Former teammates Tuffy Rhodes and Norihiro Nakamura are trying out with Japanese baseball clubs in an effort to extend their careers, and the spring camps of the Orix Buffaloes and Chunichi Dragons have become more interesting with focus on their comeback attempts.

Can they show enough to make their respective teams and go on to have productive 2007 seasons?

Rhodes, who will turn 39 on Aug. 21, sat out the 2006 campaign after being cut from the Cincinnati Reds camp last March.