What japanese professional baseball starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers who pitched in the 2008 Beijing Olympics was named the MVP of the series held in November 2006 with four teams participating?
2006 Asia Series The second annual Konami Cup Asia Series was held in November 2006 with four teams participating. The champions from the domestic leagues in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan along with an all-star team from China took part in the competition. All games were held in the Tokyo Dome in Japan. The tournament was sponsored by the Nippon Professional Baseball Association and Konami. The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters defeated the La New Bears in the title game to win the championship for Japan. Starting pitcher Yu Darvish was named the MVP of the series.
Tetsuya Utsumi Tetsuya Utsumi (内海 哲也 , "Utsumi Tetsuya" , born April 29, 1982 in Kyoto, Japan) is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player in Japan's Central League. A left-handed pitcher, Utsumi is one of the better starters in the Yomiuri rotation. In a 2008 preseason exhibition game against the Boston Red Sox, Utsumi struck out 4 out of the 6 Red Sox batters he faced. He had worked for Tokyo Gas from 2000 to 2003.