They Want to Play, but...
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Normally about this time in the season, the Carp start deep sea diving in the standings. But everyone is playing pretty well this season. Lopez' return has really sparked the team's offense. Tatsukawa-kantoku commented after yesterday's (6/27) announced rain out that the team has only played four games in the past 10 days. Today's rain out makes that 11 days.
Oh, and speaking of Lopez, he's riding an 8 game RBI streak. The Japan record is held by super star Bass (Hanshin) at 13 games. Lopez commented that he'll "try my best" to break the record. With Kanemoto batting third and Maeda batting fifth surrounding #4 Lopez, Nishida-batting coach says that the Carp's "zig-zag offense" is now perfected.
If only the rain would stop long enough to play.
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