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    Ex-Yankee Hideki Matsui Receives Japan People’s Honor Award

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    posted 3 weeks ago by Repoz to japan, yankees  |  19 comment(s)

    I thought only industry insiders voted for The Reuben Sturman Award.

    Hideki Matsui, Most Valuable Player in the 2009 World Series, and his former manager Shigeo Nagashima received Japan’s People’s Honor awards at a ceremony today in Tokyo, public broadcaster NHK reported.

    Matsui set a record for Japanese players with 175 home runs in 10 Major League Baseball seasons, seven with the New York Yankees, after smashing 332 homers in 10 seasons with the Yomiuri Giants in Japan. Nagashima, who ...

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    1. mr. man posted on July 23, 2012 at 03:06 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    his rocket pitch


    Sounds like those crafty Japanese have invented another secret pitch to follow up on the 'gyroball'. I'll be very curious to see how they do it!
    2. andrewberg posted on July 23, 2012 at 03:19 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    He nibbles too much.
    3. dirk  posted on July 23, 2012 at 03:53 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0


    “That was the speed I promised the coach I would throw so I’m glad to have clocked that figure.”


    ...or he would have beat me senseless for my failure.

    4. AROM posted on July 23, 2012 at 04:30 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    “That was the speed I promised the coach I would throw so I’m glad to have clocked that figure.”


    How do you say Dr. James Andrews in Japanese?
    5. JoeHova posted on July 23, 2012 at 04:39 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Coach: Throw it 100 MPH!
    Otani: Ok, coach!
    Coach: [thinks to himself] I'm a genius!
    6. Jarrod HypnerotomachiaPoliphili(Teddy F. Ballgame) posted on July 23, 2012 at 05:22 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    By comparison, the hardest throwers in Major League Baseball pitch as fast as 170kph.


    That's 105.633mph. Shouldn't the quote say "the hardest thrower in Major League Baseball like ever, as in singular, as in he did it one time"?
    7. zack posted on July 23, 2012 at 05:54 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    That's 105.633mph. Shouldn't the quote say "the hardest thrower in Major League Baseball like ever, as in singular, as in he did it one time"?


    Yes, and it seems like the article is referring to a single pitch. So the kid probably throws 93-94, if he puts everything behind it he can throw one 96, and if he does that in favorable conditions with a fast gun you get this article.
    8. JoeHova posted on July 23, 2012 at 06:00 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    So the kid probably throws 93-94, if he puts everything behind it he can throw one 96, and if he does that in favorable conditions with a fast gun you get this article.

    Still impressive though.
    9. Gamingboy posted on July 23, 2012 at 08:26 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    The Japanese WBC team is saved!
    10. AJM posted on July 23, 2012 at 08:42 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Coach: Throw it 100 MPH!
    Otani: Ok, coach!
    Coach: [thinks to himself] I'm a genius!

    Burns: You, Strawberry, hit a home run.
    Strawberry: Okay, skip.
    (hits a home run)
    Burns: Ha-ha! I told him to do that.
    Smithers: Brilliant strategy sir.
    11. cercopithecus aethiops posted on July 23, 2012 at 08:47 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Can't wait to see him on the Yankees.
    12. Gonfalon Bubble posted on July 24, 2012 at 12:15 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    That pitch should play absolutely no role in Shohei's eventual Hall of Fame vote.
    13. Tom Nawrocki posted on July 24, 2012 at 12:51 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Rockies scrub Chris Nelson supposedly could throw 100 MPH in high school. Then he blew out his elbow and needed Tommy John surgery. Now he's a third baseman.
    14. Sunday silence posted on July 24, 2012 at 01:41 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    imagine how good he'll be in next year's little league world series..
    15. Balkroth posted on July 24, 2012 at 01:55 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    That reminds me of Cross Game
    16. Meatwads stronger now, ready for the house posted on July 24, 2012 at 03:09 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Can mlb teams sign him before the npb gets ahold of him?
    17. FancyPantsHandle glistening with foreign substance posted on July 24, 2012 at 06:30 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    160kph [100mph]

    99
    18. Phil Coorey. posted on July 24, 2012 at 06:53 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0


    Can mlb teams sign him before the npb gets ahold of him?


    I think so, this was how the Sox got Tazawa I think.

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