Japanese pitcher Hideo Nomo retires

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Hideo Nomo Retires
Published 7/17/2008 by Tim Dierkes at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... Pitcher Hideo Nomo has retired, according to the AP (hat tip to NPB Tracker). Nomo won 78 games in Japan in five seasons, and then exploited a loophole and retired from Japanese baseball.  He was a phenomenon in '95, coming over as a free agent to win the ROY with the Dodgers as a 26 year-old.  He ended up winning 123 big league games.  ...

Thursday Morning Rockpile:
Published 7/17/2008 by Rox Girl at Purple Row: Front Page Posts
... The first pitcher to ever throw a no hitter in Coors Field has decided to call it quits. If I had to rank the all time best single game performances by an opponent playing against the Rockies, Nomo's no hitter against the Blake Street Bombers in the pre-humidor era would still probably rank at the top. I had to give him a hat tip then, and I have to give him one now and wish him well on wherever his future path lies. ...

Hideo Nomo Retires
Published 7/17/2008 by Rob (noreply@blogger.com) at 6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog
Strange, isn't it, to think that Hideo Nomo announced his retirement today? It seems he's been gone much longer than that; he pitched briefly for the Royals this year, but was out of the majors for two years before that, and hadn't been effective since his 2003 season with the Dodgers. (Hat tip: ...

Hideo Nomo Retires
Published 7/17/2008 by Orel (noreply@blogger.com) at Sons of Steve Garvey
The Dodgers of the 1990's are slowly fading away. First Mike Piazza; now Hideo Nomo has announced his retirement. From AFP via Diamond: TOKYO (AFP) — Japanese right-handed pitcher Hideo Nomo, who won National League Rookie of the Year honours in 1995, on Thursday announced his retirement from baseball. The 39-year-old Nomo, who pitched two no-hitters in the US Major Leagues, announced his decision on his website, saying only: "Retiring. July 17, 2008. I announced my retirement from my playing career." He ...

Hideo Nomo Accepts That He Won't Pitch Any More Games That Count
Published 7/18/2008 at FanHouse
... officially hung up the spikes today. He made the announcement via his web site in a bit of syntax that either lost something in the translation to English or reveals Nomo as some kind of experimental poet. ...

Quick notes and self-promotion
Published 7/18/2008 by Gilbert at Obscure Sports Quarterly
... Hideo Nomo has officially retired (he was released by the Royals in April). It was always fun watching him pitch, especially during the height of Nomo-mania. ...