baseball in japan compared baseball in the united states presented by tim ronning
TRANSCRIPT
Season
• 162 games in Major League Baseball
• 135-138 in Japanese league• Batting Averages very similar top
players around .300• Ticket Price $20 VS $16
What are the Benefits of Japanese baseball?
• A true world series?• Farm System? • A Place for Major League Baseball
players to go• Shane Mack
Awards of the Japanese PlayersRookie of the Year’s-Hideo Nomo 1995- Kaz Sasaki 2000-Ichiro 2001
MVP
-Ichiro 2001
Should These Japanese Players Be Allowed Rookie of the Year?• No, they have played pro ball for
years and they are to old• Hideki Matsui-29 yrs old• Yes, it’s there first year in the
league
Managements views
• Lou Pinella (TB Manager)-Doesn’t agree
• Allard Baird (KC GM)-Rules say he’s a rookie
Technique of Japanese Ichiro vs American Mark Mcgwire
({ICHIRO})
Ichiro Drives in One
http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/team/player_media.jsp?player_id=115135
536th hr
Where everything came from.• http://espn.starwave.com• http://us.news1.yimg.com• http://www.jsonline.com/sports/brew/image/1999/jun/nomo605
.jpg• http://sportsmed.starwave.com/media/mlb/2003/0115/photo/
g_matsui_i.jpg• http://jensbaseballgalleries.com• http://www.worldsound.com/keali/photos/jap09.jpg• http://www.leonwolf.com/images/various/nomo1.jpg• http://www.asianathlete.com/• Borden, Sam
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/story/135228p-120456c.html
• http://chronicle.augusta.com/images/headlines/032301/West_ACS_Baseball_Slide.jpg