Spoiled kid, ignorant coach...
Read this japanese article for the details: http://sports.yahoo.co.jp/hl?c=sports&d=20060927&a=20060927-00000081-sph-spo
This high school kid was drafted by the Lotte Mariner`s the other day. He wanted to play for the Soft Bank Hawks, but the Lotte beat the Hawks in a lottery for the rights to the kid. OH, one of the most famous coaches/former players in Japan, WAS the manager of the Hawks before he got sick. Presently he is in rehab, but in all likelihood, he will never really manage the Hawks again. Bobby Valentine is the manager of Lotte. I think he managed in the World Series in America too. I understand the kid may have wanted to play under OH, but Valentine wanted the kid, and playing under Valentine is not such a terrible thing I think. The kid should be happy to be drafted, be able to play in the pros, and stop crying! And then his coach said that he won`t meet Valentine to talk about the kid because..."He`s an American...Even if I do talk to him, there`s no way an American will be able to understand." Stupid...and ignorant coach. I am not surprised his player is the same...
6 comments:
I should apologize to you who are American as Japanese one.
This coach will be crazy, or he must have a bad memory of WWⅡ.
I think Mr.Valentine is excellent baseball manager.
He is very lucky boy but he can not get the chance.
I am sorry for him
You should understand the situation. The boy didn't expect that he would be drafted by any other team than Softbank, which he really wanted to play for, since Lotte didn't mention that it wanted him before the draft. No, teams don't have to declare who they want in advance, but I think what Valentine did is not fair because he hided his strategy even though he knew boy's wish.
If the boy had known that Lotte might choose him, he would have been ready for being drafted by another team. But the surprising draft made him upset. The Japanese article linked also says about the surprising draft "unexpected robbery". It would be one of reasons that they don't want to accept Lotte's offer.
He was "drafted"...
Either way, his coach is stupid.
to ken
thanks for your comment! yeah, i think valentine is good too! what do you think about the FIGHTER`S coach, HILMAN?
I'm sorry I don't know Mr Hilman.
I think he is very good coach because you suggest him.
I don`t "recommend " him. But I think he is OK. And he is the second foreign coach to win the Pacific league...the 2nd year in a row!
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