Team Japan: Final Baseball Rosters Announced
Posted 07-17-2008 at 05:05 AM by Gwynar
Senichi Hoshino announced the finals rosters for Team Japan 2008.
I'll see if I can post some stats up a little later.
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Manager / Coaches Manager Senichi Hoshino Batting Coach Tabuchi Kouichi Fielding & Running Coach Kouji Yamamoto Pitching Coach Yutaka Ohno Pitchers Koji Uehara Yomiuri Giants Kenshin Kawakami Chunichi Dragons Hitoki Iwase Chunichi Dragons Kyuji Fujikawa Hanshin Tigers Yu Darvish Nippon Ham Fighters Yoshihisa Naruse Lotte Marines Tsuyoshi Wada Softbank Hawks Toshiya Sugiuchi Softbank Hawks Masahiro Tanaka Rakuten Golden Eagles Hideaki Wakui Seibu Lions Catchers Shinnosuke Abe Yomiuri Giants Akihiro Yano Hanshin Tigers Tomoya Satozaki Lotte Marines Infielders Masahiro Araki Chunichi Dragons Takahiro Arai Hanshin Tigers Shuichi Murata Yokohama Bay Stars Shinya Miyamoto Yakult Swallows Tsuyoshi Nishioka Lotte Marines Munenori Kawasaki Softbank Hawks Hiroyuki Nakajima Seibu Lions Outfielders Masahiko Morino Chunichi Dragons Norichika Aoki Yakult Swallows Atsunori Inaba Nippon Ham Fighters Takahiko (GG) Sato Seibu Lions
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A lot of these guys are on the various leader boards of both leagues. Kawakami(2.21) is leading the Central League in ERA, and Darvish(1.93) is leading the Pacific League. Nakajima, Sato, Aoki, Arai, etc. are having good years with the bats as well. I would think they would have to be one of the favorites to win the gold.Posted 07-17-2008 at 10:56 AM by knucklehead7 
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It almost seems a little unfair...
That said, it'll be interesting to see how they play. The media over here keeps on hyping up the event like there's no tomorrow. The whole revenge plot line has been established and Team Japan is apparently on a mission to win what they were supposed to win during the Olympics in Athens 4 years ago.
It's all kind of silly though. If there's one sport that can't really be judged in a short series, it's baseball. And in the case of the Olympics, it's all just a bunch of 1-offs over a course of what, 7 games? Teams can easily go on torrid streaks that last that long.
Scheduling 3-5 games serieses is probably asking to much, but if you really want to know which teams are good, you certainly need more than 1 game against a piece.Posted 07-17-2008 at 11:45 AM by Gwynar 
