Porn Star Baseball Player

UPDATE 01/29/04: VIDEO HAS BEEN FOUND! CLICK HERE FOR SCREENSHOTS!

The Cleaveland Indians has recruited Japanese pitcher Kazuhito Tadano for their minor league baseball team, with full knowledge that he has appeared in a pornographic movie that involved homosexual acts.

Can anyone find that movie?

So when will we get to see the gangbang video of Kazuhito Tadano, Paris Hilton, Pam Anderson and Tommy Lee? Maybe never, but in the meantime, here are some possible baseball related titles that already exist:

Batter Up! by Plain Wrapped Video
Home Run Homos by Hollywood Sales
Put It In Coach by Heatwave
Team Players 2 by Hollywood Sales
Bear Ball by Brush Creek

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This quote is from BaseballAmerica.com:
Tadano accepted the role in the film primarily to support himself while going to school, according to Indians general manager Mark Shapiro. The Yokohama Bay Stars, who had talked about making Tadano their first selection, backed off after Japanese newspapers reported about the video. The Bay Stars said that a shoulder injury meant Tadano was not worth the risk of drafting.

After being passed over in Japan, Tadano's involvement in the video also apparently affected his signability by U.S. teams that scout in Japan. Numerous teams including the Twins, Padres and Braves were close to inking him to a deal, only to back off at the last minute.

From ESPN's Jim Rome Show:
Tadano admits that while he was a college student in Japan, he appeared in a gay porno and performed homosexual acts in the film. That would qualify you as a gay porn actor. If you are making movies committing homosexual acts, I’m guessing you’ve met all the requirements.

I’m also guessing that this won’t be a major distraction and it won’t cause any dissention in the clubhouse. A group of enlightened individuals (i.e. ballplayers) wouldn’t have any problem with that. We’ll just assume that people like Todd Jones and John Rocker will embrace Tadano with open arms.

Tadano was a very highly regarded prospect in Japan but was not selected in the Japanese draft because of his…(ahem) ‘acting’ history. He received between $750-1000 for his role…which he said he was actually straight and did it because he needed money badly.

He must have, because he would have received millions as a high pick in Japan.

Oops.