Kitei Daseki?
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Kitei Daseki?
I've got a pretty good grasp of Japanese, but I finally ran across a term that's giving me a little trouble in figuring out the exact English baseball meaning, and I was hoping someone more proficient in Japanese could help me out. This article (in Japanese) on the Nikkan Sports website is stating that Softbank Hawks player Katsuhiko Miyaji finally racked up enough at bats to qualify for kitei daseki. I'm not exactly sure, but I'm guessing it has to do with being eligable to have a shot for the batting title? The Japanese dictionaries are only giving me "regulation at batting" or other related terms. What exactly is the term for racking up a certain number of at bats to qualify for the batting title, if there is one? Or am I completely off the mark here?
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Re: Kitei Daseki?
[ Author: 20X6!! | Posted: Sep 15, 2005 4:57 PM
| FSH Fan
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You're exactly right. Daseki technically means "plate appearances" (dasuu is "at-bats"), and kitei-daseki basically means "enough plate appearances to qualify for the batting title," which in both Japan and MLB is 3.1 PA per game.
The article was basically saying that in all 16 years of his career, Miyaji for the first time has enough plate appearances this to qualify for the batting title (because he'd been a utility person through his years with the Lions and Hawks).
If you're asking for the English term, my big long winded explanation in quotes is about as close as it gets, but the Japanese is kitei-daseki. I hope that answers the question.
The article was basically saying that in all 16 years of his career, Miyaji for the first time has enough plate appearances this to qualify for the batting title (because he'd been a utility person through his years with the Lions and Hawks).
If you're asking for the English term, my big long winded explanation in quotes is about as close as it gets, but the Japanese is kitei-daseki. I hope that answers the question.
Re: Kitei Daseki?
[ Author: Jingu Bleacher Bum | Posted: Sep 16, 2005 8:49 AM
| YAK Fan
]
Thanks for the clarification. Much appreciated.
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