Comments on: The Effects of NPB Players Leaving for MLB, part 4 http://www.npbtracker.com/2009/01/the-effects-of-npb-players-leaving-for-mlb-part-4/ Baseball in Japan & Around the World Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:12:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Patrick http://www.npbtracker.com/2009/01/the-effects-of-npb-players-leaving-for-mlb-part-4/comment-page-1/#comment-3269 Patrick Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:34:56 +0000 http://www.npbtracker.com/?p=1223#comment-3269 <b>It’s a interesting subject and I enjoyed the series. I think you’d really have to take a good look at attendance and profit margins to really get the full picture. I’m guessing that kind of information isn’t readily available, and if it is, it’s probably not very accurate.</b> I think you'd also have to look at the other changes the team made on the field. None of these moves happened in a vacuum, and even when Matsui left the Giants, that was coupled with several veterans suddenly aging, the manager leaving, and several replacement stars not panning out. <b>I’d be curious to know if hardcore NPB fans, who watch the games and follow the league closely, feel like the level of play has decreased. My guess is the answer is no. If anything, it’s given opportunities to players that probably should be playing high level baseball…people who would otherwise be playing for industrial league teams or working blue collar jobs.</b> This topic comes up in Weekly Baseball's fan surveys that the run in every issue. I'll have to dig one of 'em up and see what the results were. I've been watching the league for years and my casual observation is that the league is better balanced than it was when I first started watching. It’s a interesting subject and I enjoyed the series. I think you’d really have to take a good look at attendance and profit margins to really get the full picture. I’m guessing that kind of information isn’t readily available, and if it is, it’s probably not very accurate.

I think you’d also have to look at the other changes the team made on the field. None of these moves happened in a vacuum, and even when Matsui left the Giants, that was coupled with several veterans suddenly aging, the manager leaving, and several replacement stars not panning out.

I’d be curious to know if hardcore NPB fans, who watch the games and follow the league closely, feel like the level of play has decreased. My guess is the answer is no. If anything, it’s given opportunities to players that probably should be playing high level baseball…people who would otherwise be playing for industrial league teams or working blue collar jobs.

This topic comes up in Weekly Baseball’s fan surveys that the run in every issue. I’ll have to dig one of ‘em up and see what the results were. I’ve been watching the league for years and my casual observation is that the league is better balanced than it was when I first started watching.

]]> By: Aaron http://www.npbtracker.com/2009/01/the-effects-of-npb-players-leaving-for-mlb-part-4/comment-page-1/#comment-3237 Aaron Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:52:15 +0000 http://www.npbtracker.com/?p=1223#comment-3237 It's a interesting subject and I enjoyed the series. I think you'd really have to take a good look at attendance and profit margins to really get the full picture. I'm guessing that kind of information isn't readily available, and if it is, it's probably not very accurate. I'd be curious to know if hardcore NPB fans, who watch the games and follow the league closely, feel like the level of play has decreased. My guess is the answer is no. If anything, it's given opportunities to players that probably should be playing high level baseball...people who would otherwise be playing for industrial league teams or working blue collar jobs. It’s a interesting subject and I enjoyed the series. I think you’d really have to take a good look at attendance and profit margins to really get the full picture. I’m guessing that kind of information isn’t readily available, and if it is, it’s probably not very accurate.
I’d be curious to know if hardcore NPB fans, who watch the games and follow the league closely, feel like the level of play has decreased. My guess is the answer is no. If anything, it’s given opportunities to players that probably should be playing high level baseball…people who would otherwise be playing for industrial league teams or working blue collar jobs.

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