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Great Players who Never got the Chance

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Great Players who Never got the Chance
Before Nomo's defection to the MLB, Asian players had problems coming over to North America to play baseball, because either fans would call them traitors for leaving their professional leagues, or governments would do something to stop them from heading overseas.

Just wondering, in everyone's opinion, who were some good players from Japan/South Korea/Taiwan that could've matched up with MLB talent equally.

Mine is:
Japan - Sadaharu Oh, don't know if he ever showed interest of coming to MLB, but this man IS the all-time career HR king.

South Korea - Man-Soo Lee, great catcher in the Korean league, he's now the bullpen catcher for the Chicago White Sox.

Taiwan - Tai-Yuan Kuo (Taigen Kaku), like many Taiwanese players before Chin-Feng Chen, aka the close-minded era, the furthest a Taiwanese player could go was Japan.
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Re: Great Players who Never got the Chance
[ Author: Guest: JR | Posted: Jun 3, 2006 5:06 PM ]

Here's an interesting article by Jim Albright [Baseball Guru] that tries to project Oh's numbers in MLB. Of course it's just a projection, but it's an interesting analysis.

Peronsonally, I would have loved to have seen Oh play in MLB and have American pitchers continuously walk him when he got to 754 home runs. (Just a hint of sarcasm from someone not so fond of Oh's character.)
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