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Can someone explain why Animal is so well known in Japan? Was he like the Bob Sapp of the 1980s in Japan? His stats don't look too amazing.
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Re: Animal
[ Author: 20X6!! | Posted: Oct 1, 2005 1:49 PM
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I'm not entirely sure, as I was 7 when he last played in Japan, but I think it wasn't necessarily his performance but his antics. He was rather like Jose Lima (the Royals this year, posting the MLB highest ever E.R.A. for a full year starting pitcher) - very fiery - and I suppose the Japanese saw it very intriguing, differing from the slightly more subdued attitudes of Japanese players in the late 1980s.
Re: Animal
[ Author: Guest | Posted: Oct 10, 2005 12:39 AM
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He's on that goofy TV show that just came to the States: "The Most Extreme Elimination Challenge."
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