No restrictions: 33.7%
4 foreigners: 24.5%
3 foreigners: 12.2%
2 foreigners: 12.2%
0 foreigners: 2.0%
Other: 15.4%
This is a site about Pro Yakyu (Japanese Baseball), not about who the next player to go over to MLB is. It's a community of Pro Yakyu fans who have come together to share their knowledge and opinions with the world. It's a place to follow teams and individuals playing baseball in Japan (and Asia), and to learn about Japanese (and Asian) culture through baseball.
It is my sincere hope that once you learn a bit about what we're about here that you will join the community of contributors.
Michael Westbay
(aka westbaystars)
Founder
So, here's the first "Announements" post in what I hope becomes a useful series to those of you who don't have access to Shube.
How many foreign players is fair?
This is the theme for the 20th "Shube Internet Questionnaire." Go to Shukan Baseball's Web Baseball page, and click the image on the left that says "OPINION." This will open up a feedback form. The fields are:
I don't know how they'll respond to answers in English, so if you can, write in Japanese. In the subject field, be sure to include "Questionnaire #20." In the messsage, they want where you're from, your name (or pen-name), and male/female.
Hideki Matsui premire #4 batter
For Questionnare #18, 38.5% of 1,521 fan votes said that Hideki Matsui is Japanese baseball's premire #4 batter. Here are the results:
Votes for Players' Association "pet mark"
The Japan Professional Baseball Players' Association (JPBPA) is hosting a vote for a new "pet mark" for the JPBPA. Select one of the nine entries at the top. The remaining fields are:
They are accepting votes until August 12. The results will be announced August 30. Three voters will be selected in a drawing for goods used by players.