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.
Yu Darvish went into the game in his worst shape, but left one of the best impressions of his legend-in-the-making career. The Fighters ace electrified fans by making an unexpected comeback to the mound in Sunday's Game 2 of the ongoing Japan Series, helping the Hokkaido Nippon Ham tied the series with a 4-2 victory over the Yomiuri Giants at Sapporo Dome.
Publ.Date : Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:08:56 GMTBrian Sweeney was ready for anything. Had surprise starter Yu Darvish stumbled out of the gate in Game 2 of the Japan Series, it would have been Sweeney's job to hold off the Yomiuri Giants and prevent the Fighters from falling behind 2-0 in the series.
Publ.Date : Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:07:45 GMTSAPPORO — The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters mostly took the day off on Friday but there's no hiding from the situation they find themselves in as the Japan Series returns to Hokkaido. The Fighters lost a gut-wrenching 3-2 contest to the Yomiuri Giants in Game 5 of the Japan Series. Now they find themselves on a brink of elimination against a squad riding high after an improbable victory.
Publ.Date : Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:10:53 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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