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sports.espn.go.com - 5/13/2008
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SAPPORO, Japan -- The Sapporo Dome's sellout crowd
of 42,126 (not counting 45 assorted cheerleaders -- yes,...
45 cheerleaders!) bangs Thunderstix and howls for Yu Darvish as he fires his 124th pitch of the game. The pitch snaps the bat in half -- the ...
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eastwindupchronicle.com - 1/1/2008
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A Sports Hankook (Korea) report, relying on a
Japanese source, says that the Yankees plan to nab...
Darvish following the 2008 season. The report goes on to say that the Dodgers, Mets and Cubs have also made “love calls” (러브콜) to Darvish and that the floor of negotiations is something along the lines of what Daisuke Matsuzaka was able to command during his posting extravaganza in 2006.
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Yankees After Darvish For 2009?
waswatching.com - 1/1/2008
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A hat tip to East Windup Chronicle for
this one: ...the Yu Darvish to MLB rumors may...
have just officially kicked off right along with the new year. A Sports Hankook (Korea) report, relying on a Japanese source, says that the Yankees plan to nab ...
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Yu Darvish
mlbtraderumors.com - 1/1/2008
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Yu Darvish is a 21 year-old Iranian-Japanese starter
for the Nippon Ham Fighters. Darvish backs up his...
celebrity status as perhaps Japan's best pitcher. His Wikipedia page is a good read. Today, East Windup Chronicle speaks of a ...
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Yu Darvish On Yankees' Radar?
yudarvish.blogspot.com - 1/1/2008
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The million dollar question is, "Who in the
World is Yu Darvish?" This phenom has burst on...
the scene in Japan and is a marvel to behold on the mound. He lacks the polish and seasoning that a true star pitcher possesses, but it's important to keep in ...
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Darvish Watch: Who is Yu Darvish?
bdd.blogharbor.com - 1/2/2008
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When everyone is taking a break, Baseball Digest
Daily just works harder. Here's another Roundup!...
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Roundup - Clemens Lawyers Explain Strategy
npbtracker.com - 8/29/2008
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It’s been another busy week and I haven’t
had much time for baseball, so let’s take a...
break from the NPB current events and take a look at some pitching. If you’ve read this blog more than once, you might have observed that ...
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The Quirks of NPB Pitching
slidingintohome.blogspot.com - 9/11/2008
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Last week I posted a report from the
NY Daily News about Gene Michael going over to...
Japan on a scouting mission. Today the NY Post has some more details. From George A. King III : Even though previous reports on Japanese right-hander Yu Darvish weren't glowing, the Yankees are taking a second ...
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Yanks Sent 'Stick' To Japan to Check Out Darvish
mlbtraderumors.com - 2/6/2008
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According to Sankei Sports (link in Japanese), the
Nippon Ham Fighters are willing to post starter Yu...
Darvish if he wants to play in the Majors. A possible posting fee in excess of Daisuke Matsuzaka 's $51MM is a big factor. I'm not sure ...
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Yu Darvish Could Be Posted
tremendousupsidepotential.com - 3/25/2008
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Who is Yu Darvish? Maybe the more apt
question is who the hell does Yu Darvish think...
he is? From reading Jeff Passan’s wonderful profile on him over at Yahoo, Darvish seems to be a Japanese hybrid of Michael Jordan, Britney Spears, and Burt ...
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The man, the myth, the mystery: Yu Darvish
sports.espn.go.com - 5/13/2008
japaneseballplayers.com - 12/13/2008
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Koji Uehara Pitcher, Yomiuri Giants (Japan) Google News
Ryoji Aikawa Catcher, Yokohama BayStars Google News Ken Takahashi...
Pitcher, Hiroshima Toyo Carp Google News Shigeki Noguchi Pitcher, Yomiuri Giants Google News Kenshin Kawakami Pitcher, Chunichi ...
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Ken Takahashi, JapaneseBallPlayers.com: Pitcher ...
slidingintohome.blogspot.com - 1/3/2008
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It has been posted on various sites around
the internet today that the Yankees are interested in...
Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish. Darvish is an Iranian/Japanese starting pitcher for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters. He is 21 years of age, and is widely heralded one of, if not the best pitchers in Japanese baseball. He is listed as 6'5" tall and 185 pounds.
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Yankees Interested in Yu Darvish
![In Japan, The Pitchers Pose Nude [Yu Darvish]](http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/photos_story/2008/03/25/in_japan_the_pitchers_pose_nude_yu_darvish.jpg)
deadspin.com - 3/25/2008
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We don't know how we missed this from
Jeff Passan's excellent column on Japanese-Iranian pitcher Yu Darvish...
, but apparently the fella, in addition to being the Sports Elvis of Japan right now, isn't afraid to take it all off . Yes, in Japan, the ...
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In Japan, The Pitchers Pose Nude [Yu Darvish]
baseballmastermind.com - 5/14/2008
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Daisuke “Dice-K” Matsuzaka had better watch out. There
is a new Japanese phenom on the horizon. Yu...
Darvish, the 6′ 5″ half-Japanese, half-Iranian fire-baller has already won the Japanese equivalent of the Cy Young award as well as the equivalent of the World Series MVP and he’s only 21.
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Scouting Report: Yu Darvish, RHP, Nippon Ham Fighters - ...
wcbias.com - 7/18/2008
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Early word from MLB has Chavez Ravine as
the site for the 2009 World Baseball Classic Semis...
and Finals. I was lucky enough to be in attendance for the USA v. Japan game in 2006 and it was probably the second best baseball game I’ve ever been to (behind only Game 3 Yankees-A’s ALDS in 200x, the game where Jeter did “The Flip” to Posada at the plate).
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Get Your Duckets Now (Well, Not Now But Once They Go On ...
npbtracker.com - 11/23/2008
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Remember Yu Darvish? Google Trends indicates that he’s
been supplanted, probably temporarily, by Junichi Tazawa as the...
Next Big Thing out of Japan. I’m sure Darvish appreciates the break from the spotlight that Tazawa has afforded ...
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Yu Darvish Reiterates Lack of Interest in MLB, Dresses ...
valentinesviews.blogspot.com - 1/3/2008
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'MopUpDuty' and I have been debating whether or
not Yu Darvish's team, the Nippon Ham Fighters, can...
actually make him available to major league teams since the 21-year-old only played for three seasons. Following is the best explanation I have been able to find regarding the posting system for Japanese players.
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Explaining the Japanese posting rules
sports.aol.com - 1/3/2008
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There aren't any Japanese players heading to the
U.S. via the posting system this offseason. Kosuke Fukudome...
joined the Cubs as a conventional free agent and Hiroki Kuroda joined the Dodgers in the same fashion, but what about next year? There could ...
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Is Yu Darvish the Next Dice-K?
mlbtraderumors.com - 2/14/2008
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Newsday's Ken Davidoff recently answered some reader questions
as our Rumor Royalty recipient for the Mets. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...
MLBTR: Both ...
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Rumor Royalty: Ken Davidoff (Mets)
