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The Venezuelan Gonzalez says that when he got to Japan, the first thing that Hara-kantoku told him was that he was expected to play second base, a position that Gonzalez had once gone 107 straight games at without committing an error. The Giants had nine second basemen in 2006, and the position was Kosaka's to lose last year. With the signing of Gonzalez, it looks like Kosaka may have done that, especially considering that Nishi was traded to Yokohama.
I know that in the past I've been critical of much of the English press' focus on the foreign players here in Japan. But Smaal-san gives a lot of good background to these foreign players that he's writing about for those of us who don't follow MLB. In that regard, his articles have been quite interesting. (It would be nice if he'd mention what's to become of Kosaka, though.)