Comments on: Story of Japanese pitcher Irabu is familiar to Americans http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/07/28/story-of-japanese-pitcher-irabu-is-familiar-to-americans/ Musing & misadventures of a writer, comedian, and local treasure Thu, 31 Jan 2013 04:17:00 -0500 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: HomeTownGirl http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/07/28/story-of-japanese-pitcher-irabu-is-familiar-to-americans/#comment-8707 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:02:31 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=5721#comment-8707 Nice post Kevin. It’s very sad indeed.

]]> By: jakester http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/07/28/story-of-japanese-pitcher-irabu-is-familiar-to-americans/#comment-8706 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:20:00 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=5721#comment-8706 Very sad story… but excellent message Kevin

]]> By: A. http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/07/28/story-of-japanese-pitcher-irabu-is-familiar-to-americans/#comment-8705 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 03:01:40 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=5721#comment-8705 I think that his cultural background was also a factor in his demise. Success is everything…

Makes me think of the toy exec who committed suicide during part of the lead scandal (which will probably go on forever, but that’s another story)..

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