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Japan '06

Edgy DC Sep 05 2006 10:22 AM

David Wright and Jose Reyes have been named to the Major League all-star tour of Japan. Also named are Ryan Howard, and Japanese natives Kenji Johjima and Tadahito Iguchi. They're holding off on naming the rest of team, largely, I'm sure, because they'll still be begging pitchers to go right up until the time they get on the plane. "We will have one of the best teams in the history of this tour," said Jim Small, managing director of Major League Baseball Japan. "Japan won the World Baseball Classic and we have a lot of players who want to prove that our league is the best in the world." I'm thinking, "Really, you can't announce the rest of the team, but they'll be comparable to a team with Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig?" I don't think they've announced a manager yet, either.

ABG Sep 05 2006 10:27 AM

Hey David--Stop playing baseball for ten minutes.

MFS62 Sep 05 2006 10:29 AM

The last time the Japanese saw anything as big as Ryan Howard, it was overturning a ferry in Tokyo Bay. Later

metirish Sep 05 2006 10:31 AM

I'll second what ABG said, I want Wilpon to pull a Seinbrenner and not let any Mets go.

Edgy DC Sep 05 2006 10:39 AM

I think the Mets weigh the fear of Wright (and, more importantly, Reyes*) obtaining an injury he can't shed by February '07 against the benefit of him spreading the brand in an expanding marketplace. Well-run organizations don't practice risk avoidance, but risk management. *That's the spirit. Protect the white assets and expose the black ones.

Yancy Street Gang Sep 05 2006 10:42 AM

Have they announced the schedule yet? What cities will they be playing in on what dates?

MFS62 Sep 05 2006 10:44 AM

It should be fun watching Reyes play a lot of games in a row on artificial turf. Later

Frayed Knot Sep 05 2006 10:44 AM

I'm not going to over-worry about players getting hurt over a half-dozen games in November anymore than I did over the half-dozen games that were played this past March -- a worry-fest that proved to be the most over-played story of the Spring.

MFS62 Sep 05 2006 10:47 AM

]I don't think they've announced a manager yet, either. Let me make a prediction. I don't think Bill Singer will be accompanying the team on this trip. Later

Edgy DC Sep 05 2006 10:47 AM

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Have they announced the schedule yet? What cities will they be playing in on what dates? The first three games of the tour will be played at Tokyo Dome Nov. 3-6. The tour will include games at Kyocera Dome in Osaka (Nov. 7) and Yahoo Dome in Fukuoka (Nov. 8).

Yancy Street Gang Sep 05 2006 10:56 AM

Thanks. I was hoping it would be later in November. We arrive in Tokyo on the 20th. The games will all be over by then. Oh well.

Frayed Knot Sep 05 2006 12:01 PM

On a semi-related note, we can all start worrying about our minor leaguers as well as the US has qualified for the (supposedly last of its kind) 2008 Olympic Baseball Tourney. The team - with Henry Owens among others - is currently 7-1 in the regional qualifier and plays against Cuba today for the championship -- although the top two teams automatically advance meaning that the U.S. & Cuba are in no matter what happens with today's results.

Vic Sage Sep 05 2006 12:08 PM

]The last time the Japanese saw anything as big as Ryan Howard, it was overturning a ferry in Tokyo Bay. Bravo, Stone. Bravo.

soupcan Sep 05 2006 12:18 PM

Wasn't baseball dropped as an Olympic sport?

Edgy DC Sep 05 2006 12:21 PM

This is the All Star tour, every two years. Baseball gets one last hurrah in the next Olympics.

Valadius Sep 05 2006 12:21 PM

Yup.

Frayed Knot Sep 06 2006 01:41 PM

[url=http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/majors/news/262384.html]USA beats Cuba to win the Olmplic qualifying tournament[/url] 3rd save in the tourney for Henry Owens

MFS62 Sep 06 2006 01:46 PM

And a mention for Stubby Clapp - one of the great names anywhere. Later