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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 220. Not illustrated. Chapters: Kintetsu Buffaloes Players, Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Players, Hisashi Iwakuma, Hideo Nomo, Charlie Manuel, Mike Andrews, Akinori Otsuka, Tuffy Rhodes, Chris Donnels, Andy Abad, Jeremy Powell, Sean Bergman, Don Money, Ralph Bryant, Bombo Rivera, Norihiro Nakamura, Masato Yoshii, Mike Johnson, Billy Bean, Jim Traber, Ozzie Canseco, Hector Carrasco, Kevin Beirne, Dick Davis, Alvin Davis, Larry Barnes, Vic Harris, Nigel Wilson, Jim Gentile, Chuck Essegian, Brian Shouse, Ben Oglivie, Bob Milacki, Shawn Gilbert, Phil Clark, R. J. Reynolds, Nerio Rodriguez, Lee Stevens, Chris Arnold, Luis Aquino, German Rivera, Bob Wolcott, Billy Smith, Ike Hampton, Gene Bacque, Dave Roberts, Larry Wolfe, David Green, Johnny Ruffin, Carlos Valdez, Kento Sugiyama, Buddy Bradford, Clarence Jones, Freddy Garcia, Ken Kadokura, Hideyuki Awano, Mario Valdez, Jim Qualls, Kyle Abbott, Masataka Nashida, Dennis Powell, Kenta Abe, Phil Leftwich, Mike Edwards, Koichi Oshima, Kotaro Azuse, Pat Dodson, Masahiro Abe, Glenn Mickens, Yosuke Takasu, Hisashi Aikyoh, Osaka Stadium, Naoyuki Ohmura, Fujiidera Stadium, Kanehisa Arime, Motoyuki Akahori, Hideki Asai, Osamu Abe, Shogo Yamamoto, Toshiya Adachi, Tetsuya Matoyama, Shinji Udaka. Excerpt: Hisashi Iwakuma Iwakuma Hisashi, born April 12, 1981 in Higashiyamato, Tokyo, Japan) is a starting pitcher for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. The Eagles' current staff ace, Iwakuma won the Eiji Sawamura Award in 2008 and played in the 2004 Athens Olympics as well as the 2009 World Baseball Classic for the Japanese national team. Iwakuma was born in Higashiyamato, Tokyo, and began playing baseball in the first grade before attending Horikoshi High School in Nakano. While he never made it to a national tournament during his high school career, he led his team to the semi-finals of the West Tokyo Tour...
