"He looks good in red, doesn't he?" asked Hiroshima Carp manager Marty Brown about his new center fielder, Alex Ochoa, prior to a game at Tokyo Dome last week.
The four-year (2003-2006) veteran with the Chunichi Dragons was recalled to the Central League by the Carp after having been released by the Boston Red Sox, and he could not be happier to be back in Japan.
Ochoa did not have his contract renewed by the blue-shirted Dragons last winter and hooked on for one more chance at the major leagues with the Red Sox. But he found himself caught in the middle during spring training player transactions, getting dropped to Triple-A Pawtucket before the current season began.