Asians in MLB Baseball for 2007

[proazn]

Every year there seems to be more and more asians playing baseball. And it's true. As GM's and scouts start to realize asians can play baseball, more time and money are used to evaluate talent in asia. (there are some asian-americans, see below). Most asian players who play on Major League Baseball teams have had positive impacts and highly marketable. There are certainly more asians who can play at the MLB level, but because of contractual obligations are still playing in Asian leagues.


- New Asians players playing in MLB this year -

Daisake Matsuzaka - Pitcher - Boston Redsox - $100M to sign
http://matsuzaka.blogspot.com/
http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=493137
http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Baseball/MLB/2007/02/15/m021537A.jpg

Kei Igawa - Pitcher - New York Yankees
http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=506432
http://manolomen.com/images/Kei%20Igawa.jpg

Akinori Iwamura - 3rd Baseman - Tampa Bay DevilRays
http://tampabay.devilrays.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=493127
http://tampabay.devilrays.mlb.com/images/2006/12/02/FTyGeT8t.jpg

Hideki Okajima - Pitcher - Boston RedSox
http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=506606
http://mlb.mlb.com/images/2006/11/30/uwOWVGld.jpg




- Notable Asians in MLB this year -


Ichiro - CenterField - Seattle Mariners - AllStar (top vote getter)
http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=400085
http://img.timeinc.net/time/asia/features/heroes/images/nakata_ichiro.jpg

Hideki Matsui (aka Godzilla) - LeftField - New York Yankees - AllStar
http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=425686
http://best.goldsea.com/100/Photos/hideki.jpg

Kazuo Matsui - 2nd Baseman - Colorado Rockies
http://colorado.rockies.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=430565
http://img.timeinc.net/time/asia/magazine/2003/1208/matsui.jpg

Tadahito Iguchi - 2nd Baseman - Chicago WhiteSox - world champion
http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=435338
http://www.tadahito-iguchi.com/
http://www.joc.or.jp/past_games/atlanta/athlete/baseball/images/iguchi-t.jpg

Kenji Johjima - Catcher - Seattle Mariners
http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=492706
http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstStory/getimage.php?photoid=16829

So Taguchi - Left Field - St.Louis Cardinals - champion
http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=408039
http://static.flickr.com/99/283683403_d8896211e6_m.jpg

Chien Ming Wang - Pitcher - New York Yankees - All-star second in Cy Young voting
http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=425426
http://static.flickr.com/52/127749267_b63eeaebcf.jpg

[proazn]

Tomokazu Ohka - Pitcher - Toronto Blue Jays
http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=219594
http://imagesource.art.com/images/-/Tomo-Ohka---Studio-Portrait-Photofile-Photograph-C10107698.jpeg

Chan Ho Park - Pitcher - New York Mets - allstar
http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=120221
http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/images/2005/03/01/aJfl5CCI.jpg

Jae Seo - Pitcher - Tampa Bay DevilRays
http://tampabay.devilrays.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=150242
http://norfolktides.com.ismmedia.com/ISM2/NewsManager/847.gif.300.gif


- Young Asians playing in the minors with a chance to play in MLB -

Kurt Suzuki - Catcher - Oakland A's
http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=435559
http://members.tripod.com/bb_catchers/catchers/jb2004.jpg

Chin Lung Hu - ShortStop - Los Angeles Dodgers
http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=464341
http://www.minorleaguenews.com/graphics/baseball/Graphics/2006/08/15/ones2watch/O2WHu.jpg

Travis Ishikawa - 1st Baseman - San Francisco Giants
http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=448170
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/minowa/mlbzone/ttmishikawat1.jpg

Hee Seop Choi - 1st Baseman - Tampa Bay DevilRays
http://tampabay.devilrays.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=400292
http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/PHO/AAES010~Hee-Seop-Choi-Studio-Portrait-Photofile-Posters.jpg

[proazn]

....

[yoMAMA]

ichiro's one sexy metrosexual.

:biggrin:

[BeTheReds]

Ichiro is a bitch.

[stonedasian]

Ichiro is a bitch.\

what he said.

[yoMAMA]

Ichiro is a bitch.

a really good bitch.

http://www.craigmitchelldyer.com/blog/ichiro1.jpg

[BeTheReds]

Casualty #1

Hee Seop Choi now plays for Kia.

[BeTheReds]

\

what he said.

After losing a game vs the Korean national team... "Even the ball smelled like garlic, we couldn't hit it."

[BeTheReds]

a really good bitch.

http://www.craigmitchelldyer.com/blog/ichiro1.jpg

Can't argue with you there.

[stonedasian]

After losing a game vs the Korean national team... "Even the ball smelled like garlic, we couldn't hit it."

Really? wow, I just heard the shit talking before the game. Ignant and a sore looser, nice.

[deez nuts]

After losing a game vs the Korean national team... "Even the ball smelled like garlic, we couldn't hit it."

lol i guess garlic smell > rotten fish smell?

[yoMAMA]

After losing a game vs the Korean national team... "Even the ball smelled like garlic, we couldn't hit it."

This is an old slur against the Koreans by the Japanese.

It’s tantamount to white people saying all blacks eat watermelons.

[proazn]

I didn't know all blacks eat watermelons... I thought all blacks eat fried chicken.

[monkeygone2]

Ichiro's hard hitting interview w/ Bob Costas.

http://www.jacked.net/index2.php?&file=costasichiro.wmv&sort=Date&skip=0&show=1