The Kei Igawa Effect

[econoodle]

Ok.
To give me something lighthearted fun to do while going through the grind of my franchise this year, I decided to try what I call the Kei Igawa Effect.

The once kind-of-proud pitcher from Oarai Japan is back on the map.

For those who don't know who he is.
He is known as Mr. AAA
He is known to hail from the Far Least.

He is about to, by the real life yankees, be banished to the minor leagues for good.
But hold up, he aint done yet.

MY goal will be to rise him back up from AAA [where I will do all his starts down there], get him back up to the big show, and make the All-Star team.
Yes, make the All-Star team.

I can do it.
I will do it.
I will chronicle all his news here.

emails regarding his status.
all his pitching lines as well as analysis.
Get Igawa all day, all the time, here.

Sounds boring? You haven't seen him pitch!

Plus, it will create a buzz when he takes the mound each time.
We forget this guy used to be the strikeout king of Hashin.
he had more cell phone pics taken of him on the streets of Ibaraki then Bobby Valantine at a karaoke club.
All eyes will be on the "Oh My! From Oarai".

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Am i crazy for thinking Igawa can be resurrected in The Show?
Possibly, but who else is gonna be the fifth starter this year when Joba implodes?

Stay tuned.

[SergioRodriguez13]

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[econoodle]

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haha serg.
see, hes got some love out there still.
he just needs a hug, and i am gonna give him one.

A guy hug.

Has anyone used igawa before and how did he do?
even as far back as MLB 08.
did he ever show signs of being something in your franchise before?

[Mr. Franchise]

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I took him on as a salary dump in my Giants chise once. He wasn't bad in AA, but he never made the MLB team.

[franch1se]

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this should be in the Dynasty section

[cibo2]

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last year i did the same exact thing last year with kei igawa. i never actually finished it because something happened to the franchise file but i made it to a few weeks before the all-star break and he was something like 8-2 with a 2.5 ish ERA and about a strikeout per inning.
good luck! ...you'll need it

[econoodle]

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I took him on as a salary dump in my Giants chise once. He wasn't bad in AA, but he never made the MLB team.

hmmm i figured he's have a hard time getting play in the Bigs.
Makes it all the more fun to try.

okl your right fran, how silly of me
mods can move it to its rightful spot amongst dem franchise boyz.

I will also be adding pics as well as fake commentary and interviews.
to spice it up.

[Shamedog18]

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haha serg.
see, hes got some love out there still.
he just needs a hug, and i am gonna give him one.

A guy hug.

Has anyone used igawa before and how did he do?
even as far back as MLB 08.
did he ever show signs of being something in your franchise before?

I actually played a lot of the minor league games in my Yankees franchise last year, and he did really well for me. I think he was 7–2 or something like that in June before my PS3 got hit with the yellow light of death.

[The-BigGeorge]

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HAHA this sounds like fun!

(edit: wasn't Igawa like the highest rated Yankee pitcher in MLB 07's default roster?)

[econoodle]

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coool shamedog! i have more confidence in him now~!


BigG: wow, he was?
why???? lololol


in any event hes not HORRIBLE.
ok maybe he is, but hes better than the junk in the minors in the show i think, so the race is on.

i will be kicking it off soon.

I'll start it pre spring training with some of Kei's off season doings.

I want to do pics but not sure how to screen snap ps3 pics [anyone know how?]
videos obviously i can pull off via the shows video maker.


so yea, in a couple days I will start this up.
fun.

[ASB37]

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The show has a built in screen cap feature. When your playing a game bring up the XMB by pressing the "PS" button on your controller. Then click over to the photo section of the XMB, under that you should see an icon for taking a screenshot.

[econoodle]

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The show has a built in screen cap feature. When your playing a game bring up the XMB by pressing the "PS" button on your controller. Then click over to the photo section of the XMB, under that you should see an icon for taking a screenshot.

awesome ASB, thanks!
i am starting the 'effect' friday and wanna get going.

[econoodle]

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Well its about that time.

Kei Igawa has put away his PS3 and is getting ready to play games for real.
Will he be like Uncharted and go places he hasnt gone before in his career with NY?
or will it be more like World At War, and see him battling to the bloody end and be left limp and defeated after barely making it through a season of AA?

We will see as the 'Oh My! from Oarai' heads to camp, tomorrow.
But has he made the 40-man roster?

Will he take his ball and throw home?
or take it and 'go' home?

We will find out.

[Pared]

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this should be in the Dynasty section

Bingo.

[econoodle]

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THE KEI IGAWA EFFECT: MEDIA DAY

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Well, spring training is upon us/Kei and he was told today he might make the 40-man roster. They had to find out tho if anyone else was not going to be able to do it. Then, they'd get back to him, if no one else called them back. In the meantime, Kei had bigger fish to fry. It was Bowman Media Day and Kei was getting his newest baseball card done.

He couldn't be happier. A new haircut. a new hobby collectable about to created. A new lease on life. A new common card will be born.


The pic was taken and sent out and by the end of the day, Kei had his card. He excitedly called his mama back in Oakai but alas there was no answer? Was she shopping, he thought? No, she hated shopping and thought it was for the devil.

But, later he wouldn't be happy.

It seems there was a mess up. The price to pay he thought later, for getting the cards "so darn quick".

Heres how it went down.

The printer showed up at Tampa to drop off the cards and Kei grabbed the batch before he even had time to get out of the shower. He ripped open the box and slowly but excitedly scanned through them. Beside the fact that they were all the same picture, he yelled "Why are they so damn wet!? I didn't pay for these to look this way"! The Card representative told him, 'Huh, you didn't pay for them at all, plus, they are wet because your still standing in the shower". He them apologized to her and offered to sign one of the cards. She nervously accepted, and handed him a pen along with a towel.

He signed the card. It felt so cool, he thought, that people wanted his autograph, that he signed the entire rest of the batch.

Later after eating a snack in the clubhouse, Alfredo Aceves came by and said hello. Kei was so excited bout the cards he decided to offer one to Alfie. He pulled out the box and as he was handing one to Aceves, he noticed another error.

The stupid printers had printed some scribble across the front of the card he was going to give along with the words 'To Rob,'. "This MUST be some kind of rookie prank!", he thought. Yes Kei knew he wasn't a rookie but it did say ROOKIE on his card. That was the second thing that irked him. "I've been here 4 years, man, 4 years. And this is how they do me"!!?? he scanned the cards. 'To Alex", 'To Joe', To Andy'. "WTH is this!?" he yelled. He almost started crying. Though bystanders noted it was more like a dull whine.

The scene he was causing got the attention of the printing rep he spoke to earlier. She came over, handed him a towel and said, "Kei, those names are on there because YOU signed them, remember? The shower? The wet cards?"? He paused for a moment, laughed, and resigned to the fact that he in fact DID. They all laughed and he handed her another card enscribed, 'To Hideki'l as he headed out to meet his mother.

It was disappointing sure, but he had other fish to fry. His mom was coming today. She would be here by the time he left for dinner. Which explains he figured, why she didn't answer the phone back in Japan.

But whatever the case, she was coming and tomorrow she's gonna watch her baby pitch!

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