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Baseball Primer Newsblog — The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand Friday, February 29, 2008NY Times: Hoping to Become the Next Hot Baseball Export From Japan (RR)Masato Yoshii, hired to be the new pitching coach for the Nippon Ham Fighters, has the Bobby Valentine seal of approval.
Greg Franklin
Posted: February 29, 2008 at 11:10 AM | 5 comment(s)
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Okay, starting pitcher: Nomo, Matsuzaka, many others.
Middle relief: Hasegawa, Ohtsuka, Okajima et al.
Closers: Chiefly Sasaki, with Ohtsuka, Saito and Takatsu.
Catcher: Johjima
1st Base: Nakamura had 4 games here, so I guess he counts.
2nd Base: Iguchi, K. Matsui
3rd Base: Iwamura, Nakamura
Shortstop: K. Matsui
Left Field: H. Matsui, Taguchi
Center Field: Ichiro, Shinjo, Taguchi
Right Field: Ichiro, Taguchi, and soon Fukudome.
Designated Hitter: Ichiro, H. Matsui
Bench: Taguchi, Shinjo
First base was really bugging me, but I guess Nakamura qualifies. I wonder when we'll see a regular starting Japanese first baseman. We're also still waiting for the first real Japanese utility infielder. Kazuo Matsui hasn't played 1st or 3rd...
Yoshii's a riot. On one program here in Japan, he said that Orel Hershiser gave him this advice: "You're Asian, which means people think you're mysterious. You should make that work for you on the mound." So Yoshii began telling people he was a ninja.
He started Game 5 of the 1999 NLCS and gave them three good innings. I'll always remember him for that quote.
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