There have been reports stating that Nakajima was hoping to land on the West Coast, and I suspect (though cannot confirm) that he would prefer a starting gig as he is currently in the prime of his career. As such, it will be interesting to see if he accepts the Yankees offer, whatever it may be, to serve as their primary utility infielder - it would not be unprecedented for Nakajima...

Tadahito Iguchi was one of the many Phillies players to have an long U sound in his last name.  Therefore, he required a minimal amount of clutch hits or defensive plays to have the crowd sound like its chanting “OOOOOOOOOOOO” and give him the “It sounds like we’re booing but we’re not ha ha” treatment that would one day be commonplace for Raul...

Name the infield for the 2005 Chicago White Sox . You have that jerk at catcher A.J. Pierzynski, who everyone knows. Paul Konerko, of course, Juan Uribe before his backside developed its own zip code, and Joe Crede...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...

Name the infield for the 2005 Chicago White Sox . You have that jerk at catcher A.J. Pierzynski, who everyone knows. Paul Konerko, of course, Juan Uribe before his backside developed its own zip code, and Joe Crede...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...

The rumor mill out of Japan has it that Seibu Lions shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima is looking to make an MLB jump this offseason via the posting system. I’ve covered “Nakaji” on FanGraphs before, but here’s a little more detail. In the Field Good glove, pretty good arm. I’ve seen some commentary speculating that he’s better suited to second base in...

Know where the Phillies were on July 29, 2007? They were in second place at 55-49, sitting 3.5 behind the Mets. They beat the Pirates 5-1 that day. Jimmy Rollins went 3-for-4 out of the three-hole and Kyle Kendrick went 7-6-1-1-4. Two days prior, the Phils traded Rich Dubee’s son, Michael, for a stop-gap solution at second base named Tadahito Iguchi. A day later they would trade...

In lieu of an actual game report, I will show some photos and just kind of talk about how things went along the way.Some of these are repeats from the placeholder post. I figured it made sense to just have everything together in one photo post in the end.So, first, the ceremonial first pitch was Randy Johnson. Apparently he is in Japan shopping for music? I dunno, got that pointer...

TLDR Version: The Fighters managed to get a nice cushy 3-1 lead behind starter Yu Darvish, and then handed the ball off to their bullpen, and closer Hisashi Takeda gave up two runs in the bottom of the 9th to bring the game into extra innings, where it would end up being tied 3-3.I don't really know what to say about this game either. At least now I know that the reason Makoto Kaneko...

Photos are at the bottom, but here's a teaser:(Yuki Karakawa is legally an adult, but he still looks like Harry Potter when he laughs.)This is the 1000th post to this blog. How weird is that?Anyway, today I finally went to a baseball game! Hooray! Despite the snow in Tokyo last night, the forecast for today said it'd be sunny and go up to around 16 degrees C. It only half-lied...

This is it. The final home stretch. This will either make or break the Boston Red Sox who are barely hanging on to the lead in the American League East over the New York Yankees.The Yankees already beat the Minnesota Twins this afternoon at the Metrodome and for the next four days (including tonight) Boston is playing host to the Kansas City Royals.This series is crucial and the...

Born on this day in 1974.Tadahito Iguchi will probably go down as one of the most unsung heroes in Phillies history. Acquired in the middle of the 2007 season Iguchi came form the Chicago White Sox to play an important role for the Phillies - fill in for the injured Chase Utley.Iguchi provided the Phillies with a solid bat and a decent glove while Utley's hand healed after being...

(Would you believe, I never actually finished/posted my entry about last year's japanesebaseball.com meetup at Chiba? I think I'm going to basically do that, backdate and all, and add a link here.)Anyway, last year in mid-September, six of us took over a picnic table at Chiba Marine for an exciting long nailbiting Hawks-Marines game where the Hawks managed to tie the game in the...

I got home from Chiba Marine Stadium after midnight on Wednesday, and had to be out the door by 7am to get on a flight to Hokkaido... and of course I wasn't packed yet. Somehow, it all worked out, though, and at 9:45 I was on a plane in the air zooming northwards. By 1pm I had landed in Sapporo and thrown my stuff in a locker and taken the subway to the Sapporo Dome.This was my...

So, you'd think that a sane person would spend the day before they go on a trip halfway across the country doing useful things like packing, buying last-minute trip things, straightening up their house, etc, right?Good thing I'm not a sane person. At 1pm on Wednesday the 29th, the day before I was heading to Sapporo, I was on a train going towards Chiba Marine Stadium. Bobby announced...

This is it. The final home stretch. This will either make or break the Boston Red Sox who are barely hanging on to the lead in the American League East over the New York Yankees.The Yankees already beat the Minnesota Twins this afternoon at the Metrodome and for the next four days (including tonight) Boston is playing host to the Kansas City Royals.This series is crucial and the...

Walking to Chiba Marine Stadium on Saturday morning, I couldn't help but notice the breeze blowing in off Tokyo Bay. It was probably around 90 degrees Fahrenheit outside, but actually didn't feel that bad thanks to the wind. My thought, though, was that it was going to be a really tough day for anyone to hit a home run with that wind blowing in off the bay.Boy, was I wrong.But...

I don't know why on earth Pau ever wants me to go see Tigers games with him, as every time we watch them or plan to watch them, they lose. Seriously.But Sunday afternoon we headed down to Chiba together for the first time and for the last time, to catch the Hanshin Tigers taking on the Chiba Lotte Marines. Pau was decked out in his Hiyama t-shirt and Akahoshi towel and Tigers noisesticks...

I once heard a woman say that if she found shoes that she liked, she would buy a pair in every color they made. I'm starting to think Ruben Amaro likes utililty infielders that can't hit. Representatives for Tadahito Iguchi and Pumpsie Green have already contacted the Phillies...During a recent losing streak, Carson went after the bench, in particular Miguel Cairo, pretty...

2007 W-L:89-74 2007 Pythag W-L:89-74 2007 Payroll:~58 mil 2008 Payroll:~65 mil Coming:Jeff DaVanon, Robert Fick,Tadahito Iguchi, Mark Prior, Randy Wolf Going: Geoff Blum, Milton Bradley, Doug Brocail, Mike Cameron, Jack Cassel, Morgan Ensberg, Marcus Giles, Ryan Ketchner, Jason Lane, Rob Mackowiak, B...

Dirtlocker points for: Tadahito Iguchi, Chase Utley Remember Tad Iguchi? Remember the guy acquired in the end of July trade with the Chicago White Sox who hit .304 with three homers and 12 RBI in 45 games with the Phillies, including holding down the 2nd base fort during the month that All Star reg...

Dan asked: I think it is Tadahito Iguchi of the Philadelphia Phillies. Related Posts Easiest Baseball trivia? [ imranite ] asked: This player never hit or played in the field , but scored 33 runs in his short MLB career. never played in the field, meaning he never played a defensive position [...]

Philadelphia Phillies 2007 W-L: 89-73 2007 Pythag W-L: 87-75 2007 Payroll: ~89 2008 Payroll: ~84 (depends heavily on Ryan Howard arbitration case) Coming: Chad Durbin, Pedro Feliz, Geoff Jenkins, So Taguchi, Brad Lidge, Eric Bruntlett, Chris Snelling Going:Tadahito Iguchi, Jon Lieber, Aaron Rowand, ...

Two trends of the offseason continued last night, as the Phillies lost a third baseman and were outjumped for a free agent by the San Diego Padres, who signed Tadahito Iguchi to a one-year, $4 million deal. As with Mike Lowell, the Phils had offered a sweeter contract for Iguchi; as with Randy Wolf, ...

Via Sportsnetwork.com: San Diego, CA (Sports Network) - The San Diego Padres have reportedly agreed to a one-year contract with free agent second baseman Tadahito Iguchi. Iguchi’s agent Rocky Hall informed MLB.com of the agreement. The second baseman batted .267 with nine home runs and 43 runs ...

Tadahito Iguchi hit his first home run of his major league career and Carl Everett drove home the tying and winning runs in the Sox' 5-4 win against the Royals on Tuesday. First of all, is there a worse team in baseball than the Royals? Royals RANK Win-Loss ...