A Jewish baseball player who has a Star of David tattooed on one leg and the post-Holocaust motto “Never Again” on the other will play next year in Japan. Gabe Kapler, an outfielder for the Boston Red Sox team that won the 2004 World Series, inked a one-year deal to play next season for the Yomiuri Giants.
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