The No. 2 will be back at Chiba Marine Stadium this year. Albeit with a different owner.
The Marines have handed former manager Bobby Valentine's old uniform to recent signee Makoto Imaoka.
The former Hanshin Tigers star earned himself a spot on the roster after a brief tryout at the team's spring camp in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture.
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