Keiichi Kojima
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Keiichi Kojima
Always triyng to find which players had a stint in USA I found a web site (www.japaneseballplayers.com - English and Japanese) stating that Keiichi Kojima is a former MLB/Minor League player (in the Texas Rangers organization), as are Kida, Kashiwada, Maeda... Do you know if it's true?
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Re: Keiichi Kojima
[ Author: westbaystars | Posted: Dec 6, 2002 11:24 PM
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First of all, interesting site. Thanks for bringing it up.
But to answer your question about Kojima, et. al. spending in the minors, it's a definate maybe. Well, I know that Kashiwada did before the Giants agreed to let him stay with the Mets for a season or two on loan.
Kashiwada, like many others, spent time as a kind of exchange student with MLB partner teams. Some go over for rehabilitation, some just for spring training, others for a year of development.
While Kashiwada being allowed to stay at the top team on loan is well known, it isn't unusual for lesser known players to work out with and play for some minor league teams for short periods. I think that that may be what you stumbled onto.
But to answer your question about Kojima, et. al. spending in the minors, it's a definate maybe. Well, I know that Kashiwada did before the Giants agreed to let him stay with the Mets for a season or two on loan.
Kashiwada, like many others, spent time as a kind of exchange student with MLB partner teams. Some go over for rehabilitation, some just for spring training, others for a year of development.
While Kashiwada being allowed to stay at the top team on loan is well known, it isn't unusual for lesser known players to work out with and play for some minor league teams for short periods. I think that that may be what you stumbled onto.
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