One of the first times an American was ever brought over to Japan to lead a professional Japanese baseball team, Bobby Valentine, in 1995, he took this really mediocre squad, he lead them to a stunning second-place finish, and he was instantly fired.
Kada je prvi put Amerikanac doveden u Japan kako bi vodio profesionalnu japansku momčad bejzbola, bio je to Bobby Valentine 1995. godine, preuzeo je jednu sasvim prosječnu ekipu, doveo ih je do zapanjujućeg kraja sezone na drugom mjestu, i istog trena je dobio otkaz.