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Yankees Look East (Again) for Pitching Help

By Josh AlperDec 8th 2007 – 4:21PM

Apparently the rough translation to American baseball for Hideki Irabu and Kei Igawa hasn't soured the New York Yankees on Japanese pitchers. The agent for Kazuo Fukumori says that the Yankees have inquired about the 33-year old reliever, late of the Rakuten Golden Eagles, to help fill out their bullpen for the 2008...

Kazuo Fukumori News From the Web

  • 05/24/11 MLB/ Rangers call up Tateyama Source: The Asahi Shimbun - Japan Former Nippon-Ham Fighters pitcher Yoshinori Tateyama was called up to the Texas Rangers for the first time May 23 from Triple-A Round Rock to join the team's bullpen.
  • 11/30/10 Japanese pitcher Tateyama joins Texas Rangers Source: TurkishPress.com Yoshinori Tateyama, who has spent the past 12 seasons pitching for the Nippon Ham Fighters in Japan's Pacific League, has signed a one-year Major League Baseball contract with the Texas Rangers.

Background on Kazuo Fukumori

is a Japanese right-handed relief pitcher in the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles organization.

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