The Official Swallows Win Thread

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Too bad they might not got enough to win it all this year, but Atsuya Furuta is still #1!!!!!!!

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Swallows 6, Carp 2

At Hiroshima Stadium, Shinya Miyamoto, Atsuya Furuta and Akinori Iwamura all hit solo homers to power Yakult over the Carp.

Jason Beverlin gave up two runs on six hits over seven innings to pick up the win.

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Spit or Swallows?

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My favorite Swallow.

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Originally posted by Skipaway
My favorite Swallow.

He doesn't draw enough walks!

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He looks a bit like a 'bemused dad' figure from a sitcom. I'm just guessing here, but you can't argue with 163 RBIs.

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Check more of his stats here: http://japanesebaseball.com/players/...p?PlayerID=289

He is basically the I-Rod of Japan. High BA with decent power. GREAT defense. Career CS%= .464!!!!!

Also 2 time MVP and 2 time Championships MVP.

He's also the pioneer of the labor talks in Japanese Baseball. The very first player to actually negotiate his own contract instead of accepting whatever offered.

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Originally posted by Skipaway
Check more of his stats here: http://japanesebaseball.com/players/...p?PlayerID=289

He is basically the I-Rod of Japan. High BA with decent power. GREAT defense. Career CS%= .464!!!!!

Also 2 time MVP and 2 time Championships MVP.

He's also the pioneer of the labor talks in Japanese Baseball. The very first player to actually negotiate his own contract instead of accepting whatever offered.

So he's the one who's going to ruin Japan's baseball?

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Originally posted by dougaiton
He looks a bit like a 'bemused dad' figure from a sitcom. I'm just guessing here, but you can't argue with 163 RBIs.

Well, it turns out it was 163 runs. Makes more sense, I suppose.

1992 .316/.422/.576 - pretty nice year there!

I note he didn't get intentionally walked until two years ago. Is there just no data for that stat previously, or could we call it the Bonds phenomenon traversing the pacific?

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Central League
Team 	Games 	Wins 	Losses 	Ties 	W% 	Home 	Away 	
Tigers 	39 	21 	18 	0 	.538 	11-10 	10-8 	
Giants 	40 	20 	20 	0 	.500 	10-10 	10-10 	
ByStrs 	37 	18 	18 	1 	.500 	9(1)8 	9-10 	
Drgons 	37 	18 	18 	1 	.500 	10-8 	8(1)10 	
Swllws 	36 	18 	18 	0 	.500 	10-7 	8-11 	
Carp 	39 	18 	21 	0 	.462 	10-10 	8-11 	

Pacific League
Team 	Games 	Wins 	Losses 	Ties 	W% 	Home 	Away 
Lions 	46 	29 	17 	0 	.630 	14-8 	15-9 	
Hawks 	45 	24 	19 	2 	.558 	13(2)10	11-9 	
Fghtrs 	45 	23 	21 	1 	.523 	13-9 	10(1)12 
Bffles 	46 	21 	24 	1 	.467 	12(1)8 	9-16 	
BlWave 	42 	18 	23 	1 	.439 	9-9 	9(1)14 	
Mrines 	46 	17 	28 	1 	.378 	11-16 	6(1)12

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Ties? Are rain-outs handled differently Skip, or are their no extra-inning encounters?

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Central League Batting Title Qualifiers (PA >= 3.1 * Team Games)
Name 	Team 	No. 	Games 	AB 	Runs 	Hits 	2B 	3B 	HR 	TB 	RBIs 	SB 	Sacs 	BB 	HBP 	K 	DP 	Avg 	RiSP 	OBP 	Slg 	Err
Abe 	YG 	10 	41 	150 	31 	54 	6 	0 	21 	123 	46 	0 	0 	18 	6 	26 	3 	.360 	.448 	.448 	.820 	1
Rhodes 	YG 	20 	41 	153 	34 	55 	4 	0 	19 	116 	39 	0 	0 	30 	2 	45 	3 	.360 	.378 	.470 	.758 	2
Furuta 	YS 	27 	35 	128 	22 	46 	5 	0 	8 	75 	28 	1 	0 	4 	5 	10 	2 	.359 	.375 	.401 	.586 	1
Maeda 	HC 	1 	40 	154 	22 	53 	10 	0 	9 	90 	25 	0 	0 	8 	2 	16 	2 	.344 	.217 	.384 	.584 	1
Shima 	HC 	55 	40 	164 	28 	56 	8 	1 	10 	96 	25 	2 	0 	14 	2 	31 	4 	.342 	.407 	.396 	.585 	3
Inoue 	CD 	9 	37 	123 	18 	41 	9 	0 	5 	65 	14 	0 	0 	17 	3 	18 	5 	.333 	.208 	.424 	.528 	1
Imaoka 	HT 	7 	40 	174 	25 	57 	12 	0 	12 	105 	35 	0 	0 	8 	0 	17 	5 	.328 	.474 	.357 	.603 	3

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Originally posted by dougaiton
Ties? Are rain-outs handled differently Skip, or are their no extra-inning encounters?

It's limited at 12 innings.

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From some other forum :

Re: The Players' Association Posted: Dec 12, 2002 10:25 AM

Posted by: CFiJ
The JPBPA is probably weak when compared to American sports unions, particlarly the mighty MLBPA. However, it's important to note the improvements they have made under the leadership of Atsuya Furuta. They have gained free agency, they have the right to negotiate with agents, and they are forcing discussion of more and more issues, which is much better than the situation just 10 years ago.

Also, you have to realize there is a huge difference between the ways Japanese unions operate and American unions. American unions set strike dates (and indeed strike) in order to force a deal. This would really be unthinkable in Japan, and much more emphasis is placed on management and union working together, negotiating without scare tactics. Japanese unions in general don't strike as much as American unions. There's a newsworthy strike or sick-out every year in America. I can't remember one single strike the whole time I was in Japan from 98-01.

The JPBPA is making great strides, and I feel it has a much better reputation in the press and among the fans, thanks in no small part, I think, to the clean-cut responsible image of Furuta. He's a warm, humorous, good-looking man, who embodies the Japanese ethic of work and obligation to society. Women like him, men respect him, and he's the kind of guy parents would have loved to have their daughters bring home. He ably communicates the positions of the JPBPA to the public. He has the JPBPA, and thus Japanese Baseball, headed in the right direction.

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The Swallows lost three straight after I set up this thread.

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Time to start Official Tigers/Giants/BayStars/Carp Wins threads.

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Is there any way to get audio broadcasts of Japanese games over the internet?

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http://dir.yahoo.co.jp/Recreation/Sp...et_Broadcasts/

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If you got some Japanese or international channel on cable, they might carry a Baseball Tonight kind of program made by NHK.

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Swallows 6, Dragons 4

At Jingu Stadium, Alex Ramirez, Katsuyuki Dobashi and Atsushi Furuta all homered off Kenshin Kawakami (6-3) to give Yakult an early lead and Akinori Iwamura capped the scoring with a solo shot in the eighth inning as Chunichi snapped a three-game winning streak.