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Always an Adventure Covering 'The Boss'

Covering George Steinbrenner was a beat unto itself. It could switch from the absurd to the surreal to the insane, sometimes in the space of nine innings. There was that crazy afternoon in Tampa, on the last day of spring training in 1999, when for the second time sluggish, chubby Yankee pitcher Hideki Irabu failed to...

Hideki Irabu Arrested for Alleged DWI

Hideki Irabu keeps finding ways to pop back into our lives long after he was a relevant major league pitcher (note, the use of the term relevant as opposed to good). Last year, it was his attempt to mount a comeback with the Long Beach Armada of the Golden Baseball League. Two years ago, it was because he drank to excess...

MLB Power Rankings: Week 4

MLB Power Rankings: Where MLB FanHouse's editors, writers and bloggers team up to break down the who's who and the what's what in the baseball world.I'm typically terrified of curses. Or jinxes. Or any real excuse for why something went the way I didn't want it to. Which explains why I firmly believe a certain AL East team...

Irabu's Comeback Lurches Forward

The improbable comeback to end all improbable comebacks took a step forward Monday when Hideki Irabu signed a contract with the Long Beach Armada of the independent Golden Baseball League. The press release from the Armada calls him the greatest power pitcher in Japanese professional history, and takes special care to note...

Hideki Irabu Trying a Comeback?

The man George Steinbrenner once called a "fat toad" is attempting a comeback. Seriously. Hideki Irabu, who turns 40 in less than a month and hasn't pitched in the majors since 2002, is trying to make a comeback to baseball, with his ultimate goal being reportedly a "high level, like MLB or NPB (Nippon Professional...

Hideki Irabu News From the Web

04/30/12 Irabu All Over Again? Source: New York Magazine O f all the assignments in the short, loony career of Kenji Nimura, the official translator for Yankees starting pitcher Hiroki Kuroda, none might have been more difficult than having to explain who, or what, Biff Henderson is.