There aren¡¯t many ways to fool Brad Eldred any more. Eldred has been in Japan for four seasons and is currently working on a fifth with the Hiroshima Carp, so he¡¯s almost seen it all.
The majority of Eldred¡¯s time has been spent playing the other five Central League teams, with brief interludes for interleague play, which has allowed him to build up a sense of familiarity with the league¡¯s pitchers.
¡°You get to know the pitchers a lot more,¡± he told The Japan Times. ¡°You kind of know what they¡¯re trying to do to you and the way each team likes to pitch you. Every team likes to pitch me a little bit differently, so you kind of have a good idea what you¡¯re coming into when you come into a series.¡±
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