J- Ball

In the first lesson of the  handbook that we were studying in class we talked about J-Ball which is the baseball in Japan. I will write some interesting facts about the Dominican players in Japan.

The first Dominicans that played in the professional baseball league of Japan were Sijo Linares, who was the first one playing in a single match with the Taiyas Whales in 1971. Also, in the same year, Jose Vidal Nolasco who was born in La Romana, invaded that league in Japan.
Then, other players followed him, as Mateo Rojas Alou in 1974, Rafael Batista in 1975 and Winston Llenas in 1976. They were the pioneers in Baseball in Japan even not speaking the language in this country.