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The echoes of another Yankees pitching spluౠrge in Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s free agency
November 24, 2023 | 9:35amTanak💞a was the last major player the Yankees have signed from Japan, and there are plenty of reasons to believe Yamaಌmoto could be the next one.
Japanese pitchers laid groundwork for Yoshinobu Yamamoto's looming payday
November 22, 2023 | 6:30amHere iꦓs a look at some of the best and worst deals and careers for Japanese starters in MLB.
Yankees' executive, ex-Hideki Irabu translator dead at 57
August 27, 2023 | 4:56pmGeorge Rose, the Yankees’ Executive Advisor for Pacific Rim Operations and a former🍰 Japanese translator for the team, diedꦐ Sunday at his Pennsylvania home.
New Met Kodai Senga has dinner with former💞 Yanke𓂃es pitcher
January 5, 2023 | 7:56pmCould this be the passing of the torch from one Japanese New York starter to th🌟e next? 🌌
Ex-Yankee joins Masahiro Tanaka's team in Japan
December 25, 2021 | 12:07pm💮 Yankees fans should have a favorite Nippon Professional Baseball team to root for.
Yankees won't be getting this starter back
December 4, 2021 | 3:28amThe Yankees need another starting pitcher, but theꦅre will be no reunion with Masahiro Tanaka, as the right-hander has decided to remain in Japan for another season with Rakuten.
US baseball loses heartbreaker to Japan in gold medal game 🤪
August 7, 2021 | 9:52amBaseball is scheduled to be shelved for the 2024 Games in Paris, so the Americans will need to wait for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics for another s൩hot.
Team USA will face ex-Yankees ace in battle for gold ♔
August 5, 2021 | 11:56pmTeam USA will have to beat former Yankees Masahiro Tanaka, who will be pitching for Japan in t🐷he gold-medal game.
Former ꦓYankee knocked around by Team USA, forced to l♊eave early
August 2, 2021 | 8:44amNew York fans are not accustomed to rooting against Masahiro Tanaka, but they did not have to for long. The fℱormer Yankees star was knocked out after 3 2♐/3 innings...
Your guide to baseball at the Tokyo Olꦺympics
July 27, 2021 | 10:07amIt’s fitting that the baseball-crazed nation of Japan is the host country to usher 🐷the sport bꦿack onto the Olympic program for the first time since its last appearance at...
Masahiro Tanaka feels the Yankees' pain
April 19, 2021 | 11:18amMasahiro Tanaka lo൲oked a lot like the starters who replaced him with the Yankees. The right-hander's return to Japan was less than ideal, as he gave up three runs in...
Masahiro Tanaka's return to Japan gets off to a rough start
April 17, 2021 | 4:15pmMasahiro Tanaka allowed Sho Nakata’s two-run homer in the first inning of the pitcher’s return to Japanese baseball, a 4-1 loss for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Ea🀅gles to the Hokkaido...
Former Yankees star to miss🔯 time with calf🌜 injury
March 27, 2021 | 3:42amObservations from the Yankees’ 4-1 spring training loss to the Orioles at George M. Steinbrenner Field on Friday. Green O'Day Chad Green and Darren O’Day were bothꦺ effective, with O’Day...
Masahiro Tanaka's intriguing comment could have Yankees implications
January 30, 2021 | 10:43amMasahiro Tanaka just added an unusual chapter to his baseball narrative, and he sounds fully ready to add another one shortly. Following a suc🐻cessful seven-year run with the Ya🌜nkees, the...
Masahiro Tanaka had World Series chance 'stolen' from him: Cashman
January 29, 2021 | 7:24pmꦏ Masahiro Tanaka delivered just about everything the Yankees hoped he would when they signed him — other than a trip to the World Series. A day after Tanaka signed a...
How Masahiro Tanaka's Yankees legacy measures with the greats: Sherman
January 28, 2021 | 1:00pmNo team has a free agency histor🌸y like the Yankees. Not for frequency, stars, money spent well and dollars wasted. They have been Reggie and Goose and DJ (LeMahieu, not...
Masa🐷hiro Tanaka officially done with the Yankees
January 28, 2021 | 7:35amMasahiro Tanaka is officially an ex-Yankee. The right-hander made the announcement himself on Twitter, writing he would spend the upcoming season back with his former team in Japa𒁃n, the Rakuten..✅.
Masahi🌟ro Tanaka’s time with Yankees seems to b⛎e ending
January 25, 2021 | 11:11pmWith the recent additions of Jameson Taillon and Corey Kluber, it seemed there was no room for Masahiro Tanaka in the Yankees’ rotation — or budget — and now tꦍhe...
Yankees' waiting game could cost them Masahiro Tanaka
January 13, 2021 | 11:59amIt has🌞 been nearly a month since Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said he was willing to “risk” losing out on other free agents as the team waited out DJ... 🌃
Yaꦯnkees star could leave MLB altogether 💙
January 2, 2021 | 5:12pmOut of sight, out of mind, out of Major League Baseball altogether? Masahiro Tanaka has a♉cknowledged publicly an intriguing possibility regarding his free agency: The right-hander, having completed a successful... 💧