My favorite player is Tomohito Itoh of the Yakult Swallows. He won the rookie of the Year the year the Swallows won the first Nippon Series in 15 years. Smae...
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Takekuma Shingo
ys53@...
Mar 11, 2000 1:52 am
Sumo is doing better job of marketing its product than the Japanese baseball. I guess the reason Japanese baseball does not produce its products is all about...
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Michael Westbay
westbay@...
Mar 11, 2000 3:37 am
... I don't understand this. There is a demand, but the powers that be in Pro Yakyu don't seem to want to supply it. Why can't I buy a hat from any of the ...
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thomas Perry
tperry@...
Mar 11, 2000 4:01 am
... hello, i think troy neel is a big star over there. he's from my home town in texas. thomas...
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Bob Timmermann
btimmer@...
Mar 11, 2000 4:11 am
I would echo Westbay's comments. When I returned from my vacation from Japan, everyone wanted to know where I could get a JPB cap. I think a Buffaloes cap...
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aladdinsane
aladdinsane@...
Mar 11, 2000 5:38 am
There are a few players I've liked, but one that stands out is Ochiai. The reason for that was because he put his foot in the bucket (for those who've never...
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Jeffrey Sams
jeffs@...
Mar 11, 2000 1:20 pm
Itoh has also shown interest in going to the Majors. He rehabbed with the Indians. ... From: Takekuma Shingo <ys53@...> To: <j-ball@egroups.com> Sent:...
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Jeffrey Sams
jeffs@...
Mar 11, 2000 1:20 pm
Sumo is looking very unpopular these days. Of course, the spoet that will probably grow the most is J-League. Gambling starts next year(a small test begins in...
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Sportkrank@...
Mar 11, 2000 1:40 pm
The sports clothing market has saturated deeply in American retail. You can buy Yankee hats at gas stations in Ohio. Now that junior is with the Reds, you...
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Takekuma Shingo
ys53@...
Mar 11, 2000 4:29 pm
I occationaly wear the buffaloes cap in here NJ. Some people tell me it's a nice cap. Someone even told me he wanted me to get the buffaloes cap for him. I...
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Takekuma Shingo
sbt14@...
Mar 11, 2000 4:38 pm
I would love New Era to make the Japanese league caps with the Chinese characters,especially the Yakult Swallows. ... ...
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Shingo Takekuma
sbt14@...
Mar 11, 2000 5:12 pm
Troy Neel was a star once. He never achieved a super star status. ... ______________________________________________________...
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Michael Westbay
westbay@...
Mar 12, 2000 2:31 pm
... My understanding was that Hasegawa had lived in the U.S. before, either as a college student or for several months during off seasons. So even before...
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Michael Westbay
westbay@...
Mar 12, 2000 2:54 pm
... I do remember a high schooler refusing the Japanese draft in favor of the U.S. draft. He got a good write up in Shukan Baseball, but I don't remember ever...
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robert & junee' s...
bpi@...
Mar 13, 2000 5:24 am
As far back as I can remember the attitude of the Japanese business people concerning baseball cards, caps, apparrel etc. has been that these are things for...
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Thomas M. Perry
tperry@...
Mar 13, 2000 5:49 am
hello, i am looking for troy neel japansese cards form 1996-2000 if you have any for trade or sell, please let me know. thomas...
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John Traub
jtraub@...
Mar 13, 2000 12:37 pm
Is Nomo's agent, Don or Dan Nomura, part American? Couls someone explain the relationship? I understand Nomura, the manager, has quite a character and quite a...
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Jeffrey Sams
jeffs@...
Mar 13, 2000 2:52 pm
Her first husband(Dan's father) was foreign. American I think, but I am not sure. ... From: John Traub <jtraub@...> To: <j-ball@eGroups.com> Cc:...
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ira horowitz
rohari@...
Mar 13, 2000 7:11 pm
Any thoughts on the hypothesis that the pitchers in the Nippon Leagues would, under any and all circumstances, prefer to pitch cautiously and issue a base on...
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Michael Westbay
westbay@...
Mar 14, 2000 3:47 am
... But who buys the goods for the children? And where? Sure, a kid can pick up baseball cards right along side Pokemon cards at the local department store....
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Michael Westbay
westbay@...
Mar 14, 2000 4:00 am
... Well, there are a number of "sayonara"; walks each season. Does that mean that the pitcher was being overly cautious or simply lacked control? You'd have...
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Aki Tohei
akiman@...
Mar 14, 2000 12:46 pm
Hello, A friend of mine in Chicago was requested to provide a Japanese translation to the song "Take Me Out to the Ballgame." Does anyone know of a Japanese...
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drivkin@...
Mar 15, 2000 11:22 pm
I'd like to thank everyone who's responded to my request for expert help on Pro Yakyu. I've gotten in touch with many of you and your replies have been very ...
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aladdinsane
aladdinsane@...
Mar 16, 2000 1:00 am
And a big salute to you Dan for making such an honest attempt to do it right. I don't know if you saw the rebroadcast of the Japanese League-Major League...
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aladdinsane
aladdinsane@...
Mar 16, 2000 1:08 am
Giants slugger Kiyohara is suing Shuukan Post and its publisher Shogakukan for defamation due to an article in that magazine about the first baseman's training...
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Michael Westbay
westbay@...
Mar 16, 2000 1:17 am
... Nikkan Sports ran this yesterday. I, too, had trouble with a lot of the article. What I think I understood was that the article said that Kiyohara...
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aladdinsane
aladdinsane@...
Mar 16, 2000 1:40 am
According to Sankei Sports, Giants pitcher Uehara Koji will pitch one inning on the 27th against the Cubs. In the usual breathless way of the Japanese yakyuu...
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Shingo Takekuma
ys53@...
Mar 16, 2000 1:44 am
The Japanese version of " Take Me Out to the Ballgame " was played in the movie " The Bad News Bears Goes to Japan" (1978) In the End of the movie,the Japanese...
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Dan Latham
drlatham@...
Mar 16, 2000 2:23 am
... This is an excerpt from the Kyodo News wire story that the Asahi Evening News ran yesterday: Asahi Evening News March 15, 2000 Kiyohara files suit Kyodo...
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Steve Yin
teyin@...
Mar 16, 2000 2:38 am
I believe Angels did approach him around the draft time at the end of 1998, and that was reported in Yomiuri Daily News, probably Japan Daily Sun (published in...
