AFP/Getty Images/File – Japanese catcher Kenji Johjima (pictured in September), who has quit the Seattle Mariners one year into … TOKYO (AFP) – Japanese catcher Kenji Johjima, who has quit the Seattle Mariners one year into his three-year contract, says he is looking for a Japanese club that will let him "go wild". "I have been frustrated in these past two years," he said in a telephone conference with Japanese baseball writers, citing reduced playing time largely due to injuries, sports dailies here reported Friday. "The only team I would consider joining at the moment would be the team that needs me the most, a team which would let me go wild, because I'm hungry to play," the 33-year-old said on Thursday. Seattle signed him to a new 24 million-dollar deal in April last year, which would have run through 2011. He first... [read full story]
