Yabu in MLB
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Re: Yabu in MLB
[ Author: Guest: Jim Albright | Posted: Jan 10, 2005 1:20 AM
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Here's his major league equivalents for the past few years: [Link - Baseball Guru]
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Would anyone like to speculate about his possible success (or otherwise) in California?
Also, while I knew that Yabu had tried hard to pick up as much English as possible over the years, and that he was one of the more communicative Japanese players with foreign suketto, apparently he's actually quite a bit better at English than that description lets us imagine. One interpreter said not only can Yabu communicate in a baseball setting, but he should have no problem in daily life, either. Wow, was anyone else on this forum aware of that? It'll be interesting to see his "unveiling" press conference in the U.S.