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On September 7, outfielder Rui Okoe (now with the Mexican club Tigres de Quintana Roo) made a cryptic post on his Instagram, sparking concern among fans. Okoe once played for the Yomiuri Giants but moved on after being picked up in the “active player draft,” and on 5ch threads speculation ran wild over what the post really meant. Some worried he’d “been cut,” while others reflected on his situation in Mexico and his career so far — opinions were split.
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Rui Okoe of the Tigres de Quintana Roo updated his Instagram on September 7. The cryptic post has drawn a strong reaction.
Source: topics.smt.docomo.ne.jp / Original article here
What people said
Satoshin Tehiro-naka Ie-tan Isetan died Yoshiko (comment reads as garbled/corrupted in the original)
No, he's not Asian — he's Black
and that made me picture that female comedian who does celebrity impressions (Kintarō., a well-known Japanese impressionist)
> "I forgive nothing. I leave judgment to God. RIP, bastard"
Didn't know Okoe could write in English
Unlike other pro ballplayers who've only ever known baseball,
turns out he's actually sharp
Baseball ties you up about as long as a salaryman job does
Sounds like he's saying he saw something glowing orange deep in the mountains
In the baseball world, Mannami's the only one who's pulled it off
Make Abe Shinnosuke the manager
The problem is he doesn't take baseball, or practice, seriously
Doesn't matter how athletic he is
DH, when his hitting's garbage?
Baseball was the one sport where even a low-athleticism Okoe could somehow scrape by
He was hopeless at every other sport
Soccer would be a breeze for him
You can go pro in that even at 60 — it's basically a hobby
If it weren't for that [incident], he'd still be playing in Japan
Even Usain Bolt couldn't hack it in soccer, so there's zero chance for Okoe
Baseball's probably the only sport he could actually manage
But by that logic you can go pro at 60, right?
Anyone can do it lol — soccer's the sport where even a total shut-in can turn pro lol
He was half Japanese, half African-American
What are you even talking about?
That was a move through the active player draft, so it's not really a question of talent
It's a world where buzz matters more than talent…
less pro sports, more showbiz
If anything, that team's stockpiled so many development-slot players who aren't even pro-level — way more than other teams have
Background and key points
Rui Okoe entered pro baseball with high expectations as a fast, skilled-hitting outfielder, but while with the Yomiuri Giants he became subject to the “active player draft” and ended up traded. The active player draft is a system NPB introduced fairly recently to help players who aren’t getting enough playing time find a new team; since it’s still new and hasn’t built up much of a track record, fan opinion of players caught up in it tends to split sharply. In this thread, unverified speculation about his “conduct” being the cause sat alongside comments defending him as “in a way, the textbook pro baseball player,” with no consensus reached. It’s also worth noting the original article doesn’t specify what the post actually said, so what this “cryptic post” refers to will have to wait on Okoe’s own explanation. The thread also contained some baseless assumptions about race and nationality, which have been left out of this article.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports Speed+) thread “[Baseball] “Wait, did he get cut?!” Tigres de Quintana Roo’s Rui Okoe has fans worried with a cryptic post.”
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