Red Sox sign Masataka Yoshida

[simplicio]

A very well deserved player of the week: https://www.mlb.com/video/yoshida-named-al-player-of-week

 

[phrenile]

Also, really high walls. I couldn't find a height measurement but this is Kyocera dome. View attachment 64402

4.2 meters (13.8 feet) tall.

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/大阪ドーム#フィールド

 

[Tokyo Sox]

Hit-by-pitch translates as 'dead ball.'

Random language note but it's always interesting to see the gradual katakana-ization of Japanese. An HBP is typically written in a box score or an article in kanji, as 死球 (shi-kyuu) which still literally means dead ball. But in the above graphic they actually spelled it out in katakana -- デッドボール or deddo bo-ru. Not unheard of but it's the kind of thing my brother in law would probably have to explain to my father in law if they were watching that segment together.

 

[jwbasham84]

https://www.mlb.com/news/masataka-yoshida-turnaround-metrics?partnerID=web_article-share

Decent article discussing Yoshida's turnaround in hitting..