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Is Saitoh Coming Back?

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Is Saitoh Coming Back?
Hi, guys! I saw this topic in SoftBank Hawks' website. Is he ready to play again? I'm not Japanese and I don't live in Japan, so I can't read Japanese. Can somebody give it a shot? Pleassssssseeeee.
斉藤和投手が予定通り、30日のウエスタン・サーパス戦(雁の巣)に先発する。63日ぶりの実戦復帰登板となった23日の2軍中日戦(ナゴヤ)では、3回1安打無失点。その後の右肩の回復具合も良好で、次戦は5回、100球をメドに登板することになりそうだ。「(右肩の経過は)いいよ。(調整は)予定通りだし、次は自分なりに(目標を)設定している。中途半端に戻りたくないしね」。この日は西戸崎室内練習場(福岡市東区)で行われた2軍居残り練習に参加。ウエートトレを中心に約4時間、汗を流した。
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Re: Is Saitoh Coming Back?
[ Author: westbaystars | Posted: Jun 26, 2007 8:57 PM | YBS Fan ]

The article you quote says that he's on pace with his rehabilitation. He threw on the 23rd against Chunichi's ni-gun team in Nagoya, throwing 3 innings and allowing just one hit and no runs. This was his first appearance in a game in 63 days. He'll throw in another ni-gun game on the 30th against Surpass (Orix's farm team), where he's scheduled to go 5 innings.

This Sanspo article [in Japanese] states that Oh-kantoku is looking to have Saitoh back with the top club around July 10th.
Re: Is Saitoh Coming Back?
[ Author: Guest: inHAWKSanity | Posted: Jun 27, 2007 1:01 AM ]

Wow! That's great! Thank you so much.
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