This is a site about Pro Yakyu (Japanese Baseball), not about who the next player to go over to MLB is. It's a community of Pro Yakyu fans who have come together to share their knowledge and opinions with the world. It's a place to follow teams and individuals playing baseball in Japan (and Asia), and to learn about Japanese (and Asian) culture through baseball.
It is my sincere hope that once you learn a bit about what we're about here that you will join the community of contributors.
Michael Westbay
(aka westbaystars)
Founder
A big thumbs down to Rakuten for changing the rules in the middle of the game, so to speak. This change just went into effect before the Giants games, oddly enough.
Might I suggest someone on this forum who can read Japanese create a username and password for all who are interested here to use. Barring that, maybe someone is willing at least to e-mail me (and whoever else tunes in to see Eagles games) with instructions on setting up an account. As far as I can tell, Rakuten is not charging, though I may be in error.
To you Eagles, I say "boo."