http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-whitesox-takatsu&prov=ap&type=lgns

 

Best of luck to you Shingo. I certainly will miss your trademark smile after your successful save.

Interesting, could've sworn I read this morning that he had accepted an assignment to Char.

wtf

Woah, I'm surprised. Oh well, we really had no use for him.

 

Thanks for last year, Shingo.

This is Shingo Takatsu's legacy to me.

 

Here's a guy in his late 30's, when he should have been thinking about retirement, he instead thought "Eh, I'll play a few years in America." So he came to America, and despite a horrible Spring Training, makes the team.

 

Promptly, he becomes more than just a man. He becomes a phenomenon. When that video came on, when that gong went off, the entire stadium stood up. Standing ovations of the type I haven't seen even for home runs. And that was before he even got a single out.

 

Hidden perfect game, save after save, the results piled up.

 

You want to know the most beautiful moment of the 2004 season for me? July 24, 2004. Shingotime shuts down the Tigers for the last White Sox win before their final slide. On my way down to the parking lot, I see this little kid. He's maybe 10 years old. This kid had taken a white undershirt and, with a magic marker, wrote "Takatsu" and "10" on the back. That's the beauty of baseball.

 

Shingo Takatsu will always have a special place in my heart.

Bye ST could hookup somewhere in NL

Should the Sox win the World Series, is Shingo entitled for a ring? I wish he could.

I would give shingo another chance, but what do I know? Good luck, Shingo.. No more GONG GONG.. MR ZERO!!!

This saddens me. I boguht 2 of his cards, quite expensive, because I knew he was goging to stay in Charlotte. I also hav his jersey. IMO, Shingo > Adkins. I don't like the move but he will remain one of my favorite Sox of all-time. I wish him luck and I hope someone signs him and he PWNS.

 

GONG!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope someone doesn't pick him up and use him as their closer to beat us in the playoffs. Mr. Zero was clutch in Japan, hopefully he doesn't repeat that against us in October.

Should the Sox win the World Series, is Shingo entitled for a ring?  I wish he could.

 

lets not put the cart before the horse.

Should the Sox win the World Series, is Shingo entitled for a ring?  I wish he could.

If he dosent thats BS seeing that he was part of this team for more then have the season. Maybe Shingo will go back to japan and continue his succesful career there.

Should the Sox win the World Series, is Shingo entitled for a ring?  I wish he could.

 

 

If you played for the team at any point that season, yes, you get a ring.

If you played for the team at any point that season,  yes,  you get a ring.

 

Then why did the Red Sox vote wether or not Nomar deserved a ring last year?

WTF? I swear i read that he had signed a Minor League Deal with the Sox?

If you played for the team at any point that season,  yes,  you get a ring.

 

 

Not true. He would have to be voted a share and a ring by the players. Just like Nomar last year.

Not true. He would have to be voted a share and a ring by the players. Just like Nomar last year.

 

 

My bad then. I guess I was thinking basketball.

My bad then.  I guess I was thinking basketball.

 

 

NP. I always thought they would get one also until the Nomar thing happened.

I wonder if his agent asked for a release after the Sox brought up Adkins....Maybe Shingo and the agent were thinking a call-up would be possible, but the Adkins move may have shown them how fall he had fallen in the organization.

I wonder if his agent asked for a release after the Sox brought up Adkins....Maybe Shingo and the agent were thinking a call-up would be possible, but the Adkins move may have shown them how fall he had fallen in the organization.

they couldn't call him up because i'm pretty sure you have to spend 10 days in the minors if you have been demoted before you can be called up. I remember hearing about it and that the only exception is an injury.

they couldn't call him up because i'm pretty sure you have to spend 10 days in the minors if you have been demoted before you can be called up.  I remember hearing about it and that the only exception is an injury.

 

Yeah, I think you are correct now that you bring it up....

 

Still something must have happened for this to have happened.

Yeah, I think you are correct now that you bring it up....

 

Still something must have happened for this to have happened.

i really don't think this was the right move. I'm sorry but why not give him a chance to get his s*** straight in Charlotte. John Adkins stinks.

I can't wait until the cubs sign shingo and white sox josh becomes a cubs fan.

i really don't think this was the right move.  I'm sorry but why not give him a chance to get his s*** straight in Charlotte.  John Adkins stinks.

 

Long reliever. We'll hardly see Adkins pitch, I assume.