CHIBA -- Shunsuke Watanabe is a rabbit's foot, a twisting, turning good luck charm who gets it done.
Watanabe isn't the strongest or the meanest, and he certainly isn't the hardest throwing pitcher, but he has a way of making teams better, a subtle nastiness.
It probably has something to do with his uncanny ability to make opposing batters look foolish. Watanabe is tough, and he's no one-pitch wonder.