Saturday, April 01, 2006

Drobman-san

It took some investigative work worthy of Bill James and the folks at SABR, but Sharks Baseball has discovered that Malibu Coach Jeff Drobman spent four seasons playing pro baseball in Japan during the early 1970s. Coach Drobman hit .286 in 374 games with the Hanshin Tigers and the Yomiuri Giants of Japan's Central League.

Ask Coach Drobman what it was like to play with the great Sadaharu Oh.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Whaaaaaat?!? Seriously?

Anonymous said...

Not sure if this matters but his last name is Drobman...not Droban.

Anonymous said...

konichiwa gozai-masu.
domo arregato, Mr. Roberto!
Hai, Sadaharu Oh. o-genki desu-ka?
Nippon baseball -- bonzai!
wakalimasu, Mr. Roberto!
Coach Droban-san

Robert E. Williams said...

Now I know why it was so hard to track down the stats: I left out a letter in Coach Drobman's name. (That has now been corrected.)

Genki desu, Coach Drobman-san. Anata wa?

Incidentally, Sharks 野球 (Baseball) stands by the story--at least for today.