Iwamoto Retires
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Iwamoto Retires
Nippon Ham Fighters' pitcher Tsutomu Iwamoto retired. Iwamoto was released by the Fighters after the 2005 season, he had a career 63-79 record with 3 SVs and a 4.44 ERA in 239 games. [Full Japan Ball Story]
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Re: Iwamoto Retires
[ Author: 20X6!! | Posted: Feb 13, 2006 3:45 PM
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Ahhhh, Mr. "Maido" - probably one of the most interesting characters in Japanese baseball's recent history. When he would get the "hero interview" he would ask to take the microphone and talk to the fans leading them all in a collective "maido!" (Osaka-ben for "thank you"). Too bad his character didn't translate to good pitching (though his lifetime stats aren't as horrendus as, say, Goose Gossage's stats in Japan 
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