Baseball in Japan compared Baseball in the United States
Presented By Tim Ronning
Different Play
• Team Sport
• Better Locker Room
• Less Aggressive
• Tori Hunter • Benji Molina
Season
• 162 games in Major League Baseball • 135-138 in Japanese league • Batting Averages very similar top players around .300 • Ticket Price $20 VS $16
Crowd
• Americans Rowdy • Japanese Relaxed
What are the Benefits of Japanese baseball?
• A true world series? • Farm System? • A Place for Major League Baseball players to go
• Shane Mack
The Transfers
Ichiro
Matsui
Iguchi
Nomo
Awards of the Japanese Players
Rookie of the Year’s -Hideo Nomo 1995 - Kaz Sasaki 2000 -Ichiro 2001 MVP -Ichiro 2001
Should These Japanese Players Be Allowed Rookie of the Year?
• No, they have played pro ball for years and they are to old • Hideki Matsui-29 yrs old • Yes, it’s there first year in the league
Managements views
• Lou Pinella (TB Manager)Doesn’t agree • Allard Baird (KC GM)-Rules say he’s a rookie
Technique of Japanese Ichiro vs American Mark Mcgwire
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Ichiro Drives in One
536th hr
http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/team/player_media.jsp?player_id=115135
Technique
Hideo Nomo Greg Maddux
In Conclusion
• Different Play • Transfers • Techniques
Where everything came from.
• http://espn.starwave.com • http://us.news1.yimg.com • http://www.jsonline.com/sports/brew/image/1999/jun/nom o605.jpg • http://sportsmed.starwave.com/media/mlb/2003/0115/phot o/g_matsui_i.jpg • http://jensbaseballgalleries.com • http://www.worldsound.com/keali/photos/jap09.jpg • http://www.leonwolf.com/images/various/nomo1.jpg • http://www.asianathlete.com/ • Borden, Sam http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/story/135228 p-120456c.html • http://chronicle.augusta.com/images/headlines/032301/We st_ACS_Baseball_Slide.jpg