Who?
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.
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Last edited by OnBaseMachine; 11-18-2008 at 09:43 PM.
Asian's a language?
"Reality tells us there are no guarantees. Except that some day Jon Lester will be on that list of 100-game winners." - Peter Gammons
Fixed.
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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