Japan’s 22-man Roster for 37th Annual USA vs. Japan Collegiate Championship Series
by Gen on Jun.22, 2009 @ 7:46 am, under Other
Japan's 22-man roster for the 37th Annual USA vs. Japan Collegiate Championship Series have been announced.
Pitchers
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NAME UNIV YR HT WT T-B HIGH SCHOOL ================================================================= Kazuhito Futagami Hosei 4 183 80 R-R Kochi Yuki Saito Waseda 3 175 75 R-R Waseda Jitsugyo Masahiro Inui Toyo 3 175 68 L-L Toyo Himeji Tatsuya Ohishi Waseda 3 182 76 R-L Fukuoka O-hori Hirokazu Sawamura Chuo 3 184 86 R-R Sano Nihon Tomoyuki Sugano Tokai 2 185 82 R-R Tokai Sagami Yusuke Nomura Meiji 2 176 72 R-R Koryo Yuhei Nakaushiro Kinki 2 182 73 L-L Kinki Shingu Nao Higashihama Asia 1 181 70 R-R Okinawa Shogaku
Catchers
Code:
NAME UNIV YR HT WT T-B HIGH SCHOOL ================================================================= Shota Koike Aoyama 3 183 82 R-R Joso Takanori Sato Toyo 3 180 78 R-R Kasukabe Kyoei
Infielders
Code:
NAME UNIV YR HT WT T-B HIGH SCHOOL ================================================================= Ryoji Tanaka Asia 4 171 115 R-L Meitoku Gijuku Shuhei Kojima Toyo 4 177 73 R-L Kiryu Daiichi Masayoshi Kato Kyushu 4 173 76 R-L Tohoku Takahiro Araki Kinki 4 178 77 R-R Teikyo Daisan Ryo Hayashizaki Toyo 3 174 80 R-R Toyo Himeji Keigo Hagihara Kwansai 1 181 82 R-L Osaka Toin
Outfielders
Code:
NAME UNIV YR HT WT T-B HIGH SCHOOL ================================================================= Keiji Nakahara Asia 4 181 81 R-R Musashi Kogyo Shingo Kamegai Hosei 4 174 78 R-L Chukyo Soichiro Tanaka Rikkyo 3 175 85 R-L Saga Nishi Shota Ishimine Tokai 3 178 75 R-R Okinawa Shogaku Shohei Habu Waseda 2 180 76 R-L Koryo
5 games will be played between 7/12-7/16, each in a different locations. The schedule is as follows:
Game 1: 7/12/2009 @ 12:00, Bochan Stadium (Matsuyama)
Game 2: 7/13/2009 @ 18:00, Tokyo Dome
Game 3: 7/14/2009 @ 18:00, Kleenex Stadium
Game 4: 7/15/2009 @ 18:00, Tsuruoka Dream Stadium
Game 5: 7/16/2009 @ 18:00, Jingu StadiumRain-out: 7/17/2009, Jingu Stadium
June 22nd, 2009 on 10:45 am
It looks like the USA will be announcing its final 22-man roster on Wednesday.
June 23rd, 2009 on 12:55 am
I don’t follow college quite that closely, but I just realized today that Tomoyuki Sugano is Tatsunori Hara’s nephew.
June 23rd, 2009 on 2:15 am
That’s a really fun roster! I hope I can make it to a bunch of the games in Kanto.
And if you are wondering, that weight on Ryoji Nakata isn’t a typo. He is seriously one of the biggest Japanese guys I have ever seen in my life — looks more like a sumo wrestler than a baseball player.
June 23rd, 2009 on 2:19 am
Yeah, I was actually wondering about that. When I was writing this up and the suddenly came across "115" I did a double-take. That’s bigger than Takeya Nakamura (he’s listed at 102 on the Lions website) and I thought HE was pretty big.