Chunichi Dragons News and Notes: February 11, 2013
by Gen on Feb.11, 2013 @ 11:55 pm, under NPB
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Source: Sponichi 2/11/2013 Sunday
Source: Sponichi 2/11/2013 |
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Source: Nikkan Sports 2/11/2013, Sanspo 2/11/2013 |
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Yohei Oshima took outdoor batting practice today and is close to swinging the bat at a hundred percent. He is also not throwing at full force right now because he wants to take things slow until the start of WBC mini-camp.
Source: Sports Hochi 2/11/2013
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Chief trainer Tetsuyoshi Fujita thinks the low doorways at the Chatan facilities are doing nothing to help Daniel Cabrera with his neck. Fatigue and ill-suited bedding could also be a problem.
Source: Sports Hochi 2/11/2013, Sponichi 2/11/2013
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Hector Luna would like to play third, if possible -- it has been his primary position over the last eight years.
Source: Nikkan Sports 2/11/2013
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4th round draft pick Shota Sugiyama arrived in Okinawa on Sunday. He was away from camp because he had to take a ski course in Nagano for college (between February 6 and 9).
Sugiyama also celebrated his twenty-second birthday on Sunday.
Source: Nikkan Sports 2/11/2013
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The Japan Women's Baseball League announced today that the following four players will participate in Dragons' camp in Chatan on the 14th: Iori Miura, Miki Atsugase, Mika Miyahara, and Aya Takizawa.
Source: Dailiy Sports 2/11/2013
Aya Takizawa is awesome. Very glad to hear she is getting that sort of opportunity.