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Minnesota Twins second baseman Tsuyoshi Nishioka fields grounders before the Twins spring training baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Florida Auto Exchange Stadium in Dunedin, Fla., Sunday, March 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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In this photo taken Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011, Minnesota Twins infielder Tsuyoshi Nishioka throws during the first full squad spring training baseball workout at the Hammond Stadium complex in Fort Myers, Fla. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

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In this photo taken Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011, Minnesota Twins infielders Alexi Casilla, front, and Tsuyoshi Nishioka take infield during the first full squad spring training baseball workout at the Hammond Stadium complex in Fort Myers, Fla., Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. The two are working together this spring to try to figure out a way to communicate on the field, when Nishioka will not have the help of an interpreter nearby. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

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Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire, rear, watches as infielder Tsuyoshi Nishioka, of Japan, works on the infield during the first full squad spring training baseball workout at the Hammond Stadium complex in Fort Myers, Fla., Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

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Tsuyoshi Nishioka, who signed a three-year, $9.25-million contract with the Minnesota Twins, answers questions during a news conference in Minneapolis on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010. Nishioka, 26, batted .346 for the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan last season. (AP Photo/Craig Lassig)