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	Atsuya Furuta - BR Bullpen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Furuta finally made it to the big time at age 24 with the Yakult Swallows and as a rookie won a Gold Glove and became the first rookie All-Star catcher in 21 years.
		Furuta won his first MVP award and he helped lead the Swallows to the Japan Series title that year, the first for the franchise in 15 years.
		Furuta won his ninth Gold Glove in 2001, made his 12th trip to the All-Star game and was on the Best Nine for the 8th time.
	www.baseball-reference.com /bullpen/Atsuya_Furuta (1164 words)

	Roundup: Henman on track in defeat of Dent - Sports - International Herald Tribune
		Atsuya Furuta, a veteran catcher for the Yakult Swallows, will become the team's player-manager next season, the Swallows said Tuesday.
		Furuta, 40, signed a two-year contract to take over for Tsutomu Wakamatsu, who had led the team since 1998.
		Katsuya Nomura served as player-manager for the Nankai Hawks from 1970 to 1977.
	www.iht.com /articles/2005/10/18/sports/world.php (375 words)

	Scout.com: D-O-V: Japanese Club Hires Player-Manager
		Furuta, 40, reached an agreement with team president Yoshikazu Tagiku and other top club officials and takes over from Tsutomu Wakamatsu who stepped down at the end of the season after a seven-year stint.
		Furuta received the offer from Yakult on Sept. 22 and had since asked the front office of the Tokyo club to step up efforts to build up the team and improve marketing operations -- key conditions he cited for accepting the offer.
		Furuta joined Yakult from Ritsumeikan University in 1990 as a second-round draft pick and soon developed into one of the best catchers in Japan with solid work behind the plate and with clutch hitting.
	mariners.scout.com /2/455175.html (840 words)

	TIMEasia.com 05/03/99
		But under the leadership of Yakult Swallows catcher Atsuya Furuta, the union is sharpening its teeth, calling for, among other things, bigger pension payments and permission to bring agents into salary negotiations with the owners.
		Furuta also hopes to resolve disputes over the draft and free agency, both perennial sore spots between players and management.
		Unless Furuta and others succeed in changing the regulations, Ichiro is in a bind.
	www.time.com /time/asia/asia/magazine/1999/990503/baseball2.html (862 words)

	Archived Weblog Entry - 03/09/2006: "Japanese Baseball: Yakult Swallows Team Preview 2006"
		Player/Manager Furuta and the Swallows Management were able to lure Ishii and Kida back from the majors and productive Greg LaRocca from the Carp.
		How Furuta handles the dual role may be the key to Swallows success in 2006 along with the learning curve of the top three starters after last years experience.
		Furuta, the first player/manager since 1971, has lost bat speed but still calls an excellent game.
	www.baseballguru.com /archives/entries/00001673.htm (501 words)

	2001 Japan Series Event Log (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Rhodes caught stealing second, catcher Furuta to second baseman Dobashi.
		Furuta singled to center, Petagine scored, Furuta to second on the throw home.
		Furuta singled to right, Inaba scored, Petagine to second.
	www.geocities.com /s_borisov/jb2001/log03.html (578 words)

	Forums - Furuta Hits Four Consecutive HRs
		Furuta and four others have an "*" next to their names as they each had a walk or dead ball (HBP) sandwitched in there.
		On the afternoon of the 29th at Hiroshima, Furuta had a chance to become the first player to hit home runs in five consecutive at bats.
		Solaita was hit by a pitch (not an at bat) and Furuta received a base on balls.
	japanesebaseball.com /forum/thread.jsp?forum=16&thread=2834 (681 words)

	japanese player profiles
		Since his 1990 rookie season, Furuta has been the premier catcher in Japan and may be one of the best catchers in the history of the game.
		His strong defensive skills are combined with the ability to hit for both power and average.
		Furuta led the league in batting average in 1991, total bases in 1992, and hits and runs in 1993.
	ochiai.home.mindspring.com /players.htm (2188 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Professionals not released to play in Games
		The Seibu Lions will be sending last season's rookie of the year, pitching sensation Daisuke Matsuzaka, who boasts a fastball clocking well over 90 miles per hour.
		But Atsuya Furuta, considered the best catcher in Japan, will not be in Sydney to partner with Matsuzaka.
		The 34-year-old veteran played in regional qualifiers but his team, the Yakult Swallows, decided not to release him for the Olympics.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/news/2000/0901/715749.html (628 words)

	YSHP Yakult Swallows Catchers
		At times mentioned as the top player in Japan, backstop Atsuya Furuta is indispensable.
		In 1997 Furuta posted the third highest batting average in the league while earning the CL MVP Award, the Japan Series MVP Award and the Shoriki Award for outstanding contribution to Japanese baseball.
		In the Professional Baseball News 1998 Year Book, Furuta was named "Most Variable Player" (presumably, they meant valuable), best clutch hitter and was lauded as being the all-around top catcher in Japan.
	www.baywell.ne.jp /users/drlatham/baseball/yakult/players/catcher/catcher.htm (130 words)

	eBay.co.uk - furuta, furuta star trek, Model Kits, Action Figures items at low prices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Furuta STAR TREK vol.3 Alpha: USS GALILEO NCC-1701-7
		Furuta STAR TREK vol.3 Alpha: USS EXCELSIOR NCC-2000
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	search.ebay.co.uk /furuta_W0QQfrtsZ200QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ2 (194 words)

	Why Japanese fans love baseball strikes. - By Robert Whiting - Slate Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		When the NPBPA player rep Furuta asked the owners for a meeting, he was dismissed.
		Union leaders made the rounds of the TV news shows, stating their case, asking for public understanding, and apologizing over and over again for their behavior.
		Furuta was visibly relieved, the strain on his face replaced by a beaming smile.
	www.slate.com /id/2107321 (1434 words)

	SportingNews.com Fantasy Source - Baseball : Japanese baseball players set to strike over proposed team merger
		Japan's professional baseball players' association will go on strike for the first time if owners go ahead with a proposed merger of two teams later this week, the group's leader said Monday.
		The players decided at a meeting that if the merger between the Pacific League's Orix BlueWave and Kintetsu Buffaloes is not suspended, they will refuse to play, said Swallows catcher Atsuya Furuta, who heads the association.
		He added that the players would meet with team officials this week to try to reach a last-minute deal to avoid the strike.
	fantasy.sportingnews.com /baseball/articles/20040905/564773.html (564 words)

	The Official Swallows Win Thread - OOTP Developments Forums
		At Hiroshima Stadium, Shinya Miyamoto, Atsuya Furuta and Akinori Iwamura all hit solo homers to power Yakult over the Carp.
		They have gained free agency, they have the right to negotiate with agents, and they are forcing discussion of more and more issues, which is much better than the situation just 10 years ago.
		At Jingu Stadium, Alex Ramirez, Katsuyuki Dobashi and Atsushi Furuta all homered off Kenshin Kawakami (6-3) to give Yakult an early lead and Akinori Iwamura capped the scoring with a solo shot in the eighth inning as Chunichi snapped a three-game winning streak.
	www.ootpdevelopments.com /board/showthread.php?p=721854 (1146 words)

	Archived Weblog Entry - 03/27/2003: "Japanese Baseball News: Team Reports and News" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Yakult Team officials formally announced the addition of righthander Jason Beverlin, who will make $350,000 this season with the Swallows plus an undisclosed signing bonus.He will wear number 34....Catcher Atsuya Furuta will be on the first team roster for opening day and says he can even pinch hit despite suffering from a ring finger fracture.
		He has been taking lots of pain killers and cortisone shots the last couple of years due to bad knees and now this.
		In fact, in Tuesday's workout, he said he had a backache from eating too much pizza and also suffered a recent case of constipation....Second baseman Kazuki Fukuchi did all but challenge Yakult backstop Atsuya Furuta to a duel, when he made this statement: "it's a blessing he's injured.
	baseballguru.com /archives/entries/00000198.htm (1098 words)

	JapanBall.com
		Furuta, whose two-year contract expires this year, has expressed
		Yakult's fan base and is not focused on the terms of the deal.
		The 40-year-old Furuta has made no comment so far except to say
	www.japanball.com /news.phtml?id=5063 (158 words)

	Baseball Toaster: The Griddle : Japan's player-manager
		Dave Wiggins of the Asahi Shimbun has a profile of Atsuya Furuta, the new player-manager for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
		Furuta was the head of the Japanese equivalent of the MLBPA except Japanese labor law required that an active player handle all the negotiating, so Furuta had no Marvin Miller or Don Fehr to guide him.
		Wiggins states that Lou Boudreau is the only player-manager to win a World Series.
	griddle.baseballtoaster.com /archives/320049.html (238 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > San Diego Padres -- Japanese win third straight over major leaguers
		The major leaguers took a 2-0 lead in the top of the seventh on back-to-back sacrifice flies by Johnny Estrada and Marcus Giles.
		The Japanese scored their first run in the eighth when a single by pinch-hitter Atsuya Furuta scored Shigenobu Shima from second.
		Jason Marquis of the St. Louis Cardinals looked set to record the win after coming on in the third inning and striking out four while holding the Japanese to three hits over 5 2-3 innings.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/padres/20041112-0540-bbo-japantour.html (402 words)

	Japanese Baseball Players Strike For First Time - 2004-09-18 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The chairman of the Professional Baseball Players Association, Atsuya Furuta, calls the strike unavoidable.
		Furuta says although a lot of fans signed petitions opposing the merger, the players were unable to convince management to hold off on the realignment.
		He also apologizes to those who were looking forward to enjoying the cancelled games.
	www.voanews.com /english/archive/2004-09/a-2004-09-18-9-1.cfm (499 words)

	The Moscow Times - Daily News on Business, Politics and Culture in Russia and the CIS
		Allrounder Carl Hooper starred as the West Indies romped to a nine-wicket victory over the Western Australian state team Sunday in a three-day cricket match at the WACA Ground.
		After power-hitting by Chuck Knoblauch and Mike Piazza, the visiting American all-stars couldn't hold a 7-4 lead Sunday as Atsuya Furuta's ninth-inning single gave Japan an 8-8 tie.
		Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz gave himself 13-centimeter long welts on his chest in an accident last March when he tried to iron his polo shirt while still wearing it, according to The Guardian newspaper.
	www.themoscowtimes.com /indexes/1996/11/11/01.html (1750 words)

	Japanese baseball strike nears - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
		It could also force the restructuring of Japan's current arrangement whereby teams compete in two leagues of six-teams each, players' representatives said.
		"If they (the teams' owners) decide to reduce the baseball teams, we will conduct a strike," said Atsuya Furuta, catcher for the Swallows team and head of the Japan Baseball Players Association.
		Players are threatening to strike every weekend in September unless officials agree to shelve the merger by Friday.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/pittsburghtrib/s_248442.html (189 words)

	JBall -- Reading a Japanese scoreboard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		If you look at reading a Japanese scoreboard as a logic puzzle, it may not be so intimidating.
		Suppose you want to know when Yakult catcher and 1997 MVP Atsuya Furuta will be batting.
		To the left of each name is a number, indicating each player's defensive position.
	ww1.baywell.ne.jp /fpweb/drlatham/nihongo/score.htm (573 words)

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		Management was pressing to add one only after the 2005 season.
		"In today's negotiations, management promised they will deal with a number of issues to work toward the development of baseball," said Yakult Swallows catcher Atsuya Furuta, the head of the players' association.
		Both sides agreed efforts would be made toward having 12 teams next season, instead of five teams in the Pacific League and six in the Central League.
	www.ksdk.com /printfullstory.aspx?storyid=67275 (320 words)

	Japan may play in baseball 'World Cup' - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
		Players in Japan have proposed holding the qualifying games in March and the finals in July, during the All-Star break.
		Several Japanese players, including Atsuya Furuta, the head of the Japanese players' association, have said they don't want to commit to a tournament before the start of their regular season.
		Japanese baseball officials have objected to both the timing of the event and the distribution of revenue, which they say overwhelmingly favors the major leagues.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/pittsburghtrib/s_349213.html (281 words)

	Furuta Products (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Furuta Star Trek Vol 1 USS Reliant NCC-1864
		Furuta Star Trek Vol 2 Future USS Enterprise D
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	Athletes - Atsuya Furuta (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		August 6 1965, Kawanishi, Hyogo, Japan) is the catcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows professional baseball club in the Central League.
		He became the player-manager of Tokyo Yakult Swallows in 2005.
		You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.
	listing-index.ebay.com.cob-web.org:8888 /athletes/Atsuya_Furuta.html (121 words)

	apba1995 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Swallows won their first pennant in 14 years and only their second in history.
		Led by Atsuya Furuta, Jack Howell and Takahiro Ikeyama, the Swallows would go on to win three of the next five championships.
		Close behind the Swallows were the Giants, Tigers and Carp.
	www.robsjapanesecards.com /apba1992.htm (254 words)

	apba1995 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		For the third time in the 1990s, the Swallows and Lions met in the Japan Series.
		The Swallows, led by superstar catcher Atsuya Furuta and Dwayne Hosey and helped by future Major Leaguer Masato Yoshii comfortably won the Central League by eleven games.
		In the Pacific League, Ichiro Suzuki once again dominated the offensive categories, leading the league in batting, hits, and runs and finishing in the top ten in RBI, doubles, stolen bases, and homeruns.
	www.robsjapanesecards.com /apba1997.htm (144 words)

	Baseball America Online - International Notes
		The Swallows then took the next three games at their park in Tokyo, winning 9-2, 2-1 and 4-2.
		American lefthander Alan Newman was the winning pitcher in Game Four, and his batterymate Atsuya Furuta was named MVP for the Series after hitting an even.500.
		SEOUL, Korea–Doosan Bears first baseman Tyrone Woods had been waiting a long time for this night, but was forced to wait a bit more than expected.
	www.baseballamerica.com /today/leagues/international/notes0124.html (866 words)

	JapanBall.com - The Complete Guide to Japanese Baseball (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The World Cup-style tournament is scheduled to get under way March 3, 2006 and run until March 20, starting a little less than a month before the start of the regular season in Japan.
		Association president Atsuya Furuta opposes holding the tournament in March because he believes it will interfere with the Japanese baseball preseason.
		The association is also dissatisfied with MLB's apparent control over the tournament.
	www.japanball.com /letter072305.htm (838 words)

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