Sundevils Yoneo Takamura to Miss Year
A blow for <Yoneo Takamura:player#9784> today -- team doctors confirmed he will miss 4-5 months with a torn back muscle. <Takamura:player#9784> suffered the injury colliding with a player at a base. Although officials from the <Madison College Sundevils:team#129> are confident he'll make a full recovery, doubts will persist about <Takamura:player#9784>'s ability to return fully fit with an injury of this nature.

So far this year in 44 games Takamura is hitting .261 with 12 home runs, 33 RBIs and 23 runs scored.