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Michael Westbay
(aka westbaystars)
Founder
Right handed pitcher Tom Davey has been doing quite well dispite battling the usual problems related to coming off shoulder surgery about a year ago.
Now, the Carp have lost one of the the better gaijin hitters in Japan , second baseman Greg LaRocca, to a broken right thumb.
The Carp rely on their core of strong foreign players to offset their lack of native talent. It's a good thing that they still have a healthy John Bale and newly added (and thus far successful) Kenny Rayborn. I doubt that it makes much difference, though. The Carp need to add at least 3 or 4 very solid Japanese pitchers and a real shortstop to really have a chance at all.
Go Carp!
[Moved from Nichi-Bei forum. Not sure how it got there.]