Latham's 1998 Guide to Japanese Baseball...

October 28, 1998

Note: because the end of the season is at hand, and I will need to devote most of my spare time to remodelling and updating this web site for 1999, the October 21 question will be the last of the year. Sorry. Thank you all for participating and good luck in next year's trivia quizzes!

Final winner:
Michael A. Schultz

Last week's question: On October 20, Yakult right-hander Kenjiro Kawasaki was named the winner of this year's Sawamura-sho, Japan's Cy Young Award, which is usually given the workhorse pitcher who tallies the highest number of wins. Which Seibu pitcher won the award last year?

Michael correctly answered, the "Fumiya Nishiguchi," so he wins the...

1995 Baseball Magazine card #159
Kenjiro Kawasaki

Congratulations Michael!

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