Hot Baseball Wife: Emiko Taguchi
Monday is hot baseball wives day here on UmpBump, and this weeks honoree is Emiko Taguchi, née Kagawa, the wife Japanese outfielder So Taguchi.
So Taguchi is an outfielder who has gone to the World Series three times – with the Cardinals in 2004 and 2006, and with the Phillies last season.
So and Emiko met when Emiko was a sports announcer for Japanese TV station TBS and he was an outfielder for the Orix Blue Wave. The couple was married in 2000, and they have one son, Kan Taguchi, born in 2003.
In addition to her former career as a TV announcer, Emiko is the author of three books in Japanese, including one on baseball in America. She is fluent in English, and has been helping So to learn the language since they moved to the US. She also converted So to Christianity in 2002, with the help of one of So’s teammates on the AAA Memphis Redbirds.
So and Emiko make a pretty cute couple, because neither of them ever seems to stop smiling, and we have yet to find a picture of them where they aren’t.
(more pictures after the jump)
April 28th, 2009 at 11:49 am
What the hell are the Cubs waiting for get this man out of the minors now !
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May 2nd, 2009 at 12:05 am
Calling her hot might be a stretch…
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