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Marc Jason Kroon (born April 2, 1973) is an American right-handed relief pitcher, formerly in Major League Baseball, who is currently playing for the Yomiuri Giants of Japan's Central League.
Kroon was born in the Bronx borough of New York City. He was drafted by the New York Mets in 1991. After playing for various teams including the Cincinnati Reds, he joined the Yokohama Bay Stars in 2005. That year, he set the record for the fastest pitch ever in Japanese baseball, at 161 km/h (100 miles/h). He threw fastballs at that speed several times while playing in Yokohama. After the 2007 season, Kroon got into a contract dispute with the BayStars, and ended up being a free agent instead of accepting Yokohama's contract offer. Kroon was later signed by the Yomiuri Giants along with two other major non-Japanese free agents: former Tokyo Yakult Swallows standouts Seth Greisinger, and Alex Ramirez.
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