Quality of play now on par with majors

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This is an interview with Hillman-kantoku about his stay in Japan and the level of play that he's seen here.

I knew nothing. I studied as much as I could about the Japanese game before I came over. I scoured the Internet. I talked to players who had played over here. And I watched Tom Selleck in "Mr. Baseball" about 15 times, looking for little things that I might find when I arrived. I read a lot, and practiced saying Japanese names. I was used to saying American and Latino names, but it took some doing to get Japanese names to fit into my brain.

Read on for more of Hillman-kantoku's views.

[Full Article: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/asia/columns/story?id=2781605]

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