indians at spring training. She also threw BP to the Oakland Athletics, Tampa
Yasuhiro Yoshida could hardly play in the match and he moved to Regional Leagues club FC Gifu in 2006. Although he could not play in the match, the club was promoted to Japan Football League in 2007 and J2 League in 2008. From 2009, he played for FC Oribe Tajimi (2009) and Fujieda MYFC (2009-10). He retired end of 2010 season. After retirement, Yoshida became a coach for Yokogawa Musashino (later "Tokyo Musashino City FC") in 2011. He became a manager in 2013. He resigned end of 2017 season. Yasuhiro Yoshida Yoshida was born in Hiroshima on July 14, 1969. After graduating