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Highlifeman21
Who?
I know less then nothing about him, yet I somehow like him more then Dusty.
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Highlifeman21
Who?
Who's on first. Wakamatsu's the new M's manager.
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Wakamatsu is the first major-league manager of Asian descent, his father being a third generation Japanese-American born in a detention camp near the California-Oregon border during the World War II. But this may not mean much on the language front, since Wakamatsu himself admits he only speaks a smattering of that tongue.
http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.co..._gets_job.html
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OnBaseMachine
Fixed. ;)
I actually re-read the article to see if the writer wrote that. If he had, I couldn't think of a quicker way to get fired in Seattle.
:eek:
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This should add a new term to the baseball lexicon. When a manager makes what seems to be a nonsensical decision fans will be able to say "That move is Wakamatsu."
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After doing some more research, it looks like Wakamatsu was drafted by the Reds in the 11th round of the 1985 draft. He made it as far as Double-A Chattanooga and then moved on to the White Sox organization and went 7-for-31 with the Sox in 31 atbats in 1991.
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Originally Posted by
Highlifeman21
Who?
Don Wakamatsu is Japaneses for Sparky Anderson
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OnBaseMachine
After doing some more research, it looks like Wakamatsu was drafted by the Reds in the 11th round of the 1985 draft. He made it as far as Double-A Chattanooga and then moved on to the White Sox organization and went 7-for-31 with the Sox in 31 atbats in 1991.
Ha, this is funny. I remember briefly thinking that TeamClark was indeed Don Wakamatsu when I was trying to figure out who he was. I believe he was a Catcher IIRC as was TC but also both spent time as Reds and around a similiar timeframe, I think.
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westofyou
Don Wakamatsu is Japaneses for Sparky Anderson
Arigatou gozaimasu
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I remembered him as a Tiger. I was wrong. I was hoping like heck I'd open this to find Dusty had been "stolen". I'll keep wishing.
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BoydsOfSummer
I remembered him as a Tiger. I was wrong.
I bet you were thinking of Johnny Wockenfuss.