Japan Don't Want Any More Players Going to MLB

[Fish Troll]

TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's professional baseball teams have agreed to introduce a ban on players who return to Japan after opting out of the amateur draft in order to play for overseas pro teams.

The move comes after highly regarded amateur pitcher Junichi Tazawa announced plans last month to negotiate with major league teams rather than make himself eligible for the Oct. 30 draft.

Executives of Japan's 12 professional teams decided to ban players who had graduated from high school from entering professional Japanese teams for three years after returning to Japan from overseas stints, and introduce a two-year ban for such players from university or company teams.

Through the move, Japanese baseball officials hope to discourage top amateur prospects from bypassing Japan's pro leagues to play in the major leagues.

sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/more/10/08/japan.ban.ap/index.html

And I love how players come here, they are consider rookies eligible for the RoY award.

[seaver41]

They can take back Kosucke Fukudome.

[Zack Attack Troll]

Why? If he makes the Cubs worse it's fine by me.

[Ryan]

Who cares the players will follow the money they will keep coming

[baseballcollector]

They will keep coming

[yankeeswonseries]

I hope they still let us play in Japan once or twice a year

[seaver41]

Oct 9, 2008 20:29:18 GMT -5 yankeeswonseries said:

I hope they still let us play in Japan once or twice a year

Yeah. Nothing like waking up at 6am to watch a game

[suns]

y wouldnt they
they gave red sox nation dice-K

[yankeeswonseries]

Oct 10, 2008 7:11:23 GMT -5 seaver41 said:

Oct 9, 2008 20:29:18 GMT -5 yankeeswonseries said:

I hope they still let us play in Japan once or twice a year

Yeah. Nothing like waking up at 6am to watch a game

I wake up at 6AM almost every day, might aswell wake up to a good ole' baseball game.

And they usually show parts of the game in school so that is another upside .

[Josh]

Oct 11, 2008 21:23:37 GMT -5 yankeeswonseries said:

Oct 10, 2008 7:11:23 GMT -5 seaver41 said:

Yeah. Nothing like waking up at 6am to watch a game

I wake up at 6AM almost every day, might aswell wake up to a good ole' baseball game.

And they usually show parts of the game in school so that is another upside .

Damn, what kind of school do you go to?

[Ziggy/Franzen Troll]

Oct 22, 2008 21:49:01 GMT -5 Josh said:

Oct 11, 2008 21:23:37 GMT -5 yankeeswonseries said:

I wake up at 6AM almost every day, might aswell wake up to a good ole' baseball game.

And they usually show parts of the game in school so that is another upside .

Damn, what kind of school do you go to?

most schools start at 7

i used to wake up at 5:30 every morning.

[yankeeswonseries]

Oct 22, 2008 21:49:01 GMT -5 Josh said:

Oct 11, 2008 21:23:37 GMT -5 yankeeswonseries said:

I wake up at 6AM almost every day, might aswell wake up to a good ole' baseball game.

And they usually show parts of the game in school so that is another upside .

Damn, what kind of school do you go to?

A middle school that starts before the high school. Yeah I know. It sux, but everybody there is a Sox fan excluding a few people. So last year we had anything and everything Sox in Japan coverage going for atleast a few minutes, or on and off during some classes.

Oh and yeah I am in middle school, going to HS next year.