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In response to
"I'm loving the discussion myself. I don't consider those years taken from him. Was he not allowed to leave Japan earlier? Did he have to sign a "
by
Krusty
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He wasn't a free agent there; and was posted when his team there thought they might lose hiim without compensation
Posted by
Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz)
Jun 5 '10, 09:36
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remember, the idea a 19 year old Japanese kid would come here and play pro ball was a pipe dream in the early 90's.
This was pre-Nomo.
And once you were in; you were stuck for years there if the team wouldn't post you.
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