Who is this Pitcher?
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Who is this Pitcher?
Please refer to this video on YouTube. Number 20 from Yakult Swallows. His breaking pitch is amazing!
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Re: Who is this Pitcher?
[ Author: westbaystars | Posted: Nov 17, 2006 5:32 PM
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Yuuya Kamada has worn #20 for Yakult since 2001. I'm not familiar with him myself, so I can't say for sure that this isn't an older video. But I don't think that the Giant batting was from 2006. I'll need some more time to study it.
Re: Who is this Pitcher?
[ Author: mijow | Posted: Nov 17, 2006 8:56 PM
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That's Tomohito Itoh, who actually wore #21. The Giants uniforms have "Tokyo" on the front, so the clip is definitely pre-2002, which is when the Giants changed their road uniforms to "Yomiuri."
Re: Who is this Pitcher?
[ Author: torakichi | Posted: Nov 17, 2006 8:49 PM
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Mmmm... the batter is Shinji Inoue, #52 for the Giants, who played between 1985 and 1998. This rather unofficial-looking site, shows that in those years, #20 for the Swallows were Shigeki Nakamoto (up to 1992), Tomohito Itoh (1992 - 1998), Jason Jacome (1999 - 2000), and Yuya Kamada.
This Japanese Wikipedia article contains a passage that translates as:
This Japanese Wikipedia article contains a passage that translates as:
Incredible rookieSo it could be him. The name on his jersey is unclear, but it looks not unlike "T. ITOH."
In 1993, Itoh had a stellar debut season, using his dynamic, MLB-like form to unleash a top-notch combination of 150km/h fastballs and 140+km sliders that bent at right angles and were known as the best in baseball. He racked up 16 Ks in one game, and finished the first half of the season with brilliant figures: 7-2 with an RBI of 0.91.
Re: Who is this Pitcher?
[ Author: BigManZam | Posted: Nov 17, 2006 10:01 PM
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It's Itoh. He has a bunch of videos up on YouTube right now.
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