Atsuya Furuta

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Atsuya Furuta (古田 敦也, b. August 6, 1965 in Kawanishi, Hyogo, is a Japanese) baseball player-manager for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows professional baseball club in the Central League. He plays catcher. He became the first player-manager in Japanese baseball in 29 years, since Katsuya Nomura in 1977. In addition to his skills on the field, he is also known for leading a successful two day strike in 2004 as the head of the Japanese baseball players union [1].

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  1. ^ [1] Why Japanese fans love baseball strikes by by Robert Whiting
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