I’m back after a short break to take care of some other work that needed to be taken care of. It’s not like I’ve gone anywhere but when the most interesting thing I saw in the first 10 days of camp was a pitcher discovering a cat had taken a dump on the bullpen mound he was using, well, it was not that compelling.
On Sunday, Livan Moinelo threw his first bullpen of the spring, the Chunichi Dragons media was particularly revved up about Sho Nakata, which is not a good sign, and batters getting hit with pitches seems to be a thing.
Moinelo throws 87 pitches
Livan Moinelo, who had an unspecified procedure in July that was expected to keep him out of action for three months, threw his first bullpen of the spring Sunday, heaving 87 pitches under the supervision of new manager Hiroki Kokubo and pitching coach Shinji Kurano in Miyazaki.
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