Yomiuri Giants Fire Flyjin Pitcher

Want to know what the Japanese think about the foreigners who left?


The Flyjin controversy is getting hotter and hotter amongst the foreign circles in Japan. Weird, but these people should wake up and figure out that it doesn't matter what the foreigners think - it only matters what the Japanese think. (But, then again, the amount of panic was in inverse proportion to their Japanese ability, so I guess they care about the foreigners as most of them live a life shelled inside a foreigner community bubble in Tokyo). 


You know, this issue would probably die down if these dumb foreigners who split would just wise up and take my advice:


1) Be humble, bow their heads profusely and say "Sorry!" repeatedly - quietly in private to  those they betrayed.
2) Quit making excuses. No one wants to hear your lame excuses. Do you want to hear excuses when those around you screw up? No!
3) Shut your mouths and don't talk back and make excuses when you do apologize. There is a word for talking back when you are being reprimanded and it is "iikaeshi" (言い返し) - don't do it. Shut your mouths and say "Sorry!" ("Sumimasen. Moshiwake arimasen!" is preferrable).*


I am sick of this subject and am really sick of people attacking me for telling you what was going to happen, before it happened; also while it happened; and after it happened (like I am doing now). The Japanese don't like what you guys did and you destroyed a ton of trust and probably can't recover that. 

It's ugly but it's a fact. Get mad at me for telling you that all you want, but it won't change the reality. Here's more proof of what the Japanese think about Flyjin: 

From Yahoo! Japan Sports:

巨人のブライアン・バニスター投手（３０）が２日、３月１５日付で制限選手公示された。再来日の意思がないことから巨人が、日本プロ野球組織（ＮＰＢ）の加藤良三コミッショナー（６９）に申請し受理された。

　バニスターは東日本大震災後の３月１５日、米国に無断帰国。３月末に「再来日の意思がなく引退する」と連絡があった。球団関係者は「かなり一方的。代理人も含めて断固、厳しく対処する」と説明。米国を含む他国リーグへ移籍ができない拘束力を持つ制限選手とする決断に至った。

Translation: It was announced on April 2, 2011 that Yomiuri Giants pitcher Brian Bannister (30-years-old) was released on March 15. Since the Giants have no intention of returning him to Japan, Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) commissioner Ryozo Kato (69-years-old) has accepted the application.

March 15, after the earthquake, Bannister returned to the United States without permission of the Giants front office. He stated, at the end of March, that he had no intention of returning to Japan. A Giants spokesperson said, "His actions are very one-sided and so we intend to deal with him (Bannister) and his agent harshly." Through this incident and the agreement between the baseball leagues around the world, Bannister has now been forced into retirement and is no longer eligible to play baseball professionally in any country in the world including the United States. (emphasis mine)

This is proof positive of how these foolish Flyjin messed up their own lives and have negatively influence ours with their selfish and irrational behavior. 


As long as these people fail to recognize the damage they have caused themselves (and the rest of us) and continue to make excuses in public forums rather than apologize to those who need it in private, then to hell with them.


And make no mistake about it, this is not so much a breach of contract as a breach of trust issue. 


That baseball player, Bannister, did not even discuss leaving with his employers the prospect of leaving Japan. What makes him different than these foreigners in Tokyo who split without discussing amongst their Japanese staff? 


I think the answer is self-evident: There is no difference.


*Take my advice when you apologize to your Japanese boss and peers and do it exactly like I have described here. It just might save your job.


UPDATE:


Here's a ton of stuff the Japanese are saying. One guy, a foreigner (became a nationalized Japanese) and famous soccer player for Japan national team, Ramos, says that "the foreigners that ran away shouldn't come back and that the Japanese don't want them back" Tons of Japanese comments that agree: 逃げたい外国人　さっさと帰れ　もどってくるな http://ameblo.jp/ramos-ruy/entry-10834259061.html

UPDATE TWO: 


More on Dempa 2ch (famous social networking site in Japan) and even a community started that is anti-Flyjin in the Japanese community: http://logsoku.com/thread/hayabusa.2ch.net/livejupiter/1301439006/

Point? See?The fool who ran away have screwed things up not just for themselves... regardless of their excuses. Denial is not just a river in Egypt.