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Yomiuri Giants no. 4 Lee Seung-yeop is showing an almost frightening vigor in what is as yet only the beginning of the baseball season. In a season opener three-game series against Yokohama BayStars, Lee unleashed a violent attack of five hits and four RBIs including two homeruns, making him a hot topic once again, this time in Japan.
Japan's Sports Hochi newspaper is predicting that Lee will batter the opposing team's pitchers into an irrecoverable state in the three-game road series against the Yakult Swallows that begins on Tuesday. It called the sight of the slugger selecting his bat -- of which he will be using three different weights this season -- from the case as looking ¡°like a samurai selecting a sword¡± to slay his enemy.
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Japanese women read front-page coverage of Lee's homerun in a sports newspaper.
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According to the paper, before every game the athlete considers the condition and quality of the wood, then chooses one of the three types of bats of different weight and shape.
Meanwhile, the athlete¡¯s move to an MLB team in the home of baseball is becoming a reality, and he looks to be a strong candidate for rookie-of-the-year when he does make that crossover.
The Arizona Republic, the biggest daily in the U.S. state, mentioned the Lee¡¯s future in an article outlining the sportswriter's predictions for the season on Monday, ¡°After his one-year contract with the Yomiuri Giants ends, Korea's ¡®Lion King¡¯ Lee Seung-yeop signs a three-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers and is named 2007 National League Rookie of the Year¡± ? an indication just how high the Major League¡¯s expectations for Lee Seung-yeop are.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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