Tanishige goes for Dragons
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Yokohama's offer was 1-oku yen less than Chunichi's - both for four years, and they really made him feel that he was needed. As of the middle of last week, Tanishige had decided to go with either Chunichi or the Majors.
Tanishige did get three offers from Major League teams, and the press seemed to think that San Diego had the best shot of signing Sasaki's former catcher. However, with the reduction of two teams in North America, a possible lock out to start the season, and other problems, Tanishige the family-man felt that the risk of heading over this off season was too great.
Personally, I was hoping he'd join Shinjo in San Francisco, but... Ah, it's getting to be harder to watch my BayStars go against Chunichi now - now that they have Tanishige and Haru, both of whom I really like. I guess the age of ball players (and managers) volunarilly swapping loyalties has finally reached Japan.
On the bright side, Aikawa will finally get a real chance to play every day. And it seems to me that he has done pretty well as the substitute catcher during the few short instances while 'Shige was out these past couple of years.