NPB Bullet Points: Spring Training in Pictures

» 04 February 2011 » In npb »

NPB spring camps have opened throughout southern Japan, and here are six pictures from around the league, pre-approved to be interesting by me.

  • Lotte outfielder Ikohiro Kiyota, taking part in a knock drill with a glove on each hand and his chin resting on a bat.
  • Yomiuri rookie Hirokazu Sawamura, feeding milk to a calf.
  • Yuki Saito’s golden boy status doesn’t get him out of trawling the mound.
  • Saito’s more experienced teammate Yu Darvish threw on the first day of camp.
  • Matt Murton, handing out signed baseball cards to fans.
  • Jonathan Albaladejo is a big guy. Here he is jogging with his translator, who is 180cm (5’10) tall.

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  1. Patrick
    passerby
    04/02/2011 at 1:17 pm Permalink

    The translator was in Masao Kida’s car that had an accident when Kida was with, I believe, the Dodgers. He was seriously injured, but he is now good enough to jog. That’s good.

  2. Patrick
    DeGavph
    06/02/2011 at 4:54 am Permalink

    Man, Albaladejo is HUGE.

    It’s hard to believe that he’s only(?) 195cm. For a moment there I thought for sure he was nearly Randy-sized.