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Lets use this thread to discuss our new Japanese over lord.

Japanese gold glove defense.
The eye of a young Barry Bonds.
The speed of a prime Ricky Henderson.

Most swag on the team.

I'm on board. These sort of shenanigans are more important in seasons where the team is going nowhere. But watching this guy is too much fun. I find his sort of act more appealing that Lawrie's.

Kawasaki after JP's home run: "Wow."

I've been on board! Love the guy, hope he sticks.

forget the shenanigans, nevermind theyre great. but still hes been playing fairly well too. i woudlnt be furious using him as a replacement for reyes for a couple months

Mattd97 wrote:forget the shenanigans, nevermind theyre great. but still hes been playing fairly well too. i woudlnt be furious using him as a replacement for reyes for a couple months

Let's just enjoy it while it lasts. I think squeezing a couple of months out of Kawasaki is our best-case scenario. With Lawrie there to provide protection, Kawasaki will look better in the field. As long as he can keep scratching out the odd hit, bunt, or walk and play passable defense we'll be ok. But, Izturis is going to have to provide some more offense for us. With Lind at 1B/DH, we're getting almost nothing out of our infield.

Twinkletoes Kawasaki fakign a steal as a Mariner.

TorontoRaptures wrote:
Twinkletoes Kawasaki fakign a steal as a Mariner.

That is great.

TorontoRaptures wrote:
Twinkletoes Kawasaki fakign a steal as a Mariner.

What in the.....

I love this guy

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMfBFkawzEg[/youtube]

Gibby wrote:

TorontoRaptures wrote:
Twinkletoes Kawasaki fakign a steal as a Mariner.

What in the.....

I love this guy

He did this his first time on base against KC and just almost got picked off (Hosmer tagged him but the ball popped out of his glove).

hyper316 wrote:

This guy got the harlem shake covered all by himself

This thread requires more haikus.

Praise Kawasaki
He of the great batter's eye
And Boni's better.

He's really not that good.

he is pretty good. Great D. Good speed. Actually every at bat has been decent so far also.

kwamebargnani wrote:He's really not that good.

BLASPHEMY

I don't get people who think that Kawasaki is not a good player. He does all you can ask from your 9th hitter and even if he doesn't get on he's driving up the pitchers pitch count. Plus, his defense is above average..he's no Reyes, but we don't have to give up anything to have him on the team.

Kapono wrote:Japanese gold glove defense.
The eye of a young Barry Bonds.
The speed of a prime Ricky Henderson.

The body of Ellen Page

kwamebargnani wrote:He's really not that good.

TROLL!!!