BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Journeyman Fernandez keen to make most of Seibu return

Part of the furniture: Jose Fernandez is back for a second stint with the Saitama Seibu Lions, the latest stop in his eight seasons in Japanese baseball. | KYODO PHOTO

By Jason Coskrey

Jul 17, 2010

TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. — The stairs must have seemed endless.

Jose Fernandez had just helped the Saitama Seibu Lions overcome the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 7-0 on Thursday, done a hero interview and taken a victory lap.

Now the mountainous flight of green stairs — which stretches from the field to just under the box-seat level — that the player of the game climbs in order to interact with fans, was the last obstacle standing in the way of a well-deserved rest.

Journeyman Fernandez keen to make most of Seibu return

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