Word: kintetsu
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...Third baseman, Kintetsu Buffaloes
...Angeles Dodgers pitching coach Jim Colborn, a former Mariners director of Pacific Rim scouting who coached in Japan, says some three dozen Japanese players could play in the majors. But it's the imminent exodus of top players like Matsui, along with Yomiuri Giants centerfielder Hideki Matsui and Kintetsu Buffaloes third baseman Norihiro Nakamura, that threatens to turn a national point of pride into just another major league farm system...
...Kintetsu Buffaloes...
...Kintetsu Buffaloes...
...career like a comet. He belted three home runs on opening day in 1994, at Chicago's Wrigley Field. Then he flamed out, hitting just five more homers the rest of the season. After a couple of lackluster seasons, he came to Japan in 1996 to play for the Kintetsu Buffaloes in Osaka, where he quickly became a star. "They gave me a chance to play here," he says, gratefully. "They made my career possible." This year he is paying them back. While Ichiro is busy putting his signature on American baseball, Rhodes is threatening to add his American name...