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/pl...ayer_id=493137


Kei Igawa - Pitcher - New York Yankees
http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/team/...ayer_id=506432


Akinori Iwamura - 3rd Baseman - Tampa Bay DevilRays
http://tampabay.devilrays.mlb.com/te...ayer_id=493127


Hideki Okajima - Pitcher - Boston RedSox
http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/team/pl...ayer_id=506606





- Notable Asians in MLB this year -


Ichiro - CenterField - Seattle Mariners - AllStar (top vote getter)
http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=400085


Hideki Matsui (aka Godzilla) - LeftField - New York Yankees - AllStar
http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/team/...ayer_id=425686


Kazuo Matsui - 2nd Baseman - Colorado Rockies
http://colorado.rockies.mlb.com/team...ayer_id=430565


Tadahito Iguchi - 2nd Baseman - Chicago WhiteSox - world champion
http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/team...ayer_id=435338
http://www.tadahito-iguchi.com/


Kenji Johjima - Catcher - Seattle Mariners
http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/team...ayer_id=492706


So Taguchi - Left Field - St.Louis Cardinals - champion
http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/tea...ayer_id=408039


Chien Ming Wang - Pitcher - New York Yankees - All-star second in Cy Young voting
http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/team/...ayer_id=425426

[proazn]

Tomokazu Ohka - Pitcher - Toronto Blue Jays
http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/team...ayer_id=219594


Chan Ho Park - Pitcher - New York Mets - allstar
http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/team/pla...ayer_id=120221


Jae Seo - Pitcher - Tampa Bay DevilRays
http://tampabay.devilrays.mlb.com/te...ayer_id=150242



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

Kurt Suzuki - Catcher - Oakland A's
http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/tea...ayer_id=435559


Chin Lung Hu - ShortStop - Los Angeles Dodgers
http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/te...ayer_id=464341


Travis Ishikawa - 1st Baseman - San Francisco Giants
http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/t...ayer_id=448170


Hee Seop Choi - 1st Baseman - Tampa Bay DevilRays
http://tampabay.devilrays.mlb.com/te...ayer_id=400292

[proazn]

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[yoMAMA]

ichiro's one sexy metrosexual.

[BeTheReds]

Ichiro is a bitch.

[stonedasian]

Originally Posted by BeTheReds

Ichiro is a bitch.

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what he said.

[yoMAMA]

Originally Posted by BeTheReds

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]

Originally Posted by stonedasian

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what he said.

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

[BeTheReds]

Originally Posted by yoMAMA

a really good bitch.

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

Can't argue with you there.

[stonedasian]

Originally Posted by BeTheReds

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]

Originally Posted by BeTheReds

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]

Originally Posted by BeTheReds

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?&fi...&skip=0&show=1