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Tatsuya Imai signs with Astros

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  1. Nick

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    Love this. The Astros need a spark of personality mixed with a little cockiness/arrogance.

    (And just great pitching).
     
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    Watched game tape of him. Very aggressive and LOTS of high fastballs from a low angle. I don’t think I saw a single 4 seam fastball that didn’t ride up. About half of his pitches were fastballs and sometimes he would throw it 5 or more times in a row. He sat 93-95 on Japanese guns but deep in counts could get it 97-99.
     
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    Dude is giving off some good vibes.
     
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    Wallpaper material.

     
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    Absolutely love it.
     
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    Yup - posted about this awhile back.

    They also have beefed up scouting a few other foreign markets as well.
     
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    He is known for his aggression and lack of fear.

    His demeanor reminds me some of Tim Lincecum - he is going to go right at people, and make them beat him.
     
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    I hope it all works out and this can open the Asian market...I know they're more expensive than the Latin countries so I dont expect us to get too much into it.
     
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    I am hopeful that the Latin countries Politics can be turned from their destructive positions and baseball can be safely re established there. Houston once dominated that source of prospective players and they can again if baseball can make a comeback there.
     
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    Take it all in Tatsuya.... Thats the last time youll see it open.
     
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