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NPB Bullet Points (2008/07/24)

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NPB Bullet Points (2008/07/24)

by Patrick Newman (Jul 24, 2008)

Headlines from the Japanese side of the web tonight:

  • I caught a blurb on Softbank negotiating with a foreign power hitter in Sports Hochi. Says team COO Takeda, "when we reach the final stages we'll make an announcement. Currently we're negotiating". This report is a little old and doesn't hint at who it might be. Maybe negotiations didn't go anywhere.
  • Yu Darvish threw 165 pitches in Nippon Ham's July 23 loss to Lotte. Darvish hung around until the 8th inning, allowing 5 earned runs on 11 hits and 5 walks while striking out 10. Sanspo quotes Nippon Ham manager Nashida: "I thought we'd go until 140. He himself said that'd go. His love for the team is intense. I thought he's dependable". Ham pitching coach Masato Yoshii commented that Darvish didn't have his good stuff.
  • Chris Resop hit 98 MPH on the gun in a practice with Hanshin. The coaches seem impressed. Tomoyuki Kubota holds the Hanshin record for fastest pitch in a game at 157 KM/H (98.125 MPH).
  • Hiroshima made two minor trades recently that totally slipped by me. They picked up Rui Makino from Rakuten for Kenta Satake, and Akira Tanaka from Orix for Koji Yamazaki. There seem to be more trades happening in NPB recently.

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