title: Rick Peterson
Kimiyasu Kudoh
Honkbal Overgangsklasse
Grant Roberts
Japan Series
Eric Hillman
Wädenswil
Akihito Kondo
Nippon Professional Baseball
Sid Schacht
sentences: Erick Harding "Rick" Peterson (born October 30, 1954) is a former pitcher and pitching coach in Major League Baseball.
 He was most recently the Director of Pitching Development for the Baltimore Orioles.
 He was a pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, but is most notable as the pitching coach for the Oakland Athletics, New York Mets, and the Milwaukee Brewers.
 Peterson is known for his unique use of biomechanical research and psychological principles to help pitchers improve their pitching motions.
 His nicknames include "The Jacket" (because he always wears a jacket during games) and "The Professor."
 He's also known for placing his hand on the shoulder of the pitcher during mound visits.
Kimiyasu Kudoh (工藤 公康 , Kudō Kimiyasu , born May 5, 1963 in Aichi Prefecture, Japan) is a left-handed former pitcher for the Pacific League's Saitama Seibu Lions of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
 During his career, he recorded 224 career wins.
 Among other records, he was the oldest pitcher in NPB history to strike out 10 batters in a game, doing so at the age of 41 years and 11 months.
The Honkbal Overgangsklasse (Dutch for "Baseball Transition League") is the second highest level of professional baseball in the Netherlands.
 It is a twelve-team league that plays a 22-game schedule followed by two separate 15-game schedules for the best six teams and the weakest six teams, and is overseen by the KNBSB.
 Games are played principally on weekends.
 The season runs from April to August and is followed by a promotion and relegation system with the highest level of baseball in the Netherlands, the Honkbal Hoofdklasse, so that the composition of the top level may change from year to year.
Grant William Roberts (born September 13, 1977 in El Cajon, California) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball.
 A right-handed relief pitcher, Roberts pitched for the New York Mets from to .
 His career was derailed by injuries and a violation of baseball's steroid policy.
The Japan Championship Series (日本選手権シリーズ , Nippon Senshuken Shiriizu ) , or Japan Series (日本シリーズ , Nippon Shiriizu ) is the annual championship series in Nippon Professional Baseball, the top baseball league in Japan.
 It is a seven-game series between the winning clubs of the league's two circuits, the Central League and the Pacific League.
 The Series is the highest level of play in professional baseball in Japan.
 It is usually played in October or November.
 As in all of the best-of-seven series, the first team to win four games is the overall winner and is declared the Japan Series Champion (日本一 , Nippon Ichi , number one in Japan) each year.
 The winner of the Japan Series also goes on to be the Japanese representative team in the annual Asia Series.
John Eric Hillman (born April 27, 1966 in Gary, Indiana) is a former Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher.
 He pitched his entire 3-year MLB career with the New York Mets (1992–1994).
 After his MLB career, he pitched in NPB from 1995-1998 for the Chiba Lotte Marines and the Yomiuri Giants.
 Hillman was tied with fellow former pitcher Randy Johnson and current pitchers Andrew Sisco of the New York Yankees organization and Chris Young of the New York Mets, for the tallest player in the league, at 6 ft , before later being passed by 6 ft Jon Rauch of the Toronto Blue Jays.
 Hillman worked as an analyst for FSN Rocky Mountain's coverage of the Colorado Rockies between 2005-2008.
Wädenswil, locally often called "Wädi" or "Wädischwil," is a municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
 The population (as of 2013 ) was about 21,000.
Akihito Kondo (近藤 昭仁 , Kondo Akihito , born April 1, 1938) is a former Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher.
 He played for the Taiyō Whales from 1960 to 1973.
 Kondo was named the Japan Series Most Valuable Player in 1960.
 He later managed the Yokohama BayStars from 1993 to 1995 and the Chiba Lotte Marines in 1997 and 1998.
Nippon Professional Baseball (日本野球機構 , Nippon Yakyū Kikō ) or NPB is the highest level of baseball in Japan.
 Locally, it is often called Puro Yakyū (プロ野球 ) , meaning "Professional Baseball".
 Outside Japan, it is often just referred to as "Japanese baseball".
 The roots of the league can be traced back to the formation of the "Greater Japan Tokyo Baseball Club" (大日本東京野球倶楽部 , Dai-Nippon Tōkyō Yakyū Kurabu ) in 1934 and the original Japanese Baseball League.
 NPB was formed when that league reorganized in 1950.
Sidney Schacht (February 3, 1918 – March 30, 1991) was an American professional baseball player.
 Born in Bogota, New Jersey, he was a right-handed pitcher who appeared in 19 games in the Major Leagues for the St. Louis Browns (1950–1951) and Boston Braves (1951).
 He was listed at 5 ft tall and 175 lb .
 He was not related to Al Schacht, the former pitcher and coach known as "the Clown Prince of Baseball."

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 Erick Harding "Rick" Peterson (born October 30, 1954) is a former pitcher and pitching coach in Major League Baseball.
 He was most recently the Director of Pitching Development for the Baltimore Orioles.
 He was a pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, but is most notable as the pitching coach for the Oakland Athletics, New York Mets, and the Milwaukee Brewers.
 Peterson is known for his unique use of biomechanical research and psychological principles to help pitchers improve their pitching motions.
 His nicknames include "The Jacket" (because he always wears a jacket during games) and "The Professor."
 He's also known for placing his hand on the shoulder of the pitcher during mound visits. 

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 Kimiyasu Kudoh (工藤 公康 , Kudō Kimiyasu , born May 5, 1963 in Aichi Prefecture, Japan) is a left-handed former pitcher for the Pacific League's Saitama Seibu Lions of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
 During his career, he recorded 224 career wins.
 Among other records, he was the oldest pitcher in NPB history to strike out 10 batters in a game, doing so at the age of 41 years and 11 months. 

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 The Honkbal Overgangsklasse (Dutch for "Baseball Transition League") is the second highest level of professional baseball in the Netherlands.
 It is a twelve-team league that plays a 22-game schedule followed by two separate 15-game schedules for the best six teams and the weakest six teams, and is overseen by the KNBSB.
 Games are played principally on weekends.
 The season runs from April to August and is followed by a promotion and relegation system with the highest level of baseball in the Netherlands, the Honkbal Hoofdklasse, so that the composition of the top level may change from year to year. 

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 The Japan Championship Series (日本選手権シリーズ , Nippon Senshuken Shiriizu ) , or Japan Series (日本シリーズ , Nippon Shiriizu ) is the annual championship series in Nippon Professional Baseball, the top baseball league in Japan.
 It is a seven-game series between the winning clubs of the league's two circuits, the Central League and the Pacific League.
 The Series is the highest level of play in professional baseball in Japan.
 It is usually played in October or November.
 As in all of the best-of-seven series, the first team to win four games is the overall winner and is declared the Japan Series Champion (日本一 , Nippon Ichi , number one in Japan) each year.
 The winner of the Japan Series also goes on to be the Japanese representative team in the annual Asia Series. 

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 Wädenswil, locally often called "Wädi" or "Wädischwil," is a municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
 The population (as of 2013 ) was about 21,000. 

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 Akihito Kondo (近藤 昭仁 , Kondo Akihito , born April 1, 1938) is a former Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher.
 He played for the Taiyō Whales from 1960 to 1973.
 Kondo was named the Japan Series Most Valuable Player in 1960.
 He later managed the Yokohama BayStars from 1993 to 1995 and the Chiba Lotte Marines in 1997 and 1998. 

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 Nippon Professional Baseball (日本野球機構 , Nippon Yakyū Kikō ) or NPB is the highest level of baseball in Japan.
 Locally, it is often called Puro Yakyū (プロ野球 ) , meaning "Professional Baseball".
 Outside Japan, it is often just referred to as "Japanese baseball".
 The roots of the league can be traced back to the formation of the "Greater Japan Tokyo Baseball Club" (大日本東京野球倶楽部 , Dai-Nippon Tōkyō Yakyū Kurabu ) in 1934 and the original Japanese Baseball League.
 NPB was formed when that league reorganized in 1950. 

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 Sidney Schacht (February 3, 1918 – March 30, 1991) was an American professional baseball player.
 Born in Bogota, New Jersey, he was a right-handed pitcher who appeared in 19 games in the Major Leagues for the St. Louis Browns (1950–1951) and Boston Braves (1951).
 He was listed at 5 ft tall and 175 lb .
 He was not related to Al Schacht, the former pitcher and coach known as "the Clown Prince of Baseball." 

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Answer: Puro Yakyū