Comments on: Over 20 Scouts Watch Darvish http://www.npbtracker.com/2009/03/over-20-scouts-watch-darvish/ Baseball in Japan & Around the World Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:10:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Yu Darvish | http://www.npbtracker.com/2009/03/over-20-scouts-watch-darvish/comment-page-1/#comment-8531 Yu Darvish | Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:57:25 +0000 http://www.npbtracker.com/?p=2016#comment-8531 [...] Over 20 scouts from over 10 teams went to watch Japan pitcher Yu Darvish face the Chicago Cubs in an exhibition game. Darvish, 22, did not disappoint. The right-hander threw two scoreless innings while hitting 96 mph on the radar gun. Darvish also threw his slider and two-seam fastball, but the appearance of his curveball is uncertain. [...] [...] Over 20 scouts from over 10 teams went to watch Japan pitcher Yu Darvish face the Chicago Cubs in an exhibition game. Darvish, 22, did not disappoint. The right-hander threw two scoreless innings while hitting 96 mph on the radar gun. Darvish also threw his slider and two-seam fastball, but the appearance of his curveball is uncertain. [...]

]]> By: First Pick Sports » Blog Archive » Yu Darvish Reactions http://www.npbtracker.com/2009/03/over-20-scouts-watch-darvish/comment-page-1/#comment-8529 First Pick Sports » Blog Archive » Yu Darvish Reactions Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:16:01 +0000 http://www.npbtracker.com/?p=2016#comment-8529 [...] Over at NPB Tracker Patrick Newman passes on some reactions to Yu Darvish, who pitched in Japan’s exhibition game against the Cubs yesterday. Twenty scouts from at least 10 teams were there to watch Darvish throw as hard as 96. He won’t be a free agent until 2014 at the earliest. [...] [...] Over at NPB Tracker Patrick Newman passes on some reactions to Yu Darvish, who pitched in Japan’s exhibition game against the Cubs yesterday. Twenty scouts from at least 10 teams were there to watch Darvish throw as hard as 96. He won’t be a free agent until 2014 at the earliest. [...]

]]> By: Patrick http://www.npbtracker.com/2009/03/over-20-scouts-watch-darvish/comment-page-1/#comment-8528 Patrick Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:27:08 +0000 http://www.npbtracker.com/?p=2016#comment-8528 Also Keith, given your comment that spring games are typically well-attended by scouts, you'd think there would be a few more on hand for this one. This was Darvish's first appearance on American soil, and there were a few other MLB prospects on the field as well. Also Keith, given your comment that spring games are typically well-attended by scouts, you’d think there would be a few more on hand for this one. This was Darvish’s first appearance on American soil, and there were a few other MLB prospects on the field as well.

]]> By: Patrick http://www.npbtracker.com/2009/03/over-20-scouts-watch-darvish/comment-page-1/#comment-8527 Patrick Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:15:59 +0000 http://www.npbtracker.com/?p=2016#comment-8527 Thanks Omar. Hey Keith -- what do you think of that hitch in Darvish's delivery? I can't say I'm a fan of it. He added it in the 2008 season. Thanks Omar.

Hey Keith — what do you think of that hitch in Darvish’s delivery? I can’t say I’m a fan of it. He added it in the 2008 season.

]]> By: Omar http://www.npbtracker.com/2009/03/over-20-scouts-watch-darvish/comment-page-1/#comment-8525 Omar Sat, 14 Mar 2009 15:07:19 +0000 http://www.npbtracker.com/?p=2016#comment-8525 Dont kick yourself Patrick. This game was neither televised nor radioised Dont kick yourself Patrick.
This game was neither televised nor radioised

]]> By: Keith Law http://www.npbtracker.com/2009/03/over-20-scouts-watch-darvish/comment-page-1/#comment-8524 Keith Law Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:37:56 +0000 http://www.npbtracker.com/?p=2016#comment-8524 That's not an unusual number of scouts for a spring game. There were at least a dozen at the Padres-White Sox game yesterday as well. That’s not an unusual number of scouts for a spring game. There were at least a dozen at the Padres-White Sox game yesterday as well.

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