Yakult Swallows Spring Camp News and Notes: February 16, 2011
by Gen on Feb.16, 2011 @ 2:57 pm, under NPB
This post will be updated throughout the day.
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The Swallows' Ichi-gun roster has the day off today.
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Yoshinori Sato, Tatsuyoshi Masubuchi, and Masato Nakazawa worked out at Urasoe Stadium on their day off today. Nakazawa also celebrated his 26th birthday today.
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Sanspo notes that Shohei Tateyama 8 could-be hits to Ryosuke Morioka and Tsuyoshi Ueda during his 55-pitch BP appearance yesterday. He threw all his off-speed pitches, other than his curve. Tateyama is currently scheduled to start a practice game against the Orix Buffaloes on the 21st.
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Masanori Ishikawa faced Yasushi Ihara and Kazuhiro Hatakeyama during his 48-pitch BP outing yesterday and allowed 7 could-be hits. He also threw his new 120km/h sinker 3 times (which sinks low and away to right-handed batters). Ishikawa is currently scheduled to start a practice game against the Nippon Ham Fighters on the 20th.
