…successful signings in Japan,” Cashman means he’s had one successful signing in Japan–Matsui. The bad signings? Remember Hideki Irabu and, of course, there is Kei Igawa who is still bringing value to the Scranton Yankees. The Yankees also had Hideo Nomo in…
…team or Golden Baseball League to say that in so many words is as difficult as speaking English with former Armada pitcher Hideki Irabu. That's a function of the final arbiters in all cases like this. Not the umpires, silly, the lawyers. The team has filed…
…team or Golden Baseball League to say that in so many words is as difficult as speaking English with former Armada pitcher Hideki Irabu. That's a function of the final arbiters in all cases like this. Not the umpires, silly, the lawyers. The team has filed…
… This was hailed by many as a victory for Mets fans who are sabermetrically-inclined, and it is, to an extent- Molina’s negatives include such things as poor defensive metrics and a putrid on-base percentage. But it is hardly takes a sophisticated statisti…
…Andy Pettitte returned, and the Yankees gambled on another Japanese star pitcher in Kei Igawa a decade after failing with Hideki Irabu, but it was otherwise a quiet offseason in terms of additions. That all changed, however, when Roger Clemens rejoined the…
Hideki Irabu is a tremendous addition to our pitching staff … I'm looking forward to the skill, experience, and professionalism that a player of his caliber will bring to the club and believe that this will be a great place for him to demonstrate that he is ready to return to the top levels of the game here or in Japan.
My stuff is fine, my approach is fine, it was one or two bad pitches.
Gritty Lover…what’s that even mean?
Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.