Dice-who?

[Magnetic Curses]

Japanese baseball players are overrated. They aren't very good. I don't know why they keep on recruiting there. They only do good in Japan, because they're playing people who can't make it to the majors. They should just stick to recruiting in the Western hemisphere and say sayonara to players who come from Japan.

 

are you joking or what?

 

Yeah, I bet if we put together a team of only Japanese players, they'd never be able to beat players from other countries in an international exhibition. They would simply be over matched...

 

That exhibition means nothing. It was before the baseball season, most of the players the Americans sent weren't even in baseball shape yet. Look, Ichiro and Matsui are good but they are rare. Nomo, yea he won games one year, but where is he now? Otsuka isn't that great. I'm just saying the Red Sox must feel like suckers now paying all that money to a mediocre pitcher. Matsuzaka was good against Japanese hitting, but he can't handle MLB hitting. It's way over his league.

 

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[daske17]

Japanese baseball players are overrated. They aren't very good. I don't know why they keep on recruiting there. They only do good in Japan, because they're playing people who can't make it to the majors. They should just stick to recruiting in the Western hemisphere and say sayonara to players who come from Japan.

 

are you joking or what?

 

Yeah, I bet if we put together a team of only Japanese players, they'd never be able to beat players from other countries in an international exhibition. They would simply be over matched...

 

That exhibition means nothing. It was before the baseball season, most of the players the Americans sent weren't even in baseball shape yet. Look, Ichiro and Matsui are good but they are rare. Nomo, yea he won games one year, but where is he now? Otsuka isn't that great. I'm just saying the Red Sox must feel like suckers now paying all that money to a mediocre pitcher. Matsuzaka was good against Japanese hitting, but he can't handle MLB hitting. It's way over his league.

 

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:lol: :lol:

 

Simpsons humor never gets old.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Japanese baseball players are overrated. They aren't very good. I don't know why they keep on recruiting there. They only do good in Japan, because they're playing people who can't make it to the majors. They should just stick to recruiting in the Western hemisphere and say sayonara to players who come from Japan.

 

Xenophobia is grand, ain't it!

[ltb]

Japanese baseball players are overrated. They aren't very good. I don't know why they keep on recruiting there. They only do good in Japan, because they're playing people who can't make it to the majors. They should just stick to recruiting in the Western hemisphere and say sayonara to players who come from Japan.

 

Xenophobia is grand, ain't it!

 

he's not really conveying a fear of japanese players. he's just saying he doesn't think they're very good. there is a world of difference here.

[Magnetic Curses]

Japanese baseball players are overrated. They aren't very good. I don't know why they keep on recruiting there. They only do good in Japan, because they're playing people who can't make it to the majors. They should just stick to recruiting in the Western hemisphere and say sayonara to players who come from Japan.

 

Xenophobia is grand, ain't it!

 

he's not really conveying a fear of japanese players. he's just saying he doesn't think they're very good. there is a world of difference here.

 

i think we can read between the lines a bit there.

[Guest]

Because some Japanese players in the past haven't succeeded (some being a key word here), none will ever succeed.

 

And let's ignore that it has only been 6 starts.

[Mephistopheles]

I'd like to take this time to present Kosuke Fukudome's 2007 statline.

 

.352/.482/.686 in a pitchers park.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Japanese baseball players are overrated. They aren't very good. I don't know why they keep on recruiting there. They only do good in Japan, because they're playing people who can't make it to the majors. They should just stick to recruiting in the Western hemisphere and say sayonara to players who come from Japan.

 

Xenophobia is grand, ain't it!

 

he's not really conveying a fear of japanese players. he's just saying he doesn't think they're very good. there is a world of difference here.

 

i think we can read between the lines a bit there.

 

thanks, sulley!

[Magnetic Curses]

I'd like to take this time to present Kosuke Fukudome's 2007 statline.

 

.352/.482/.686 in a pitchers park.

 

and kenji johnjima looks to be a pretty decent offensive catcher in the AL.

[Soul]

Because some Japanese players in the past haven't succeeded (some being a key word here), none will ever succeed.

 

And let's ignore that it has only been 6 starts.

 

Well, to be fair it's not like the entire Japanese league is able to come here & tear it up.

 

That said, there's definitely talent over there that can compete at the MLB level. I think they impose a 9-year ban on leaving for the US too, so there could be some other players who fizzle before they get the chance to come here, but would have been able to compete during their peak window.

 

Seems to me it's a pretty high grade of baseball in Japan.