現西武監督の渡辺のも見つけた。
Hisanobu Watanabe
１９９４年１０月３１日号
この年は、ストのため、ワールド・シリーズがなく、代わりに、日本シリーズを放映していた。
西武 vs. 巨人
桑田はカバーになれなかったが、記事は出ている。
A 26-year-old righthander, Kuwata is a free spirit who talks to the baseball when he pitches; who is an American-film buff and is bored by Japanese flicks; who refined his diet according to the suggestions of American teammates (no meat, including raw horse, on any of the three days before a start); and who chooses to tool around Tokyo's congested, drive-on-the-left streets in a Mercedes with the steering wheel on the lefthand side. Most unusual for a Japanese, he has yearned to play baseball in the U.S. ever since he traveled to California with his high school team and marveled at how his American peers practiced in T-shirts and shorts.
"That would never happen in Japan," he said. "We have to be suited up in full uniform. Americans, they just play the game. In Japan it's 'We must....' and 'We have to....' There are good things and bad things in Japan and in America. I really like the good things in America. I like the individualism." That explains why Kuwata intends to pursue a career in the U.S. major leagues after next season, when he can declare himself a free agent. "That is my dream," he said.
桑田２６歳の時、松坂と良く似ている。
Hisanobu Watanabe
１９９４年１０月３１日号
この年は、ストのため、ワールド・シリーズがなく、代わりに、日本シリーズを放映していた。
西武 vs. 巨人
桑田はカバーになれなかったが、記事は出ている。
A 26-year-old righthander, Kuwata is a free spirit who talks to the baseball when he pitches; who is an American-film buff and is bored by Japanese flicks; who refined his diet according to the suggestions of American teammates (no meat, including raw horse, on any of the three days before a start); and who chooses to tool around Tokyo's congested, drive-on-the-left streets in a Mercedes with the steering wheel on the lefthand side. Most unusual for a Japanese, he has yearned to play baseball in the U.S. ever since he traveled to California with his high school team and marveled at how his American peers practiced in T-shirts and shorts.
"That would never happen in Japan," he said. "We have to be suited up in full uniform. Americans, they just play the game. In Japan it's 'We must....' and 'We have to....' There are good things and bad things in Japan and in America. I really like the good things in America. I like the individualism." That explains why Kuwata intends to pursue a career in the U.S. major leagues after next season, when he can declare himself a free agent. "That is my dream," he said.
桑田２６歳の時、松坂と良く似ている。