Hello, Yu - Darvish f/x
beyondtheboxscore.com 3/18/2009 — Yu Darvish took the bump for Team Japan on Tuesday night, a much anticipated appearance by the phenomanal young pitcher.  Darvish had some trouble with his location early, gave up  three runs, but ended up settling in for a solid five innings, striking out seven while walking just one ...

Introducing Yu Darvish
fangraphs.com 3/19/2009 — Temptation is always highest when mystery shrouds the subject. Rarely is the fulfillment worth the bewilderment, but there are always exceptions. Meet Yu Darvish, the lanky, 6’5” 22-year-old phenom who doubles as one of the Japanese team’s aces. A ...

Yankees Scouting Yu Darvish
mlbtraderumors.com 5/15/2009 — According to Japan's Sports Hochi, via Patrick Newman of NPB Tracker , the Yankees had three scouts on hand to watch Yu Darvish pitch Friday night. Darvish didn't dominate, but he held the opposition to one earned run on four hits and fanned four ...

Japan's Yu Darvish keeps U.S. teams wishing and hoping - Los Angeles Times
latimes.com 3/17/2009 — Yu Darvish is younger, taller, throws harder, locates better and has seven devastating pitches that would instantly make him a top-of-the-rotation major league starter. "I could write my scouting report in one word," said a scout from a National ...

Tracking Yu Darvish: Start #2 vs Softbank Hawks (4/10/2009) Submit "Tracking Yu Darvish: Start #2 vs Softbank Hawks (4/10/2009)" to Digg Submit "Tracking Yu Darvish: Start #2 vs Softbank Hawks (4/10/2009)"
forums.simcentral.net 4/12/2009 — A look at Yu Darvish's latest NPB start. Includes charts that track his outing by pitch.

Keith Law raving about Yu Darvish
forums.simcentral.net 3/14/2009 — Comments from Keith Law as well as youtube highlights fro Yu Darvish.

Yu Darvish Mania Has Arrived
mlb.fanhouse.com 3/6/2009 — by Andrew Johnson Chances are you were snug in your bed Thursday morning when Japanese pitching phenom Yu Darvish was introduced on the global stage. That's OK. Japan is one win away from advancing to the semifinal round of the World Baseball ...

LIVE BLOG: WBC Opener Japan & Yu Darvish vs. China
bugsandcranks.com 3/5/2009 — We proudly continue Bugs & Cranks Emmy Award-winning series of unannounced guerrilla live blogs…. We watched the appetizer Griffey and the Mariners exhibition against Australia , now be here at Oh Four Hundred sharp for the Real WBC Kickoff Japan vs. China. Hope y’all got your beverages ...

Tracking Yu Darvish: Start #3 vs Seibu Lions (4/17/2009)
forums.simcentral.net 4/17/2009 — A breakdown of Darvish's latest start by inning and pitch.

Weekend Reading: Albert Pujols, Japan’s Yu Darvish, SABR Archive
pitchersandpoets.com 3/21/2009 — Something for everybody this weekend, and even a Thomas Friedman reference: First, Joe Posnanski is at his best in this profile of Albert Pujols for Sports Illustrated . Pujols isn’t the most charismatic guy, and with the numbers he puts up it’s easy to kind of look at him like ...

BASEBALL / HOW MUCH? — SFGate: Top Sports Stories 3/29/2009
HOW MUCH?: Someone at the minor-league camp decided to play Let's Have Fun With the Old Guy. One of the kids told 40-year-old Keiichi Yabu that young Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish signed a $100 million contract with the Mariners, and Yabu believed it, ...

BASEBALL / HOW MUCH? — SFGate: Top Sports Stories 3/30/2009
HOW MUCH?: Someone at the minor-league camp decided to play Let's Have Fun With the Old Guy. One of the kids told 40-year-old Keiichi Yabu that young Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish signed a $100 million contract with the Mariners, and Yabu believed it, ...

WBC stars Darvish, Iwakuma start off 2009 season — Latest Sporting News Articles for MLB 4/2/2009
TOKYO (AP) -- Yu Darvish and Hisashi Iwakuma already helped post a huge win for their country in the...