Atsuya Furuta Quotations

He has pace, he is sharp and from what I've seen every aspect of his game is up to standard and I want him to help us win the championship.

We've had a lot of games this year that we had no chance to win, so you can't lose games like this where you battle and scrape.

This is the way things are done in the Central League. It was a close call. It is perhaps odd that they would overturn the call of the man closest to the play. But who knows, it might go my way another time.

It's pretty obvious that we lacked offensive punch last season. Even more than pitching, part of the lure of the game is in batting. My ideal is to have a more balanced team. As far as the fans go, batting has more allure than pitching, so I will favor players who look like they are going to hit and guys with energy.

Because all these fans came out to see us in this kind of weather, I really didn't want to go to extra innings. So I was really committed to deciding it if I could.