Baseball in Japan compared Baseball in the United States

Presented By Tim Ronning

Different Play

• Team Sport• Better Locker

Room

• Less Aggressive• Tori Hunter • Benji Molina

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

Crowd• Americans Rowdy• Japanese Relaxed

What are the Benefits of Japanese baseball?

• A true world series?• Farm System? • A Place for Major League Baseball

players to go• Shane Mack

The Transfers

NomoIguchiMatsui

Ichiro

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

Technique

Greg MadduxHideo Nomo

In Conclusion

• Different Play• Transfers• Techniques

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