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Have Pavano do it the next time

Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Mar 13, 2008 Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post

Kei Igawa threw a bullpen before the game and wanted somebody to stand at the plate and pose as a batter.

His interpreter, Yohei Fukuda, volunteered.

You can guess what happened. Yes, Igawa hit him with a pitch.

 
 

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25 Responses to “Have Pavano do it the next time”

  1. Nettles vs. Lee March 13th, 2008 at 6:05 pm

    Where did he get hit?

  2. Dr. Cox March 13th, 2008 at 6:05 pm

    I know its the wrong post but,

    Derek Jeter on a college campus is like a wolf making his way through the sheep field.

  3. JGNYC March 13th, 2008 at 6:17 pm

    Probably payback for Duncan’s hard slide into Iwamura…

  4. Lokomo69 March 13th, 2008 at 6:18 pm

    AHAHAHAHHAHAHA

  5. Bill Porter March 13th, 2008 at 6:22 pm

    Knowing Pavano’s history however, doing that might constitute a homicide. Might not be a good idea.

  6. JGNYC March 13th, 2008 at 6:24 pm

    This team isn’t taking crap from anyone this year. Not from the Rays, and certainly not from any foreign interpreters!

  7. Rick Belles March 13th, 2008 at 6:30 pm

    I am absolutely shocked that you would intimate that Pavano step into the batter box to help Igawa’s bullpen work. Doesn’t Joba throw harder?

  8. Joe from Long Island March 13th, 2008 at 6:41 pm

    You can’t make this stuff up.

  9. Bronx Liaison March 13th, 2008 at 6:41 pm

    you can’t make it up.

    some things were just meant to be and his interpretor getting plunked is one of those things.

  10. jimmy1138 March 13th, 2008 at 6:42 pm

    So if Igawa plunks half of the Rays’ lineup on Saturday it’s clearly not intentional ;)

  11. ummfada March 13th, 2008 at 6:43 pm

    Kei Igawa has impeccable control

  12. back bench March 13th, 2008 at 6:44 pm

    In the YES lead up to the game presenting the pitching staff, Eiland said that Farnsworth “Has the best ‘pure stuff’ in baseball.”

    SJ, CB, Whozat… what do you make of that endorsement?

    In parallel, having Cone as an announcer is terrific.

  13. Jimmy 27 March 13th, 2008 at 6:53 pm

    He’ll never live that one down

  14. Boston Dave March 13th, 2008 at 6:54 pm

    Eiland and Girardi are giving Farnsy a confidence boost. We’ll see if it works.

    He obviously lost a bit of confidence last season under Torre (not that it was Torre’s fault he gave up a HR every time out).

  15. csano March 13th, 2008 at 7:08 pm

    Where is Pavano, anyway? Did he report to camp?

  16. jennifer-Phil Hughes saved!! Mussina is NOT DONE! anti RAYS! March 13th, 2008 at 7:47 pm

    He was in the dugout the other day.

  17. Hideki Balboni March 13th, 2008 at 8:18 pm

    Igawa’s interpreter then called Igawa a “skinny, pus-ssy toad.”

  18. Mark Alan March 13th, 2008 at 8:42 pm

    Had Igawa tossed to Pavano, Kei might have seperated his should and Pavano would have broken his leg in two place as well as several ribs.

  19. SJ44 March 13th, 2008 at 8:54 pm

    Igawa’s interpreter said the pitch was a “borderline criminal act”.

    He’s going to Tampa to be Iwamura’s translator after today.

  20. Skippy March 13th, 2008 at 9:16 pm

    If Pavano stepped in and got hit, he’d probably find some way to turn that into a contract extension. Then we’d never be rid of him. He is the albatross hanging around the collective Yankee neck.

  21. Kevin P March 13th, 2008 at 10:33 pm

    Not that you wish for a player to get injured, but wouldn’t the Yankes want Igawa to get injured ala Pavano, so they can at least collect the insurance money for him & not waste any innings and games on him ???

    Maybe they should stick his locker next to Pavano & through “osmosis” he’s get all achy ‘n sore.

  22. Baja March 13th, 2008 at 11:17 pm

    Is it ironic that a man so fragile as Pavano would wind up being a punching bag?

  23. wise March 13th, 2008 at 11:45 pm

    lol~~

    Igawa is so cute~~ this guy is incredible~~

  24. Dave M March 15th, 2008 at 2:40 am

    They should send Pavano and Igawa on a fishing trip together. Just like Fredo in the God Father II.

  25. Dave M March 15th, 2008 at 2:41 am

    Of course, Igawa’s Interpreter would be the one the finish off the two over paid part time pitchers…..

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