Comments on: Wither Japanese Baseball? http://www.oscargamblesociety.com/wither-japanese-baseball/ People don't think it be like it is, but it do. Sun, 20 May 2012 09:25:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Jakes http://www.oscargamblesociety.com/wither-japanese-baseball/#comment-80 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 18:54:43 +0000 http://www.oscargamblesociety.com/wither-japanese-baseball/#comment-80 Does the posting/10-year FA rule apply to Japanese players that never sign a contract with a NPB team? If not, what is to preclude MLB teams from scouting and recruiting players before they sign contracts with NPB teams, a la how MLB teams sign *C1O6UyGeHar old* dominicans to contracts? Does the posting/10-year FA rule apply to Japanese players that never sign a contract with a NPB team? If not, what is to preclude MLB teams from scouting and recruiting players before they sign contracts with NPB teams, a la how MLB teams sign *C1O6UyGeHar old* dominicans to contracts?

]]> by: Cliffy http://www.oscargamblesociety.com/wither-japanese-baseball/#comment-79 Thu, 01 Mar 2007 20:30:48 +0000 http://www.oscargamblesociety.com/wither-japanese-baseball/#comment-79 This whole notion of "free exchange" of talent presumes that the Japanese Leagues have any interest whatsoever in eliminating the current posting process (much as Scott Boras, et al, would love to see it gone... like yesterday). As long as the posting process is in place (and again, I don't see it going anywhere anytime soon), MLB will have two options: (1) wait ten years for starts like Ichiro and Hideki (not Kaz) Matsui to become available sans posting, or (2) pay tens of millions of dollars simply for the privilege of talking to the top talent about signing a ML contract. Yes... we will still see some top Japanese talent head this way, and we'll be sending back the ubiquitous AAAA player (think Tom Selleck, in "Mr. Baseball")... but I just don't see a talent exodus from Japan as long as that posting process / 10-year free agency system is in effect. And why exactly would the owners in the Japanese Leagues allow that to change? P.S. It must have been something in the Black Hole that has adversely affected both Tank *and* I, long-term... not that that's a bad thing. This whole notion of “free exchange” of talent presumes that the Japanese Leagues have any interest whatsoever in eliminating the current posting process (much as Scott Boras, et al, would love to see it gone… like yesterday). As long as the posting process is in place (and again, I don’t see it going anywhere anytime soon), MLB will have two options: (1) wait ten years for starts like Ichiro and Hideki (not Kaz) Matsui to become available sans posting, or (2) pay tens of millions of dollars simply for the privilege of talking to the top talent about signing a ML contract.

Yes… we will still see some top Japanese talent head this way, and we’ll be sending back the ubiquitous AAAA player (think Tom Selleck, in “Mr. Baseball”)… but I just don’t see a talent exodus from Japan as long as that posting process / 10-year free agency system is in effect.

And why exactly would the owners in the Japanese Leagues allow that to change?

P.S. It must have been something in the Black Hole that has adversely affected both Tank *and* I, long-term… not that that’s a bad thing.

]]> by: boorad http://www.oscargamblesociety.com/wither-japanese-baseball/#comment-78 Thu, 01 Mar 2007 20:09:34 +0000 http://www.oscargamblesociety.com/wither-japanese-baseball/#comment-78 Wow, I don't say this lightly. And it must be that I've come to this realization because I've now seen more of Tank's work due to the website. But damn, there may be more issues w/ him than, even, well, Cliffy. There, I said it. Wow, I don’t say this lightly. And it must be that I’ve come to this realization because I’ve now seen more of Tank’s work due to the website. But damn, there may be more issues w/ him than, even, well, Cliffy. There, I said it.

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