Tag: Trey Hillman
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Foreign managers change face of Japanese game
by Robert Whiting (Apr 12, 2007) — Second of four parts This is the second installment in a four-part series. The game is changing on both sides of the Pacific, as it becomes more globalized. Roughly one-quarter of the players are Latino now, as the teams have stepped up their international recruiting. Japanese players, too,…
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Open mind key to Hillman’s success
by Robert Whiting (May 31, 2009) The most successful American manager in Japan turned out to be a relative unknown named Trey Hillman. His achievements were all the more remarkable, because they entailed an almost complete turnaround from the way he had operated in the United States. Hillman, a University of Texas graduate, had played…
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Hillman relied on intensity, goofball antics during time with Fighters
by Robert Whiting (Jun 1, 2009) In 2007, despite losing several key members of his team, Hillman led Nippon Ham to a second straight pennant, juggling his lineup and pitching staff with reinforcements from the farm team. One critic called it one of the finest pieces of managing ever seen over the course of a…
