Ed. Note: While MLB teams, fans, and fantasy baseball players are keenly interested in getting their grubby paws on the next Hideki Okajima, player movement from Japanese clubs to MLB is somewhat of a touchy issue for fans of Nippon Pro Baseball. Some journalists that cover NPB spit, scowl, and become venomous when you ask […]

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In pitching for the last place Kia Tigers this year pitcher Yoon Suk-min has accumulated 17 losses.
But in a Sept. 11 start against the Hanhwa Eagles Yoon entered the record books with a most dubious distinction. He hit the first three batters he faced.

Surprisingly Yoon is not nearly as bad as his record(s) would indicate. He’s won seven games against the […]

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Watch out Yankees, Red Sox and Mariners.
Hensley Meulens and the Pirates are right behind you, and they’re armed with credit cards they can use in Japan and anywhere else in the world.

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