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Baseball n00b needs help!
Greetings all,
I'm enjoy reading some Japanese manga, include some very good baseball manga. I've just started writing about one of such manga on the manga wikia, but when it comes to English jargons and specialized rules of Baseball, I'm a total n00b, so I need some help.
One - Batting order & DH
Situation: In a Baseball World Cup game (not WBC), the catcher is injured. The current DH becomes replacement catcher, so the pitcher has to bat now. How does that affect the batting order?
| Order | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kojiro (RF) | Kojiro (RF) |
| 2 | Higuchi (2B) | Higuchi (2B) |
| 3 | Mitsunaka (1B) | Mitsunaka (1B) |
| 4 | Matsuo (LF) | Matsuo (LF) |
| 5 | Toujima (C) | Mitamura (CF) |
| 6 | Satoh (DH) | Satoh (C) |
| 7 | Mitamura (CF) | Iwaoka (3B) |
| 8 | Iwaoka (3B) | Kibata (SS) |
| 9 | Kibata (SS) | Matsuwaka (P) |
From reading the Designated hitter article, I would've expected Matsuwaka the pitcher to bat 5th, and everyone else is unaffected. Or another interpretation is that since Satoh is now the catcher, he should bat 5th, where the previous catcher batted, and the Pitcher will bat 6th, where Satoh the original DH batted.
However, the table corresponds to neither expectations. Does it show a completely unconventional (or erroneous) situation? Or am I interpreting the DH article incorrectly?
Two - Jargons etc
Since I'm a total n00b, I may not be using the right jargons when writing about the games. I'd greatly appreciate it if people can help look over Japan vs Venezuela, Dominican Republic vs Japan, and Japan vs USA and fix any stupid wording I made.
Also, I'd love suggestions on how to structure the articles to better present the information, as well as any images I can use to concisely convey information.
Three - Real world player references
A lot of the baseball players are references to real-world professional base ball players, usually with minor alteration on their names. The current list I've compiled is at User:PanSola/Real world character references in the manga Major, mostly based on the Japanese wikipedia data. However I'm pretty sure there are quite a number of other references that are missing.
So please look over the player rosters of Japan vs Venezuela, Dominican Republic vs Japan, and Japan vs USA, and if any names seem to be remotely similar to actual professional baseball players, add them to the list (for the "Fictional" column, just enter the English names found in the articles, don't worry about any Japanese).
Thanks!
