18 Quotes by Tadahito Iguchi

Unfortunately, I've decided to withdraw from the squad. I informed manager Sadaharu Oh of my decision by fax yesterday.

I don't know what order I will be batting in the end. I would like to try a lot of different positions. That is something that will have to be proven in the camp, but in order to become the World Series champs once again I decided to come to camp.

There are six games left in the series so we don't have to feel disappointed, ... We can make this series interesting if we start playing our style of baseball.

Our pitching staff is not in good form recently, so we need to provide support with good offense and fielding.

I was trying to shorten up my take-back and get to the ball quicker, but my balance got off. Every year I try to do something different and improve my skills. If it works, it works. If it doesn't, I'll go back to the old way.

I still need to take a close look at my batting mechanics, but I'm just hoping that I'll able to continue playing like this.

We played the game the right way. If you play the game the right way, do all the little things, good things can happen.

Even if I hit sixth or seventh, I'm still going to try and have the same batting approach as if I was hitting second. As far as the comment Ozzie made, he's the manager and he's going to make the decisions.

Every year I try to do something different. I try to improve my skills. If it works, it works. If it doesn't, I go back to the old way.