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
2006 CHIBA LOTTE MARINES:
Home Field: Chiba Marine Stadium
Manager: #02 - Bobby Valentine
PITCHERS: (24)
#18 - Naoyuki Shimizu
#31 - Shunsuke Watanabe
#41 - Hiroyuki Kobayashi
#29 - Shingo Ono
#16 - Yasutomo Kubo
#28 - Kousuke Katoh
#48 - Kouji Takagi
#14 - Satoru Komiyama
#42 - Kevin Beirne *From Osaka*
#12 - Soichi Fujita
#20 - Yasuhiko Yabuta
#30 - Masahide Kobayashi
#46 - Ken Yamasaki
#34 - Takashi Kawai
#51 - Shigetoshi Yamakita
#21 - Tatyuya Uchi
#17 - Satoshi Tejima
#54 - Tomohiro Kuroki
#60 - Yoshihasa Naruse
#11 - Yoshihide Kanada
#13 - Keita Asama
#35 - Terufumi Mishima
#64 - Hiromi Fujii
#15 - Masatoshi Yanagida
CATCHERS: (4)
#22 - Tomoya Satozaki
#33 - Tasuku Hashimoto
#45 - Toshiya Tsuji
#39 - Masahiko Tanaka
INFIELDERS: (11)
#07 - Tsuyoshi Nishioka
#08 - Toshiaki Imae
#09 - Kazuya Fukuura
#05 - Koichi Hori
#40 - Masato Watanabe
#52 - Hisao Heiuchi
#04 - Matt Franco
#68 - Keisuke Hayasaka
#69 - Mizuki Tanaka *From Fukuoka*
#58 - Takeshi Aono
#32 - Shunichi Nemoto *2006 Draft Pick*
OUTFIELDERS: (11)
#50 - Benny Agbayani
#03 - Saburo Ohmura
#23 - Akira Ohtsuka
#43 - Val Pascucci
#-0 - Kenji Morozumi
#25 - Naotaka Takehara
#10 - Shoitsu Omatsu
#38 - Tetsuya Kakiuchi
#47 - Jun Inoue
#24 - Kouji Hirashita
#44 - Takashi Kita