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Raiding or Raising the East
by David Pinto
Professional Japanese baseball faces an uncertain future. With the success of
Ichiro Suzuki, Hideki Matsui, the World Baseball Classic win, and the hoopla
surrounding Daisuke Matsuzaka, Major League Baseball sees Japan as a new pool
of talent for North American teams. Through the posting system and soon through
signing talent out of school, the one-way flow of stars from the Eastern to the
Western Hemisphere could drain talent from the Far East. Unless talent