Saito- A Solitary Japanese Pitcher Premium Story

Takashi Saito
Takashi Saito
By Bill Shelley
Minor League editor
Date: Feb 25, 2006

VERO BEACH, Fla.- The first thing you notice about this year's Japanese player with the Dodgers, righthanded pitcher Takashi Saito, is that he's all alone. There's no entourage of media types from Japan hovering over him with cameras and tape recorders to chart his every move and utterance. Oh, there's a couple that could seem to qualify but they're in the middle of the clubhouse paying no attention to him. It turns out that they're from Korea here to cover Jae Seo and Hee Seop Choi.

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