Asia list of major league baseball

Takashi Saito (Japanese) – Arizona Diamondbacks – Pitcher – on the inactive roster

Tsuyoshi Wada (Japanese) – Baltimore Orioles – Pitcher – starting out the season on the 15-day disabled list.

Wei-Yin Chen (Taiwanese) – Baltimore Orioles – Pitcher – performed well in Spring training.  will be a starting pitcher.

Che-Hsuan Lin (Taiwanese) – Boston RedSox – Centerfielder – is on the inactive roster

Junichi Tazawa (Japanese) – Boston RedSox – Pitcher – is on the inactive roster

Daisuke Matsuzaka (Japanese) – Boston RedSox – Pitcher – likely to return from Tommy John surgery sometime in May.

Kosuke Fukudome (Japanese) – Chicago Whitesox – Rightfielder – potentially a starting outfielder.

Shin-Soo Choo (Korean) – Cleveland Indians – Rightfielder – will start at right field.

Bruce Chen (Chinese) – Kansas City Royals – Pitcher

Hank Choi Conger (Korean) – Los Angeles Angels – Catcher -inactive roster, in minor league

Hisanori Takahashi (Japanese) – Los Angeles Angels – Pitcher

Travis Ishikawa (Japanese/white) – Milwaukee Brewers – Firstbase – makes the roster as a reserve first baseman.  hit .255 and 2 homers in Spring training.

Norichika Aoki (Japanese) – Milwaukee Brewers – Leftfielder – hit .300 in Spring training.  one of five outfielders on the roster.

Tsuyoshi Nishioka (Japanese) – Minnesota Twins – Secondbase – will start the season in Triple-A.

Hiroki Kuroda (Japanese) – New York Yankees – Pitcher – will be a starting pitcher.

Kurt Suzuki (Japanese) – Oakland A’s – Catcher – starting catcher

Tim Lincecum (white/Filipino) – San Francisco Giants – Pitcher – ace pitcher for the Giants

Ichiro Suzuki (Japanese) – Seattle Mariners – Rightfielder - enters his 10th year in MLB.  Will bat 3rd in the lineup instead of his customary leadoff position.  hit .415 in Spring training.

Munenori Kawasaki (Japanese) – Seatlle Mariners – Shortstop - had the best batting average of all players during spring training with a .455 average.  Will start the season as an uti

Houston Baseball Happy 50th Birthday

On April 10, 1962, 50 years ago today, it all started in old Colt Stadium off OST near Fannin, as the Houston Colt .45s played their first official National League game on Opening Day upon a playing field that many of us fans would soon enough come to know as “The Skillet” as the Houston summer heat descended upon us.

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Major League Baseball cheap atlanta braves jersey officially started in Houston as the new and young Colt .45s blasted their way to an 11-2 Opening Day win against the Chicago Cubs. Little Lefty Bobby Shantz, no spring chicken himself, got the first start and win, striking out future Hall of Famer Lou Brock as the first our and “K” victim in franchise history. Houston’s Bob Aspromonte reached first base with the first base hit in franchise history and Roman Mejias then provided the big offensive club with two home runs and six RBI for the Colt. .45s.  Hal Smith also homered as the second player to hit a long ball for the locals in an official game.

When all was said and done, it was both a joyous start and a deserving tribute to Judge Roy Hofheinz and the other Houston Sports Association founders who contributed in their own unique ways to bringing Houston most deservedly into the world of major league baseball. Time and space press us into summary mention 0f those people who are even today the reasons why we have the new Jim Crane Era to celebrate in 2012, but hopefully, we shall never forget any of the men who were in the lineup that first Opening Day, or behind the broadcasting booths, or in the front office, or writing the stories that both sewed and sold our local legends and history of Houston MLB baseball.