Three foreign players, all first basemen on Central League teams this past season, may be about to embark on a National Football League quarterback-style game of musical chairs.

Just as several signal callers in the NFL switch teams from year to year, the trio of talented sluggers here in Japan appear ready to make rotational moves to rival clubs, and none should be left standing when the music stops playing.

George Arias, Roberto Petagine and Tyrone Woods, for various reasons, are not expected to return to their respective teams in 2005, but should find work here with new employers.