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 […]
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再会: History of Japanese Pitcher/Batter Confrontations
Posted in Baseball, Culture, International, MLB, Yankees, tagged Hiroki Kuroda, Ichiro Suzuki, Japan, Seattle Mariners on May 11, 2012 | 1 Comment »
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