First excerpt in a two-part series of updated "You Gotta Have Wa"
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 only three years of professional ball (in the Cleveland Indians farm system). He then retired to become a coach and then subsequently a manager in the New York Yankees minor league organization, where he won three manager of the year awards, and went on to become director of player development for the Texas Rangers in 2002.