http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/05/hideki-okajima-thinking-retirement-or-return-to-japan-after-spending-season-in-minors/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Fri, 24 May 2013 08:03:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/05/hideki-okajima-thinking-retirement-or-return-to-japan-after-spending-season-in-minors/comment-page-1/#comment-189880 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:00:50 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=83682#comment-189880 you gotta remember boston signed this guy so dice-k had someone to talk to, if they let him go dice k is gonna be very lonely next season.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/05/hideki-okajima-thinking-retirement-or-return-to-japan-after-spending-season-in-minors/comment-page-1/#comment-189661 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:22:07 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=83682#comment-189661 He has no reason to do either. There’s plenty of teams that will be glad to give him a shot next year and probably pay decent money to do it. Look at the trash the Yankees are picking up off the scrap heap in their endless search for a second left handed reliever. I’d take Okajima over the likes of Laffey any day of the week if it were me.

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