Orix Incompetence

But LaRocca, Rhodes, and Cabrera are very powerful. The pitching staff is not good, though.

I agree, the pitching staff is not good. But you must keep in mind that they lost their top 3 starters (Hirano, Davey, and Kishida) during spring training. Definitely not easy to bounce back from. Is there any word on when those 3 will be coming back?

Now it looks as if they have had to dig too deep into their depleted minor leagues. It all has to go back to the front office for not developing good young players. They need to get rid of the incompetent front office and bring a whole new front office staff in. It can't get worse, can it?

I just feel bad for Collins with the players they have given him to try and compete. It's not fair.

As for the "Big Boys," they need to get hot quick to keep the Orix boat afloat or it's going to be another long summer for the mighty herd.

Don't forget about all the money they have been paying Kiyohara to pose for the newspapers for the last 3 seasons. What a waste.

But the problem is that Japanese like him. Japanese Orix fans don't think it's a waste. Most of them like Kiyohara so much.

Any fan who likes Kiyohara after his recent years of absolute failure do not understand the game of baseball. He is a sinkhole for the team, even if he sells t-shirts.

Some people say he plays an important roll in teams. For example, foreign players, like LaRocca, Rhodes, and Cabrera, might be isolated from the other Japanese players in the team. But he is so good at building relationships within them. He works as sort of a lubricant.