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Sorry for the game... The RHP Tanaka,Number 15, is another monster who will come to the States in the near future. His age is not 28 as shown in ESPN, but only 20.

It is a difficult game for me as a Japanese Brewers-fan. Go Braun and Japan!

I moved from Japan to Madison last year. All I had known about Brewers then was that there's a son of Cecil Filder. Now I have 2 uniforms of Prince and 1 of Ryan. Go Brewers!

Hanshin Tiger expect him as a right fielder with at least 25 HR. They are famous for poor scouting, though they made a great success with Cesil Fielder 20 years ago. By the way, there is another rumer that some Japanese teams are interested in Branyan.

Here is a link to Youtube. You can see her nuckle balls from 0:48 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A2zvmLSH1I Isn't it just a slow ball?

Rotoworld predicts Kawakami and Uehara's deals as more than 20m with 3 years. http://www.rotoworld.com/...id=2&articleid=31052&pg=1 Rather, ex-Renger Akinori Otsuka seems to be cheap and effective as a closer.

I think nobody remember Macha as a player, but he is still famous in Japan, where he ended his career as a player. He showed great leadership and was beloved by team members and fans. When he was a kid, Ichiro Suzuki got Macha's autograph in Nagoya Stadium. This is link to a picture of his last-game ceremony. http://www.sponichi.co.jp...lNormal20080917153_p.html In Japan, it is very rare that a foreign player has an event like this.

Japanese media reported Hanshin Tigers is also interested in Kevin Mench.

Japan has already paid the debt by Dave Nilsoon ?AVG180 with 18 Games only?. By the way, Nomura is in prison now for drug dealing.

He always says he is not interested in the MLB, but I (as a Japanese) think Japanese league is too small for him. Since he is a half-Iranian, politics can be a matter for his future contract. His picthing in 2006 (Youtube). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfT9CLCdhyc The velocity was about 93-94mph then, but nowadays he throws 96-98 with fine control.

Fukudome once was a terrible infielder but has successfully converted to a fine outfielder. Let's hire the Japanese coach for Ryan (and for LaPorta)http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

There is another Japanese monster, Yu Darvish. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Darvish but he'll cost more than Matsuzaka...

In the year 2005, I watched and booed for him in Japan. His AVG/OBP there were .153/.217... Now I can't believe he is the same person.

Kapler and Dillon once played for Japanese Giants. I was booing for them and cheering for Fukudome in Tokyo Dome Stadium, but I'll go to Millar Park as a Brewers fan tomorrow. Yep, baseball is the international pastime.

As a fan of Brewers and Fukudome(Sorry, guys), it's a nice game. When Fukudome hit a HR, some Cubs fans held Japanese signs "It's just an accident" It corresponds to what Google translate "It's gonna happen", but... Japanese MLB fans burst into laugh.