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04/08/2003 Archived Entry: "Japanese Baseball News: The Sound of Ichiro's Bat"
Team Reports Continued
Miscellaneous Kazuhiro Sasaki struckout four men Friday against Texas, becoming only the 19th man to pull it off in AL history. Sasaki is also one of a far more select group in Japanese baseball history to strikeout three men in an inning on nine
pitches....According to the Albuquerque Tribune, a tv crew from Japanese television station TBS has been following Cardinals minor league outfielder So Taguchi around the last few days. Saturday, he had a double and an RBI in three at bats....According to the Modesto Bee, Ichiro is 10-20 lifetime against Mark Mulder.
Today's Pictures
Gaillard Congratulated by Manager Hisashi Yamada for 100th Save
Hideki Matsui Standing at the Plate Friday
Motonobu Tanishige Cracks an RBI Single
Brandon Knight at the Top of His Delivery
Atsushi Kataoka Launches First Dinger of the Season
Osamu Hamanaka With Some Textbook Hitting
Trey Moore Slides Headfirst into Third
Kenji Johjima Getting Good Wood
Matsui Collects Two Hits Against Tampa See story at: Japan Today Article How Ichiro Tests Bat Quality You will need to scroll down to the very end of the story: Everett Herald Article Dodgers' Mallette Signs With Kintetsu See story at: Las Vegas Sun Article
