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With the changing of the guard from Ron Collins to Kyle Miller as GM of the Toyama Wind Dancers we feel it would be appropriate to retire the Dance Card, at least for the time being. We're retiring it in honor of the late Ron Collins, as the previous blog had been so strongly attached to his tenure. We hope that with the new blog we will be able to produce new content while remaining true to our blogs past, and without further to do, here is The Daily Breeze
~~~ The Daily Breeze ~~~
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Changing of the Guard
5/26/2025

New GM Kyle Miller finally arrived in Toyama early this morning to begin his duties as team gm. Upon first examination, Kyle noticed the completely unmanaged team DL, with many players sitting on the DL long past their injury, unable to help the team as they begin the year with a subpar record.

Kyle's first actions were to return 4 players back from the dl.

RF - Iván Rosa: Ivan Rosa is one of our great young stars, who slashed .337/.380/553 last year in 105 games. While he has been quite good over his first three seasons, he has also suffered many injuries, playing over 120 games only his first seasons with 146 games played. But hopefully, Rosa will remain healthy for the rest of the year.

2B - José Escobido: Jose Escobido has provided veteran leadership for the team over the last three years, and his return will be greatly appreciated, especially with the gradual decline of team leader Shiro Adachi.

CF - Donald Allen: Donald Allen was a quality player in his rookie year slashing .335/.378/.427 with 4 Hrs. He is a quality leadoff hitter and a great fielder, and his return will greatly help the team.

SP - Akira Watanabe, The return of Akira provides a solid 5th starter to help bolster one of the top rotations in the league, pushing Gosselin back into the Setup role for the team.

The addition of these 4 players will definitely help the team which has been off to a relatively slow start going 20-23 after 2 years straight going 98-64.

When asked about the team's current state Miller responded "I am positive the Wind Dancers will be able to return to a winning record with the return of these many players. The Return of Rosa and Allen will greatly help a previously incredibly weak outfield, and Watanabe and Escobido will hopefully provide a great replacement, and as long as the team remains relatively healthy they should be able to begin competing for the remainder of the season."
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Love the new name! ;-D ( can't get Skynyrd out of my head now though ... )
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~~~ The Daily Breeze ~~~
The new official blog of the Toyama Wind Dancers
A Kiss From A Rosa
6/5/2025

Iván Rosa
has been one of the bright spots on the Dancers roster over the last two years helping to lead the team to two playoff appearances and 98 win seasons, and he is proving to be an integral part of this year's team too.

The Dancers started off the year going 20-23 before the arrival of their new gm, Kyle Miller and preceded to lose 2 games and then win 8 straight.

Over that 8 game win streak, Ivan Rosa was integral to his team's success, leading the team with a slash of .375/.429/.531, personally being a part of just under 35% (12/35) of the teams runs over that stretch.

Many of the players on the team have also been reported using good luck charms to hopefully keep the streak going, Clayton Lewis has reportedly not changed since the start of this streak, and in a recent interview Shiro Adachi, the team leader, admitted to rubbing a deer antler he leaves by his bed three times before he goes to sleep and when he wakes up, "We all do everything we can to win out here. During these streaks every player goes throughout his day on his tip toes, never wanting to make a single mistake, never wanting to be the one that ruins it for everyone, and people will do anything to keep that going. I'm no different". The fans are all sitting on the edge of their seat, hoping to see this streak continue, and the city is buzzing with excitement.
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Sadly the streak did not continue
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The crazy thing about Rosa is that he is only one month past his 25th birthday! His best years are still to come! Which is crazy considering he has kept a .339 batting average over his last two seasons (in 119 games).

Great article. Fun to read what is happening over in Japan. We don't get much Japanese news over here in the Bayou !+)
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Trendsetters wrote:The crazy thing about Rosa is that he is only one month past his 25th birthday! His best years are still to come! Which is crazy considering he has kept a .339 batting average over his last two seasons (in 119 games).

Great article. Fun to read what is happening over in Japan. We don't get much Japanese news over here in the Bayou !+)
Indeed! I love to see stories like this!
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