Baseball in Japan compared Baseball in the United States

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Baseball in Japan compared Baseball in the United
States

• Presented By Tim Ronning

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Different Play

• Team Sport
• Better Locker Room
• Less Aggressive
• Tori Hunter
• Benji Molina

3
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

4
Crowd

• Americans Rowdy
• Japanese Relaxed

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What are the Benefits of Japanese baseball?

• A true world series?
• Farm System?
• A Place for Major League Baseball players to go
• Shane Mack

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The Transfers
Ichiro
Nomo
Iguchi
Matsui
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Awards of the Japanese Players

• Rookie of the Years
• -Hideo Nomo 1995
• - Kaz Sasaki 2000
• -Ichiro 2001

• MVP
• -Ichiro 2001

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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, its there first year in the league

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Managements views

• Lou Pinella (TB Manager)-Doesnt agree
• Allard Baird (KC GM)-Rules say hes a rookie

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Technique of Japanese Ichiro vs American Mark
Mcgwire
(ICHIRO)
Ichiro Drives in One
http//mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/team/player_media.js
p?player_id115135
536th hr
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Technique
Greg Maddux
Hideo Nomo
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In Conclusion

• Different Play
• Transfers
• Techniques

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Where everything came from.

• http//espn.starwave.com
• http//us.news1.yimg.com
• http//www.jsonline.com/sports/brew/image/1999/jun
  /nomo605.jpg
• http//sportsmed.starwave.com/media/mlb/2003/0115/
  photo/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/base
  ball/story/135228p-120456c.html
• http//chronicle.augusta.com/images/headlines/0323
  01/West_ACS_Baseball_Slide.jpg