Talk:Japan national baseball team

Removal of Tadahito Iguchi
I removed Tadahito Iguchi from the list since he has publicly declared he would not be playing for Japan. I'm not sure if it's worth noting his absense (or Hideki Matsui's for that matter). --Do Not Talk About Feitclub (contributions) 10:52, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Does this article badly need cites?
More of a question than trying to push an opinion, but seeing unreferenced at the top of the article puzzles me. I don't see any comments that scream out "I need references", nor how hanging footnotes on any line or sentence would improve things. This is, when all is said & done, a list; the facts should have their cites in those articles. Or maybe my assumption is wrong, based on misunderstanding hwo the average reader would look at this article. Thoughts? -- llywrch 21:01, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Temp removed roster
Roster removed while I edit this page a bit, I'm considering removing the roster completely and adding it to a separate list article with the rest of the world baseball classic rosters.--Borgardetalk 10:19, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Removed info below:

2006 World Baseball Classic roster

Manager
 * 89 🇯🇵 Sadaharu Oh - Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks manager (王貞治)

Coaches
 * 84 🇯🇵 Kazuhiro Takeda - former Yomiuri Giants pitching coach (武田一浩)
 * 85 🇯🇵 Hatsuhiko Tsuji - former Yokohama BayStars coach (辻発彦)
 * 86 🇯🇵 Yoshitaka Katori - former Yomiuri Giants pitching coach (鹿取義隆)
 * 87 🇯🇵 Yasunori Oshima - former Nippon Ham Fighters manager (大島康徳)
 * 88 🇯🇵 Sumio Hirota - former Yomiuri Giants coach (弘田澄男)

Pitchers（Win-Loss-Save・Earned Run Average・Strikeouts )
 * 11 🇯🇵 Naoyuki Shimizu - P Chiba Lotte Marines (清水直行)   （0-0-1・4.15・6)
 * 12 🇯🇵 Soichi Fujita - P Chiba Lotte Marines (藤田宗一)   (0-0-0・9.00・1)
 * 15 🇯🇵 Tomoyuki Kubota - P Hanshin Tigers (久保田智之)   (none)
 * 18 🇯🇵 Daisuke Matsuzaka - P Seibu Lions (松坂大輔)   (3-0-0・1.38・10)
 * 19 🇯🇵 Koji Uehara - P Yomiuri Giants (上原浩治)   (2-0-0・1.59・16)
 * 20 🇯🇵 Yasuhiko Yabuta - P Chiba Lotte Marines (薮田安彦)   (0-0-0・2.08・5)
 * 21 🇯🇵 Tsuyoshi Wada - P Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (和田毅)   (0-0-0・0.00・1)
 * 24 🇯🇵 Kyuji Fujikawa - P Hanshin Tigers (藤川球児)   (0-1-0・0.00・3)
 * 31 🇯🇵 Shunsuke Watanabe- P Chiba Lotte Marines (渡辺俊介)   (0-0-0・1.98・6)
 * 40 🇯🇵 Akinori Otsuka - P Texas Rangers (大塚晶則)   (0-0-1・1.59・8)
 * 41 🇯🇵 Hiroyuki Kobayashi - P Chiba Lotte Marines (小林宏之)   (0-0-0・18.00・3)
 * 47 🇯🇵 Toshiya Sugiuchi - P Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (杉内俊哉)   (0-1-0・5.40・2)
 * 61 🇯🇵 Hirotoshi Ishii - P Tokyo Yakult Swallows (石井弘寿)   (0-1-0・27.00・1)
 * 61 🇯🇵 Takahiro Mahara - P Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (馬原孝浩)   (none)

Catchers（Avg・Home runs・RB・SB）
 * 22 🇯🇵 Tomoya Satozaki - C Chiba Lotte Marines (里崎智也)   (.409・1・5・0)
 * 27 🇯🇵 Motonobu Tanishige - C Chunichi Dragons (谷繁元信)   (.000・0・0・0)
 * 59 🇯🇵 Ryoji Aikawa - C Yokohama BayStars (相川亮二)   (.500・0・0・0)

Infielders（Avg・Home runs・RB・SB）
 * 1 🇯🇵 Akinori Iwamura - 3B Tokyo Yakult Swallows (岩村明憲)   (.389・0・3・2)
 * 2 🇯🇵 Michihiro Ogasawara - 3B Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters (小笠原道大)   (.231・0・7・0)
 * 4 🇯🇵 Nobuhiko Matsunaka - 1B Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (松中信彦)   (.433・0・2・0)
 * 7 🇯🇵 Tsuyoshi Nishioka - 2B Chiba Lotte Marines (西岡剛)   (.355・2・8・4)
 * 8 🇯🇵 Toshiaki Imae - 3B Chiba Lotte Marines (今江敏晃)   (.200・0・4・0)
 * 10 🇯🇵 Shinya Miyamoto - 2B, SS Tokyo Yakult Swallows (宮本慎也)   (.667・0・2・0)
 * 25 🇯🇵 Takahiro Arai - 1B, 3B Hiroshima Toyo Carp (新井貴浩)   (.333・0・0・0)
 * 52 🇯🇵 Munenori Kawasaki - SS Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (川崎宗則)   (.259・1・5・2)

Outfielders（Avg・Home runs・RB・SB）
 * 5 🇯🇵 Kazuhiro Wada - OF Seibu Lions (和田一浩)   (.000・0・0・0)
 * 6 🇯🇵 Hitoshi Tamura - OF Yokohama BayStars (多村仁)   (.259・3・9・0)
 * 9 🇯🇵 Tatsuhiko Kinjoh - OF Yokohama BayStars (金城龍彦)   (.200・0・0・0)
 * 17 🇯🇵 Kosuke Fukudome - OF Chunichi Dragons now with [[Chicago Cubs]] (福留孝介)   (.182・2・6・0)
 * 23 🇯🇵 Norichika Aoki - OF Tokyo Yakult Swallows (青木宣親)   （.200・0・1・0)
 * 51 🇯🇵 Ichiro Suzuki - OF Seattle Mariners (イチロー)   （.364・1・5・5)

Olympics roster
Does the above 2006 World Baseball Classic roster reflect which players are competing in Beijing? LordAmeth (talk) 20:22, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
 * No. See Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Team squads for that.  I believe the idea of the edit above was to move the roster from one single event to a more appropriate place, and also clean up the national team article so it would focus on more than just the 2006 WBC. Neier (talk) 15:18, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I didn't see that link from Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and so I asked here. LordAmeth (talk) 18:05, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Friendly games
Are warm up games against teams like the Yomiuri Giants common or rare?andycjp (talk) 11:08, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Portal:Baseball in Japan nominated for deletion
A portal related to this topic, Portal:Baseball in Japan, has been nominated for deletion. Please see the discussion, at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Baseball in Japan. Thank you for your time. Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 04:17, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Fix
This page has all sorts of problems...Correctron (talk) 04:22, 10 November 2014 (UTC)