Kazuo Reaches 3-3-3 Goal Plus Alpha
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Re: Kazuo Reaches 3-3-3 Goal Plus Alpha
[ Author: Guest: JinguLover | Posted: Sep 17, 2002 10:58 PM
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It seems like Cabrera's heat has transferred to the bats of Wada and Matsui! They both have been hitting homeruns for three consecutive games. I was wondering how many teams have had three batters hit over 35 homeruns in a season, since both Wada and Matsui will likely reach that mark. I can't recall any such feat happening in the recent past, so I was wondering if any teams have done it...
Re: Kazuo Reaches 3-3-3 Goal Plus Alpha
[ Author: Guest: Gary Garland | Posted: Sep 18, 2002 5:04 PM
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Kazuo Matsui is the first switch hitter to have gone .300-30-30 in Japanese history. One other more obscure note: he is the first player in Japanese history to have hit an inside the park homer leading off a game (it was then done a short time later the same season by someone from Hanshin and hasn't been done since), which he did a few years ago. Several others have done it leading off the BOTTOM of the first.
Re: Kazuo Reaches 3-3-3 Goal Plus Alpha
[ Author: Guest: Takumi Takahashi | Posted: Dec 7, 2003 6:28 AM
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Oh Yeah? I got a 5-5-5 Stolen Bas Plus Beta!
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Of course, the line on Matsui isn't final, but it's highly unlikely that he'll drop .026 points in the Lions' last 19 games. And the home runs and stolen bases have no where to go but up.
As an added bonus, Matsui has hit 38 doubles, the only player in the above list to have 30 or more in the same season, making it quadruple three's for this all around shortstop.
As for the Lions, team mates Alex Cabrera and Kazuhiro Wada both have above .300 averages, with Wada reaching 30 home runs last night (Sept. 15) together with Matsui. This is the first Pacific League team and only second in Pro Yakyu history to have three players at .300 with 30 homers since the 1985 Hanshin Tigers.
Now the world awaits the Matsui-Matsui match-up in the Nihon Series next month.