About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Norichika Aoki, Akinori Iwamura, Charlie Manuel, Hensley Meulens, Atsuya Furuta, Dwayne Murphy, Katsunori Nomura, Shingo Takatsu, Rex Hudler, Roberto Petagine, Sam Perlozzo, Bob Horner, Larry Parrish, Torey Lovullo, Takehiko Kobayakawa, Floyd Bannister, Ron Davis, Leon Lee, Adam Riggs, Alex Ramirez, Tom O'Malley, Kazushige Nagashima, Kazuhisa Ishii, Masato Yoshii, Johnny Ray, Hisanobu Watanabe, Travis Driskill, Ryota Igarashi, Mark Smith, Dicky Gonzalez, Mike Rochford, Tomohito Ito, Dwayne Hosey, Hatsuhiko Tsuji, Jack Howell, Rick Guttormson, Tim Birtsas, Shinya Miyamoto, Juan Eichelberger, Kevin Hodges, Jim Tatum, Doug DeCinces, Jerald Clark, Terry Bross, Tony Mounce, Jason Beverlin, Tsutomu Wakamatsu, Hirotoshi Ishii, Luis Ortiz, Eric Anthony, Takao Obana, Lyle Mouton, Dave Hilton, Art Lopez, Larry Harlow, Atsunori Inaba, Jason Jacome, Johnny Paredes, Chris Smith, Dan Briggs, Roger Repoz, Alan Newman, Ryo Kawashima, Akihiko Ohya, Terry Harper, Hiroyasu Tanaka, Rich Batchelor, Todd Betts, Mark Brouhard, Mark Acre, Shinichi Sato, Bobby Marcano, Shigeki Abe. Excerpt: Norichika Aoki Aoki Norichika, born January 5, 1982 in Hy ga, Miyazaki, Japan) is a Japanese professional baseball player. He is currently an outfielder for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. Aoki is one of only four players to amass 200 or more hits in a single season in Japanese professional baseball. He played in the 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classics as well as the 2008 Beijing Olympics and is widely regarded as one of the most complete position players in Japan today. Aoki was born in Hy ga, Miyazaki, and attended Hyuga Municipal Hichiya Elementary School and Tomishima Junior High School before going on to Miyazaki Prefectural Hyuga High School. Surprisingly, he was a pitcher throughout junior high and high school, converting to the outfield only upon en...
