The Twins won the bidding for the Japanese batting champion, at least partially clearing up their infield picture for 2011. The Twins have never really signed Japanese guys before- the only previous Japanese Twin was pitcher Michael Nakamura, who pitched 12 games for them in 2003.
And if you Google "Japanese Twins," most of the results have nothing to do with Nishioka.
Michael "Needle" Nakamura?
Posted by: LilB at November 30, 2010 08:43 AM