The Japan Professional baseball Foreign Players Association (JRFPA) recently announced that it will send former Hankyu player Boomer Wells and former Kintetsu player Ralph Bryant to the "Sakura Festival Japan Street Festival" hosted by the Japan-America Association in Washington, D.C. on April 12th and 13th as baseball players.
In conjunction with the event, a service will be provided for a limited time to mediate the two's autographs locally (Washington D.C.). In addition, the other six members of the JRFPA will also start a similar service. The details are as follows.
[Participation Fee] 30,000 yen (tax included). Five autographs (a set of five from the same person). Additional autographs start at 5,000 yen each. Please mail your desired personal items to JRFPA in advance by April 8th.
[Number of participants] 50 (recruitment will close when the number of participants is reached. Minimum participant required for operation is 1 person)
[Signed]
1. Boomer Wells (former Hankyu employee, etc.)
<2> Ralph Bryant (former Kintetsu, etc.)
<3> Tuffy Rhodes (former Kintetsu, etc.)
<4> Mr. Robert Rose (formerly of Yokohama and other companies)
<5> Randy Messenger (former Hanshin Tigers)
<6> Thomas O'Malley (former Hanshin Tigers)
7. Chris Johnson (former Hiroshima)
<8> Orestes Destrade (former Seibu)
[Application] Search for "JRFPA" on the ticket site "Petix".
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