May 20, 2013

Rangers’ Yu Darvish dazzles in MLB debut

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Starting pitcher Yu Darvish #11 of the Texas Rangers pitches against the San Diego Padres during the spring training game at Peoria Stadium on March 7, 2012 in Peoria, Arizona. (March 6, 2012 – Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — PEORIA, Ariz. – Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish shrugged [...]

MLB: Rangers beat deadline to sign pitcher Darvish

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Yu Darvish had a 93-38 record and 1.99 earned-run average over the past seven seasons in Japan, where he was a two-time Pacific League MVP and a five-time all-star. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Yu Darvish is coming to America to pitch. Japan’s best pitcher and the Texas Rangers agreed before Wednesday’s [...]

MLB: Struggles of past Japanese pitchers means little in evaluating Darvish

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Relief pitcher Yu Darvish #11 of Japan throws a pitch against Korea during the finals of the 2009 World Baseball Classic on March 23, 2009 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California. (March 23, 2009 – Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / SI) — As we wait to find out which team [...]