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 | Tohoku Rakuten First Baseman Picked PL Player of the Week Monday, August 19th, 2013: A veteran of baseball wars, Tashiaki Tanaka knows how to stay with a stroke that's working for him. The 37-year-old first baseman for the Golden Eagles batted .750 last week on his way to the Pacific League Player of the Week award. His noteworthy week also featured 6 hits in 8 at-bats, 1 home run, 4 RBIs and 5 runs scored. Hitting .397 to date, Tanaka has 21 home runs and 72 RBIs. He has played in 67 games. |   |
