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Kenta Maeda ready for his turn to pitch on the moon

DENVER -- Hideo Nomo might be a Japanese pitching icon, but for Kenta Maeda, that no-hitter Nomo constructed at Coors Field in 1996 barely registers.

“I didn’t watch the game or I wasn’t aware of the game either because I didn’t play baseball at that time,” Maeda said Friday through an interpreter.

So what was Maeda into at the age of 8?