The Bay Stars held a press conference at Ginowan Stadium to formally introduce Kevin Moscatel to the media today.

Source: Sports Hochi 2/21/2013

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Pitching coach Yui Tomori spent close to two hours hitting about 1,500 grounders to Kisho Kagami during workouts today.

Kagami is scheduled to report to NI-gun camp on Friday.

Source: Sponichi 2/21/2013

According to Daily Sports, the deal was the session would end once Kagami fielded the ball 100 consecutive times without committing an error.

Source: Daily Sports 2/21/2013

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The Bay Stars will begin selling a Ninja Nyjer t-shirt at Ginowan on the 23rd.  The shirts will come in one size (large) and supplies will be limited (100).  Each shirt will cost 3,000 yen.  The t-shirts will also become available at the official team store on March 1.

Source: official announcement, Sponichi 2/21/2013

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Kenji Tsuchiya has been timed at 1.45 seconds to the plate.  Pitching coach Yui Tomori wants him to drop that down to around 1.2 seconds.

Source: Sports Hochi 2/20/2013

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Kiyoshi Nakahata is planning to give Nyjer Morgan a look at lead-off, beginning with a practice game against Nexen (KBO) on the 22nd.

Source: Nikkan Sports 2/20/2013

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Shugo Fujii and Kazumasa Kikuchi were called up to Ichi-gun camp today.

Source: Sanspo 2/20/2013

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Yoshitomo Tsutsugo is 7-for-11 with seven RBI in three pre-season games (excluding intra-squad games).

Source: Daily Sports 2/20/2013

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You can see a list of improvements that are scheduled at Yokohama Stadium at the Community Ballpark Project site.

Ichi-gun camp had the day off today.

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Alex Ramirez and Nyjer Morgan visited Ginowan Elementary School today and spent the day with about 800 kids.

Source: Nikkan Sports 2/19/2013

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Baseball analyst Suguru Egawa told Yuki Kuniyoshi that it was important to learn how to throw inside strikes and balls.

Source: Nikkan Sports 2/19/2013

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Ni-gun players had the day off today.

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Valentine's Day: Kiyoshi Nakahata received about thirty chocolates.

Source: Sanspo 2/14/2013

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Nyjer Morgan rejoined the team for spring camp workouts today after taking the day off on Wednesday to finalize his visa paperwork in Yokohama.

Source: Sanspo 2/14/2013

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Taketoshi Goto worked out separately from the main team today because he suffered a strain in the left side of his back during workouts on Wednesday.

Source: Sports Hochi 2/14/2013

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The starting rotation will likely include Daisuke Miura, Kentaro Takasaki, Enyelbert Soto, and Yuki Kuniyoshi.  The final two spots are up for grabs.  Possible candidates include Yasushi Kamiuchi, Kenji Tsuchiya, 2nd round draft pick Kazuki Mishima, 3rd round draft pick Shoichi Ino, and 5th round draft pick Tateki Abe.

Source: Sports Hochi 2/14/2013

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Tatsuya Shimozono will head to Ni-gun camp on Monday after he was diagnosed with an injury to his left biceps femoris muscle on Saturday.  Taketoshi Goto will be called up to take his place at Ichi-gun camp.

Source: Sanspo 2/10/2013, Dailiy Sports 2/10/2013

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The Bay Stars could release a Nyjer Morgan t-shirt some time before the end of the month.

Source: Sponichi 2/10/2013

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1st round draft pick Hiroyuki Shirasaki was diagnosed with a strain in his right hamstring.  Shirasaki and 6th round draft pick Toshiro Miyazaki (left flank pain) will head to Ni-gun camp.

Source: Sanspo 2/10/2013

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Daisuke Miura would like to throw 2,500 pitches during spring camp.

Source: Daily Sports 2/1/2013

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Yoshitomo Tsutsugo gained about four kilograms during the winter and currently weighs 101 kilograms.  Tsutsugo stayed back after general workouts today for extra batting practice.

Source: Nikkan Sports 2/1/2013, Sanspo 2/1/2013

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Kiyoshi Nakahata is planning to use Nyjer Morgan extensively during spring camp games so that he can get a better feel for what kind of player he is.

Morgan's response: "Of course, I plan to play in ever game.  I am not into studying footage of players anyway.  I am more about playing games.  I will stand in the batter's box and hit the pitches that come to me."

Source: Sports Hochi 2/1/2013

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2nd round draft pick Kazuki Mishima is scheduled to start a practice game against Nippon Ham on the 16th.

Source: Daily Sports 2/1/2013

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About 100 fans greeted the Bay Stars at Naha Airport on Thursday.  Last year, about 300 showed up.

Source: Sanspo 2/1/2013

Sports Hochi is reporting that the Yokohama Bay Stars are closing in on a deal with outfielder Nyjer Morgan (32).  An official announcement could be made within the next couple of days.

Source: Sports Hochi 1/24/2013

UPDATE @ 5:27pm - The Yokohama Bay Stars announced that they came to terms with Morgan.  He was assigned the number twenty-seven.  No other information is known at this time.  Source: official announcement

UPDATE @ 6:10pm - Sports Hochi is reporting that it is a one-year deal worth 150 million yen plus incentives.  Source: Sports Hochi 1/24/2013

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