Pachimon Players
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Pachimon Players
Of course all fans think that their team is unique but the Tigers fans carry it a bit further. Their players are the only ones who are entitled to the surnames and all the others are 'pachimon' (fakes or copies). Thus Giants have a pachimon Yano, Seibu a pachimon Kataoka and so on. Interestingly, when Tigers acquire a new player with the same name as another, that player becomes a pachimon. So Shinsuke Abe (Giants catcher) among his other nicknames is now also pachimon Abe.
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Re: Pachimon Players
[ Author: gotigersredsox | Posted: May 12, 2008 9:59 PM
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Funny, hadn't heard about that before. I imagine that extends to foreign players as well? So now we may have a pachimon Williams for Yokohama?
Re: Pachimon Players
[ Author: Christopher | Posted: May 13, 2008 6:52 PM
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Yes - he would be a pachimon Williams
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