Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
November 28, 2006
Adding From the East

Fire Brand of the American League is happy the Red Sox are going after Japanese pitcher Hideki Okajima:

I like this for many reasons: One, it appears the Orioles are gobbling up every potential setup man on the market without the Sox getting anyone. Secondly, his numbers last season were filthy: 2.14 ERA, 63 K in 54 IP. In addition to Okajima's effectiveness, I'm willing to bet this is to help Matsuzaka's transition - a fellow Japanese player speaking the same language and going through the same adjustment period.

And if for some reason they fail to sign Matsuzaka, they still have a Japanese presence on the club that will help them sell to Asia.


Posted by David Pinto at 10:40 PM | Pitchers | TrackBack (0)
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And in other Japanese player news, So Taguchi is headed back to the Cardinals it seems...

Posted by: JeremyR at November 29, 2006 04:28 AM

Just out of curiosity, how does having a Japanese player help the Red Sox "sell to Asia"?
It helps them sell to Japan. Does anyone really think that Koreans are all excited about a Japanese player on the Sox?

Posted by: James at November 29, 2006 07:48 AM

Well, I'm from Taiwan, I want to see all the Asian players succeed in America.

Posted by: Frank at December 4, 2006 01:26 AM
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