Comments on: Ikusei (Training) Player System http://www.npbtracker.com/2009/05/ikusei-training-player-system/ Baseball in Japan & Around the World Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:30:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ryo http://www.npbtracker.com/2009/05/ikusei-training-player-system/comment-page-1/#comment-9521 Ryo Sun, 17 May 2009 15:16:45 +0000 http://www.npbtracker.com/?p=2453#comment-9521 Thanks for the note, Deanna. Kensuke Uchimura is definitely another player worthy to be mentioned as he is basically the same height as myself. Every player making it to the NPB roster starting as an ikusei player is a great story and it was certainly a difficult process just to choose a couple for this certain piece. I felt the Ikusei Player System was something that people were not completely familiar with and would be interested in, so I appreciate the comment. Thanks for the note, Deanna. Kensuke Uchimura is definitely another player worthy to be mentioned as he is basically the same height as myself. Every player making it to the NPB roster starting as an ikusei player is a great story and it was certainly a difficult process just to choose a couple for this certain piece.

I felt the Ikusei Player System was something that people were not completely familiar with and would be interested in, so I appreciate the comment.

]]> By: Kamachi http://www.npbtracker.com/2009/05/ikusei-training-player-system/comment-page-1/#comment-9513 Kamachi Sat, 16 May 2009 00:18:15 +0000 http://www.npbtracker.com/?p=2453#comment-9513 Great Post. This is something I have wondered about before but could never really find the answer...at least not as succinctly as you put it. Thanks! Speaking of ikusei players, Kawaguchi Yosuke (http://www.japanesebaseball.com/players/player.jsp?PlayerID=2007&Year=2008&Part=1) was one who may make a name for himself in the U.S. He was going no where in the Kyojin organization and decided to try his luck over here signing with the Yuma Scorpions of the independent Golden Baseball League. The GBL sells a lot of players to affilated baseball so he may end up in a Major League organization within a couple of months if he turns out to be any good. Great Post. This is something I have wondered about before but could never really find the answer…at least not as succinctly as you put it. Thanks!

Speaking of ikusei players, Kawaguchi Yosuke (http://www.japanesebaseball.com/players/player.jsp?PlayerID=2007&Year=2008&Part=1) was one who may make a name for himself in the U.S. He was going no where in the Kyojin organization and decided to try his luck over here signing with the Yuma Scorpions of the independent Golden Baseball League. The GBL sells a lot of players to affilated baseball so he may end up in a Major League organization within a couple of months if he turns out to be any good.

]]> By: Deanna http://www.npbtracker.com/2009/05/ikusei-training-player-system/comment-page-1/#comment-9507 Deanna Thu, 14 May 2009 12:16:29 +0000 http://www.npbtracker.com/?p=2453#comment-9507 My favorite ikusei success story hands down is Kensuke Uchimura, surprised you didn't mention that one. He's 163cm tall and was always told he was too little to play pro ball, but basically he worked his way up through the system -- after high school in Yamanashi he went to JFE Nishinihon, and in the hopes of getting drafted to the NPB he joined the Hokushinetsu league when it started, happened to be on the champion Ishikawa Million Stars, and Rakuten took him as an ikusei player. And last August 3rd he made his ichi-gun debut in Sendai. I was at that game totally randomly, and it was really cool to see him up there after following him in the minors around Kanto all year. But the road he took to get there was just plain crazy. It's really funny seeing him and Makoto Kosaka as a middle infield together, the two shortest men in baseball... My favorite ikusei success story hands down is Kensuke Uchimura, surprised you didn’t mention that one. He’s 163cm tall and was always told he was too little to play pro ball, but basically he worked his way up through the system — after high school in Yamanashi he went to JFE Nishinihon, and in the hopes of getting drafted to the NPB he joined the Hokushinetsu league when it started, happened to be on the champion Ishikawa Million Stars, and Rakuten took him as an ikusei player. And last August 3rd he made his ichi-gun debut in Sendai. I was at that game totally randomly, and it was really cool to see him up there after following him in the minors around Kanto all year. But the road he took to get there was just plain crazy.

It’s really funny seeing him and Makoto Kosaka as a middle infield together, the two shortest men in baseball…

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