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Watanabe: Virtual Perfect Ejection
With a virual perfect game going at Chiba Marine Stadium, Lotte's Watanabe Shunsuke hit the lead-off batter, Teppei, in the back of the head in the top of the 7th inning. It was ruled a dangerous pitch (even with the rain coming down), and Watanabe was ejected.

The Rakuten Golden Eagles had only one other base runner in the game, also a hit batsman, but he was erased on a double play.

Uchi came in to pitch for the ejected Watanabe, got a double play, and the third out of the inning. So there's still a no-hitter going at Chiba Marine Stadium in the 7th inning, with the combined pitchers throwing to the minimum number of batters. Marines are leading 6-0.
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Re: Watanabe: Virtual Perfect Ejection
[ Author: Guest | Posted: Apr 29, 2006 5:10 PM ]

That was a poor decision to eject Watanabe.
  1. It wasn't intentional.
  2. Teppei stepped into homeplate with his bunt and absolutely froze up, the pitch wouldn't have come close to a normal batter's head.
Let alone the rain.
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Re: Watanabe: Virtual Perfect Ejection
[ Author: Guest: JR | Posted: May 1, 2006 10:50 PM ]

I believe it might be an automatic ejection if you hit someone in the head with a pitch in Japan, whether intentional or not. That's why Watanabe had no argument, even considering the rain and the batter's freezing up at the plate. Can someone confirm this?
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Re: Watanabe: Virtual Perfect Ejection
[ Author: Something Lions | Posted: May 2, 2006 12:33 AM | SL Fan ]

Yeah I agree. It's unfortunate though. Usually Japanese play by the book, and the book only.
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