Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Posts Tagged ‘Hiroki Kuroda’

Pinstripes Prove Slimming for Hiroki Kuroda’s ERA

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Roster Analysis, Yankees, tagged on August 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Can Hiroki Kuroda handle the pressure of New York? That was the question on the minds of many when the Yankees signed the 37-year old right hander during the offseason, but since then, Kuroda has proven that pinstripes suit him just fine. With about eight more starts remaining, Kuroda has posted the best ERA, on […]

Read Full Post »

Hiroki Kuroda’s 2012 Season Turns Question Marks into Exclamation Points

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Statistical Analysis, Yankees, tagged on August 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Hiroki Kuroda’s signing was an afterthought. Coming on the same day as the team’s blockbuster trade for Michael Pineda, the news of Kuroda’s acquisition was met with a relative shrug of the shoulders followed by a litany of questions. Now, the only one left to answer is where would the Yankees be without him? Most […]

Read Full Post »

再会: History of Japanese Pitcher/Batter Confrontations

Posted in Baseball, Culture, International, MLB, Yankees, tagged , , , on May 11, 2012 | 1 Comment »

A couple of weeks ago, Hiroki Kuroda and Yu Darvish staged a rare duel between Japanese-born converts from the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) league. Tonight, Kuroda will take part in another reunion, when Ichiro Suzuki’s Seattle Mariners come to town. Although matchups between Japanese pitchers and hitters are much more common these days, the sample […]

Read Full Post »

Land of the Rising Pitchers’ Duel: Darvish and Kuroda to Meet at Dawn

Posted in Baseball, International, MLB, Yankees, tagged , , on April 24, 2012 | 1 Comment »

Businesses in Japan shouldn’t expect too much productivity from their employees this morning, assuming they make it into work at all. At 9:00am local time in Tokyo, the Rangers’ Yu Darvish and Yankees’ Hiroki Kuroda will square off over 6,000 miles away in Arlington, Texas, marking only the seventh time that two Japanese starters have […]

Read Full Post »

What, Me Worry? Kuroda Conquers Angels and Butterflies

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankee Stadium, Yankees, tagged , on April 14, 2012 | 6 Comments »

(The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstripe Alley) When the Yankees signed Hiroki Kuroda, some pundits wondered whether the Japanese “right hander” would be able to adapt to the scrutiny that comes with pitching in New York. And, judging by his comments leading up to yesterday’s home opener, some of those concerns seemed well founded.  […]

Read Full Post »

Considering Kuroda; Remembering Ed Whitson

Posted in Baseball, George M. Steinbrenner, MLB, Yankees, tagged , , , on December 27, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Regarding Hiroki Kuroda, and with apologies to Winston Churchill, never before have so many written so much about a pitcher whose accomplishments are so few. As the offseason has dragged on without a big move by the Yankees, fans of the team have grown increasingly impatient, and Kuroda has become their cause célèbre. In his […]

Read Full Post »

Avoiding the Cost of Interest

Posted in Baseball, Hot Stove, MLB, Roster Analysis, Rumors, Yankees, tagged , , , , on December 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

“Not interested” have seemingly become Brian Cashman’s favorite two words, which hasn’t exactly been music to the ears of many Yankees fans (or agents hoping to ignite a bidding war). Although it’s easy to see why Cashman would remain aloof when it comes to big ticket free agents or inflated trade demands seeking the team’s […]

Read Full Post »

Older Posts »