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
Whether it is Zenimura Field, a relic of the World War II internment camps, the baseball relationship between Zenimura's native Japan and the United States that now thrives with the presence of Ichiro Suzuki and Daisuke Matsuzaka in the Major Leagues or even the discovery of a star in current Chicago Cubs outfielder Alfonso Soriano, Zenimura's reach covered a lot of ground in his 55 years around baseball.
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