Comments on: History suggests A’s are right to balk at Japanese ace Hisashi Iwakuma’s asking price http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/11/24/history-suggests-as-are-right-to-balk-at-japanese-ace-hisashi-iwakumas-asking-price/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Fri, 24 May 2013 22:21:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: apbaguy http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/11/24/history-suggests-as-are-right-to-balk-at-japanese-ace-hisashi-iwakumas-asking-price/comment-page-1/#comment-93795 Thu, 25 Nov 2010 05:52:36 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=27953#comment-93795 Billy did a $ 9M/yr, multi year deal before, with Esteban Loiaza. Esteban’s main contribution to A’s lore was getting arrested in the East Bay doing over 150 in his Ferrari the night (early morning) before he was scheduled to pitch. No wonder he’s balking at Iwakuma’s asking price. Iwakuma probably has a “bullet car” that does 300.

]]> By: Rosenthals Speling Instrukter http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/11/24/history-suggests-as-are-right-to-balk-at-japanese-ace-hisashi-iwakumas-asking-price/comment-page-1/#comment-93743 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 20:32:30 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=27953#comment-93743 I remember hearing a boston writer on the radio in San Diego back in 2006 (December) saying that (Said writer heard) Larry Lucheno flew to Japan and told Seibu to inform Daisuke that if he did not take the offered deal that they (Seibu) would send him down and not let him pitch another season in NPB, therefore destroying his value and a chance at pitching in the MLB.

That is roughly what I remember hearing, I am probably missing a major point in there so don’t take it word for word here.

I really wish I could find a link to that interview. I will search online for it.

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