Marc Jason Kroon (born April 2, 1973) is an American right-handed relief pitcher, formerly in Major League Baseball, who is currently playing for the Yomiuri Giants of Japan's Central League. Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A relief pitcher or reliever is a Baseball or Softball Pitcher who enters the game after the Starting pitcher is removed due to injury The is a Nippon Professional Baseball team based at the Tokyo Dome in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The or is one of Japan 's two major professional Baseball leagues the winner of which plays the Japan Series against the winner of the other league the
Kroon was born in the Bronx borough of New York City. The City of New York He was drafted by the New York Mets in 1991. "Mets" redirects here For the medical term see Metastasis. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Minnesota Twins over Atlanta Braves (4-3 Jack Morris, MVP After playing for various teams including the Cincinnati Reds, he joined the Yokohama Bay Stars in 2005. The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati Ohio, USA The are a professional Baseball team in the Japanese Central League. 2005 Major League Baseball season Headline events of the year Chicago White Sox swept the Houston Astros to win the World Series That year, he set the record for the fastest pitch ever in Japanese baseball, at 161 km/h (100 miles/h). He threw fastballs at that speed several times while playing in Yokohama. After the 2007 season, Kroon got into a contract dispute with the BayStars, and ended up being a free agent instead of accepting Yokohama's contract offer. Champions Major League Baseball Regular Season Champions Other champions Minor League Baseball In Professional sports a free agent is a team player whose contract with a team has expired and the player is able to sign a contract with another team if that player Kroon was later signed by the Yomiuri Giants along with two other major non-Japanese free agents: former Tokyo Yakult Swallows standouts Seth Greisinger, and Alex Ramirez. The is a Nippon Professional Baseball team based at the Tokyo Dome in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. are a professional Baseball team in Japan 's Central League. The Swallows are named after their corporate owners the Yakult Corporation Seth Adam Greisinger ( July 29, 1975 in Kansas City Kansas) is a former Major League Baseball baseball player who played Pitcher Alex Ramírez (born October 3, 1974 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a former Major League Baseball Right fielder who played for