Kiyoshi Nakahata told reporters on Tuesday that other than Alex Ramirez, everyone else on the team had to compete for a spot.

Nakahata showed up on the field at 9:07am and showed the media his Yokohama uniform and the number 70.

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Daisuke Miura and Yuki Kuniyoshi left the team hotel at around 6:10 for an early morning walk (lasted about thirty minutes).

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Yoshitomo Tsutsugo took part in a fielding practice session that lasted about forty minutes.  It was originally supposed to last twenty minutes but the time was doubled by Nakahata.  Yuta Naito, attempting a possible position change to the infield, was also part of the group.

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Alex Ramirez spent some time giving Yuki Yoshimura pointers on hitting.

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Team owner Makoto Haruta plans to stick around in Okinawa until Sunday (February 5).

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Bullpen sessions:

Wednesday

Every pitcher at Ginowan tossed a bullpen session with squatting catcher.

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Shun Yamaguchi threw 73 pitches.

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Kentaro Takasaki threw 58 pitches to a squatting catcher.

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Masanori Hayashi threw 50 pitches.

The Bay Stars announced today that Yuki Takamori was changing his registered kanji name from 高森勇気 to 高森勇旗.

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The Bay Stars held a staff meeting in Yokohama today in order to discuss spring camp schedules, like playing five practice games, beginning with the Nippon Ham Fighters on 2/16.

"We will work on plays that require signs early on.  Players that fall behind will quickly be shuttled between Ichi-gun and Ni-gun," said Kiyoshi Nakahata.

They also decided entire 2011 draft class will begin the year at Ni-gun spring camp.

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Nakahata attended a mealtime meeting with the coaching staff on Tuesday and told reporters that he was counting on Shun Yamaguchi to have another solid year.  He also said that he will make sure everyone on the team (players, staff) knew how important it was to keep the lines of communication open with the media even during losing streaks.

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The media learned on Tuesday that Toshiki Kurobane (24) will be filing marriage papers with a 26-year-old woman named Mie Tanabe (? 田辺美恵) some time this month.  The two started seeing each other in September 2010 and Kurobane proposed one year later in September 2011.

Shun Yamaguchi worked out for about four hours in Susono, Shizuoka on Tuesday.  Shinji Ohara and Shoma Sato were also part of the group.

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Kiyoshi Nakahata and team president Jun Ikeda worked out for about an hour on Monday.  Their workouts included playing catch at a distance of about 10 meters, BP, and running.  Nakahata also hit about 50 grounders into a net during a round of "imaginary" fielding practice.

Head coach Yutaka Takagi watched over the session and later wondered if Nakahata had enough stamina to hit a lot of grounders during spring camp.

Nakahata is also planning to hold a baseball clinic during a two-day visit to Minamisoma, Fukushima later this month (1/21 and 1/22).

This post will be updated throughout the day.

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Today's intra-squad game:

Kisho Kagami (2nd round) was a starter and tossed 2 shutout innings.

Both Hiroshi Kobayashi (4th round) and Shinji Ohara (5th round) tossed 2 shutout innings in relief.

Yesterday's intra-squad game:

Shun Yamaguchi threw 2 shutout innings while giving up just 1 hit.  He also topped out at 145km/h.

Naoto Watanabe started at second and batted first.  He went 4-for-5 with 3 doubles and 5 RBI.

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Terrmel Sledge arrived in Narita yesterday and is scheduled to arrive in Ginowan, Okinawa today.  Sledge arrived in Japan later than scheduled due to a private issue concerning his family.

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Shun Yamaguchi has been working on the landing of his left foot when he pitches -- specifically to have it land straight in front of him, instead of toward third base.

Shun Yamaguchi had his left ankle examined at an Osaka hospital yesterday and was diagnosed with a contusion on his left ankle.  Yamaguchi took a batted ball off the ankle during game 2 of the All-Star Series on Saturday.

In other Bay Stars' news:

Stephen Randolph will likely start tomorrow's game against the Hanshin Tigers.

And Shinji Niinuma joined the Ichi-gun roster for practice today and will likely be added to the active roster tomorrow.