Tetsuya Matoyama
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Tetsuya Matoyama is a professional baseball
catcher
for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
in Nippon Professional Baseball. He has played for the team since appearing in 1 game, to a further 15 in his second season before making it into the regular line-up.
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
catcher
Catcher
Catcher is a position for a baseball or softball player. When a batter takes his turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the umpire, and receives the ball from the pitcher. This is a catcher's primary duty, but he is also called upon to master many other skills in order to...
for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
The are a Japanese baseball team based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture. The team was bought on January 28, 2005 by the SoftBank Corporation.The team was formerly known as the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks. In 1988, Daiei bought the team from Osaka's Nankai Electric Railway Co., and its headquarters were...
in Nippon Professional Baseball. He has played for the team since appearing in 1 game, to a further 15 in his second season before making it into the regular line-up.