We’ve had plenty to be pessimistic about over the last couple months years, so I thought it might be a good idea to talk about one of the positives that the team can claim at the moment. Meet infielder Kazuhiro Hatakeyama. The 26-year-old from Iwate prefecture is currently in his 8th season with the club, [...]
Say hello to Valdez (a.k.a. Shiroishi is useless)
June 10, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Yakult have announced the signing of the 30 year old Wilson Valdez from South Korean outfit the KIA Tigers. Wilson hails from the Dominican Republic, and has been on the books of both the Seattle Mariners and the L.A. Dodgers in a short and unspectacular stint in the MLB (111 games, .211, 1 HR, 20 RBI). He [...]
