There will be 12 Japanese players palying in MLB (maybe three more) next season. How many of them do you know?
2006-12-20 00:04:19 · 8 answers · asked by area52 6 in Sports ➔ Baseball
ano...well...here goes...
So Taguchi (OF) St Louis Cardinals
Akinori Iwamura (IF) Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Takashi Saito (P) Los Angeles Dodgers
Kenji Johjima (C) Seattle Mariners
Ichiro Suzuki (OF) Seattle Mariners
Akinori Otsuka (P) Texas Rangers
Daisuke Matsuzaka (P) Boston Red Sox
Hideki Okajima (P) Boston Red Sox
Kazuo Matsui (IF) Colorado Rockies
Tadahito Iguchi (IF) Chicago White Sox
Hideki Matsui (OF) New York Yankees
Kei Igawa (P) New York Yankees
There is also an American born (Seattle, WA) Japanese player! Travis Ishikawa (IF) San Francisco Giants
Tomo Ohka (P) Milwaukee Brewers was not optioned and has not currently been picked up by a team. Funny since Chris Capuano spent a good portion of last season learning Japanese!
Did I win? Ganbatte!
p.s. I do not know any of these players personally, only in my dreams! However Tadihito did wave at me from his Mercedes after 2005 ALCS game. Ahh, daisukidesu! Kawaii!
2006-12-20 21:14:40 · answer #1 · answered by cherokeekaraoke 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I can think of 11:
Daisuke Matsuzaka - Red Sox
Kei Igawa - Yankees
Hideki Matsui - Yankees
Akinori Iwamura - Devil Rays
Ichiro Suzuki - Mariners
Tad Iguchi - White Sox
Kenji Johjima - Mariners
Tom Ohka - Brewers
Akinori Otsuka - Rangers
Takashi Saito - Dodgers
So Taguchi - Cardinals
I know that Dave Roberts was born in Japan, but I don't think he really counts! Or does he?
2006-12-20 01:48:04 · answer #2 · answered by Craig S 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It was once excellent in conception, however now not each workforce has a usual rival just like the Sox/Cubs or Yanks/Mets. Having an imbalance among the 2 leagues makes scheduling a little bit extra bizarre in my view, as good. Add to that the lack of the nostalgiac believe and I utterly trust the transfer. Sometimes much less is extra because the historic cliche is going.
2016-09-03 15:19:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dice-K, So Taguchi, Igawa, Saito of the Dodgers, Ichiro, Johjima and Iguchi.
2006-12-20 00:09:38 · answer #4 · answered by Michael N 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Three, BoSox signed Daisuke Matsuzaka (SP)
NY Yankees signed are close to signing KEi Igawa (SP)
have Hideki Matsui (OF)
Tampa Bay - signed Akinori Iwamura (3B)
Seattle MAriners have Ichiro Suzuki (OF)
2006-12-20 00:16:21 · answer #5 · answered by Kevin L 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Too many atleast 12-13 guys.
2006-12-20 06:09:53 · answer #6 · answered by thealmightysonics 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Haven't met a single one. Thanks for asking though! :-)
2006-12-20 03:14:18 · answer #7 · answered by blueyeznj 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i know the good ones
TAGUCHI
ICHRIO
2006-12-20 02:23:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋