Comments on: Lim Back For 2010 http://tokyoswallows.com/2009/07/08/lim-back-for-2010/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lim-back-for-2010 An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball Tue, 22 May 2012 09:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: David Watkins http://tokyoswallows.com/2009/07/08/lim-back-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-1510 David Watkins Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:18:15 +0000 http://tokyoswallows.com/?p=3633#comment-1510 If I remember correctly, Furuta wanted to sign him but didn't receive backing from the front office. If I remember correctly, Furuta wanted to sign him but didn’t receive backing from the front office.

]]> By: Rob http://tokyoswallows.com/2009/07/08/lim-back-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-1509 Rob Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:20:37 +0000 http://tokyoswallows.com/?p=3633#comment-1509 And opportunities lost - Nori! I thought TYS was close to signing Nakamura before the Dragons grabbed him on the cheap a few years ago. This year's numbers with Rakuten are way down, but .274/24/72 in 2008 and .293/20/79 in 2007 were there for the taking, allowing Miyamoto to stay at short and, and, and.... And opportunities lost – Nori! I thought TYS was close to signing Nakamura before the Dragons grabbed him on the cheap a few years ago. This year’s numbers with Rakuten are way down, but .274/24/72 in 2008 and .293/20/79 in 2007 were there for the taking, allowing Miyamoto to stay at short and, and, and….

]]> By: Garrett DeOrio http://tokyoswallows.com/2009/07/08/lim-back-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-1508 Garrett DeOrio Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:22:38 +0000 http://tokyoswallows.com/?p=3633#comment-1508 Great news! Yet excitement leads to trepidation at the inevitable, as you point out. Purely as a pointless thought experiment, the possible line-up changes using former Swallows who are still active players: P- Greisinger and Dicky 3B - Iwamura (no amount of money would have kept him around, but. . .) OF - Rami-chan Inaba's bat would be welcome in the line-up again. Imagine any one or two of those guys being on the current team (even minus a recent acquisition or two to make it fair) and the team would be a dynasty in the making. As it stands, we get to sit here with the bittersweet joy of knowing that we'll keep developing and finding good players only to keep giving them to our rivals. The day will come soon when we'll need to make Giants jerseys reading "Tokyo OB Club." Not that I don't enjoy whining and pessimism, mind you. Great news! Yet excitement leads to trepidation at the inevitable, as you point out.

Purely as a pointless thought experiment, the possible line-up changes using former Swallows who are still active players:

P- Greisinger and Dicky
3B – Iwamura (no amount of money would have kept him around, but. . .)
OF – Rami-chan

Inaba’s bat would be welcome in the line-up again. Imagine any one or two of those guys being on the current team (even minus a recent acquisition or two to make it fair) and the team would be a dynasty in the making.

As it stands, we get to sit here with the bittersweet joy of knowing that we’ll keep developing and finding good players only to keep giving them to our rivals. The day will come soon when we’ll need to make Giants jerseys reading “Tokyo OB Club.”

Not that I don’t enjoy whining and pessimism, mind you.

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