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| Seibu Jason
Johnson started down in the minors Wednesday and went five innings of two
run ball and then reported that he didn't feel any pain on Thursday. So
manager Tsutomu Itoh is looking at bring Johnson back up around the middle
of the month.
Softbank Top collegiate draft pick Kenji Otonari has been promoted to the big club. He will see an appearance or two in the bullpen and if those go well he could start against Hanshin on the 10th. Manager Sadaharu Oh, who is involved with promoting youth baseball across the world, was given a check for three million yen (about $25,000) by Miyoko Uemoto, the wife of the late umpire Koichi Uemoto, to help Oh's organization out. |