It has been a hectic two weeks, to say the least, for Trey Hillman.
One minute, Hillman, who guided the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters to a Japan Series title in 2006, was preparing to return for his third year as bench coach for the Houston Astros. The next, he and his wife were hosting officials from the SK Wyverns, of the Korea Baseball Organization, at their home, and then he was on a plane to South Korea for a brief introduction to the team he'd been hired to manage.
"It's a lot of information really quickly," Hillman, now back home in Texas, told The Japan Times over the phone. "Since I've been through it before with the Japan experience, it's moving a little slower than it would if I had not been through that.