Suzuki made his NPB Pacific League debut in 1992 for the Orix BlueWave at the age of 18, but he spent most of his first two seasons in the farm system (accumulating 156 minor league hits and a .368 batting average)[12] because his then-manager, ShÅzÅ Doi, refused to accept Suzuki's unorthodox swing. The swing was nicknamed 'pendulum' (æ¯ãåææ³, Furiko DahÅ) because of the pendulum-like motion of his
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