An in-depth ESPN feature on Yu Darvish, including his role as a tabloid star in Japan.
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An in-depth ESPN feature on Yu Darvish, including his role as a tabloid star in Japan.
Yu Darvish allowed three first-inning runs, then settled down and went the distance, coming up on the losing end of a 3-1 decision to Tohoku Rakuten Eagles. Darvish hurled 121 pitches in the complete game, allowing just the three earned runs on 8 hits, striking out 5 and walking none. Hisashi Iwakuma, Darvish’s teammate in [...]
Japan defeats Korea in 10 innings to successfully defend WBC title. Japanese icon Ichiro hit a game-winning two-run single to propel Japan to its second World Baseball Classic championship in two tries.
Korea scored 1 run in the bottom of the ninth inning off Yu Darvish, but Japan countered with two runs in the top of [...]
Team Korea scratched its way to three runs off of Team Japan ace Yu Darvish in the first inning, then cruised to a 4-1 win to put them into the semi-finals. Japan will face Cuba Thursday in a showdown for the last semifinal berth.
Darvish hurled 5 innings, allowing 4 hits and 1 walk while striking [...]
NPB Tracker reports that over 20 scouts from 10+ teams attended the exhibition game between Team Japan and the Chicago Cubs. A San Francisco Giants scout says they would be interested in Darvish if he were interested in pitching in the Majors (he’s repeatedly stated that he intends to stay in Japan, and isn’t eligible [...]
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