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Shigetoshi Hasegawa

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Baseball Player

The Resume

    (August 1, 1968- )
    Born in Kakogawa, Hyogo, Japan
    Pitcher for the Orix Blue Wave (1990-1996), Anaheim Angels (1997-2001) and the Seattle Mariners (2002-2005)
    One AL All-Star selection (2003)
    Pacific League Rookie of the Year (1991)

Why he might be annoying:

    His nickname is Shiggy.
    His pitching performance in his final year in Japan was uneventful.
    He was overshadowed by Ichiro Suzuki in the majors.
    He injured his rotator cuff in 2001.
    He spent his final two years on losing Mariners teams.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He speaks both Japanese and English.
    He was barely injured during most of his playing career.
    He reads 'The Wall Street Journal.'
    His reason for playing in the majors is that he wanted to have a place to live in the United States.
    At the time Kazuhiro Sasaki was injured, he recorded 16 saves, a 1.48 ERA and made 63 relief appearances (2003).
    He let go of the ball extremely fast to trick the batter's timing.
    He wrote a book about how to improve spoken English.

Credit: Neo NX2004


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 13 Votes: 38.46% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 16 Votes: 75.00% Annoying