The Mench Endgame
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Re: The Mench Endgame
[ Author: Guest: N26 | Posted: May 19, 2009 8:01 PM
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Good bye Mench! Too bad though. I liked his "theme song" What is it with Hanshin and imports? So it cost Hanshin 1.8-oku to get this guy. The little I saw of him play, he seemed disillusioned. Been terrible to put it mildly. Both fielding and batting. Plus he also had some health issues on top of that. Weird how some people are able to readjust just fine yet others completely fail and the ones in Hanshin almost always seem to fail. The last solid foreign import directly from the States I think was O'Malley?
Re: The Mench Endgame
[ Author: Christopher | Posted: May 19, 2009 8:08 PM
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Yes it was O'Malley. After him they have had a long succession of failures and OK players and their successes have come from the players imported from other teams.
Re: The Mench Endgame
[ Author: Guest: gotigersredsox | Posted: May 19, 2009 11:12 PM
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Not sad to see Mench go down again, but Kojima was a surprise after pitching decently in his one start. Wasn't Chen sent down as well?
Re: The Mench Endgame
[ Author: Guest | Posted: May 20, 2009 10:34 AM
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Sayonara Menchi. Iwata and Kubota are welcome additions. What do you think of Kubota being made a starter?
Re: The Mench Endgame
[ Author: Christopher | Posted: May 20, 2009 12:27 PM
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As I mentioned before Kubota did pitch one game as a starter and was quite proficient. But to be honest I would prefer to see other younger starters being developed. I want to see more effort made with Cheng and with Kojima. Both these pitchers are too talented to be left in ni-gun.
Re: The Mench Endgame
[ Author: Guest: gotigersredsox | Posted: May 26, 2009 6:31 PM
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Any word on when Brazelle is officially joining the Tigers?
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Kojima was also dropped which is unfortunate as he pitched quite well. However, this is to make room for Kubota and Iwata who are being brought into the top team for the koryu-sen. He has done enough to be given more of a run.