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BrothersJudd Blog (Free subscription) | 10/12/2008
Ace Darvish holds Orix at arm's length (JASON COSKREY, 1-0/12/08, Japan Times) Spot Yu Darvish a run and more times than not he's going to win. Give him a couple more and it's pretty much academic. Darvish kept the powerful Orix Buffaloes at bay and the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters strung together a couple of timely hits to win Game 1 of the first stage of the Pacific League Climax...
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Japan Times (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
OSAKA — Spot Yu Darvish a run and more times than not he's going to win. Give him a couple more and it's pretty much academic. Darvish kept the powerful Orix Buffaloes at bay and the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters strung together a couple of timely hits to win Game 1 of the first stage of the Pacific League Climax Series 4-1 on Saturday afternoon at Kyocera Dome. Read the full story
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Japan Times (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
OSAKA — While the Buffaloes had a few options with whom they'd start for the first game, Hokkaido Nippon Ham's choice was clear-cut: Yu Darvish. Giving up just one run and fanning 14 in a 4-1 win over Orix, the 22-year-old MVP hurler showed a gutsy performance on the mound, giving the Fighters a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three Pacific League Climax Series playoffs. Read the full story
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Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
... long as we are dashing rumors and hopes, Jacob, from everything I have been told, Japanese phenom Yu Darvish will not get posted and stays in the Far East next year. So you have to come up with a new plan for 2009.Wednesday’s free drink chip goes to Tom in Fla. for his Paul Byrd comment.I am in the process of writing a free-agent/economy piece for Friday, the first day teams can make offers...
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Zell's Pinstripe Blog (Free subscription) | 11/01/2008
Junichi Tazawa is now available to Major League Baseball teams. Tazawa was passed over in Thursday’s draft of amateur players in Japan. They say that his fastball reaches 97mph on the radar gun. Gene “Stick” Michael went over to Japan to see Yu Darvish pitch back in September. The Yankees aren’t expected to post [...]
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Japan Times (Free subscription) | 10/14/2008
... championship.Pitching and defense have been the main ingredients over the past few seasons. Ace Yu Darvish went 16-4 with a 1.88 ERA and heads a pitching staff that led the PL in team ERA.Do-it-all pitcher Sweeney finished the regular season 12-5 with a 3.48 ERA in 28 appearances."It's been fun," Sweeney said. "I'm happy with what happened. But we're not done. We got a job to finish and...
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iYankees (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
Reading Josh Kalk’s article on LA Dodger, Hiroki Kuroda, a Japanese import that has pitched extremely well for the Dodgers this season (and in the postseason), makes me wonder how the Yankees can be so terrible when it comes to evaluating Japanese pitching. Obviously, when you have clearcut talents like Yu Darvish or Daisuke Matsuzaka, [...]
