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Kei Igawa Remains the Same Pitcher He Was the Last Time We Saw Him
Kei Igawa Remains the Same Pitcher He Was the Last Time We Saw Him
Kei Igawa 's return to a major league mound looked pretty familiar to Yankee watchers. He gave up 11 hits and six runs in three innings as his pedestrian stuff floated up to the plate like beach balls which the Tigers were all to happy to deposit into all corners of the outfield. He got two swings and misses out of the Motowners and, needless to say, no strikeouts. The only positives were ...
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(Oh) Kei, No Way
Can't Stop The Bleeding The Detroit Tigers took batting practice twice at Comerica Park last night. First, hours before the game, and then a second time, after Yankee starter Kei Igawa (3 IP, 6 runs, 11 hits) took the mound. “Who knew that Igawa was Japanese for Esteban Loiaza?” asks the New York Daily News‘ Mark Feisand (link swiped from Repoz and Baseball Think Factory), who has a hard time swallowing the latter’s lame excuses. I never thought I would meet a pitcher more delusional than Loaiza, who would routinely tell us after his ...

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