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Baseball: Rakuten, A's enter partnership agreement+
(Japan Economic Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) SENDAI, Jan. 9_(Kyodo) _ The Rakuten Eagles announced Friday they have entered into a formal one-year partnership with the Oakland Athletics to strengthen both organizations' baseball operation and management areas.
Under the agreement, Rakuten and the A's will exchange coaching and strength-and-conditioning staff and also share information pertaining to player development and data analysis.
"We are very excited to have a working agreement with the Oakland Athletics," Rakuten owner and president Toru Shimada said in press release. "The Athletics are very famous for using their own measurement to evaluate and develop players to create a winning organization."
"Our goal is very similar, and we believe this cooperation between Rakuten Baseball Inc. and the Oakland Athletics will lead to future success for both organizations."
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