Alex Ramirez, the manager of the Yokohama BayStars, responded to the loss of his best player by declaring the dawning of a new generation.
Ramirez expects his BayStars to be good this year, even without Yoshitomo Tsutsugo in the No. 4 spot. He misses the MLB-bound slugger, as any manager would lament the loss of, for this franchise, a generational talent. He just isn¡¯t dwelling on it. When he created the team slogan for this season, ¡°New Generation is Here,¡± Ramirez was also turning the page on the Tsutsugo era in Yokohama.
¡°I felt we needed to start right from the beginning with the players we already have,¡± Ramirez said Saturday night in Yokohama. ¡°This is the new start of this generation. The new generation is here. That is the reason why I came up with this slogan. I feel pretty good about it.¡±
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