A Japanese baseball pitcher, Yu Darvish earned fame by starring for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters and the Japanese national team. He won the Samamura Award in 2007, the Japanese equivalent to the Cy Young Award.
The left-hander threw 100 mph in the World Baseball Classic. His agent says he could be ready for MLB by spring.
Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:07:00 GMTYu Darvish pitched eight electric innings and got plenty of run support as the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters blanked the Lotte Marines 5-0 to regain sole possession of first place Friday. Darvish (10-2) walked leadoff man Tsuyoshi Nishioka in the first inning, but did not allow a hit until yielding consecutive singles to Saburo Omura and Tasuku Hashimoto to start the eighth. Read the full story
Publ.Date : Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:11:40 GMTYu Darvish pitched eight electric innings and got plenty of run support as the Nippon Ham Fighters blanked the Lotte Marines 5-0 to regain sole possession of first place Friday.
Publ.Date : Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:11:27 GMT
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Yu is of Iranian descent on his father's side and he hopes to make baseball a popular sport in his father's home country.
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