If the Dodgers are capable of playing fundamental baseball over 162 games and executing with a high level of consistency, they could be a pleasant surprise in 2012!
Young kids are constantly seen playing pickup games and carrying their baseball gloves around, pastimes that have mostly gone the way of the10-cent bubble gum card in the U.S. In short, Japanese pro baseball is a gem that's lost some luster in recent years, due to bad positioning in the global marketplace.