Hideki Irabu: COMEBACK!!!!!1

[BRob51]

http://eastwindupchronicle.com/fat-toad-no-more-irabu-planning-comeback-in-pinstripes/

BOOOOSH

[PaulFolk]

That's an April Fool's joke.

[Moose Milligan]

There are still 3 hours left for April fools.

Enough time to try and go for a hat trick on BRob51.

I need to think fast.

[Palmoripken]

I was hoping ***** Toad would be making a comeback. Talk about blast from the past.

[BRob51]

That's an April Fool's joke.

There are still 3 hours left for April fools.

Enough time to try and go for a hat trick on BRob51.

I need to think fast.

This one's actually legit though. If you look at the comments, it says the article was posted in January.

This is the supposedly the link to the original article, though I can't actually read Japanese (yet): http://anchorage.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/mnewsplus/1232328800/

[GnatsFan]

My new favorite thread of the day! :clap3::clap3:

:rofl:

[PaulFolk]

This one's actually legit though. If you look at the comments, it says the article was posted in January.

This is the supposedly the link to the original article, though I can't actually read Japanese (yet): http://anchorage.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/mnewsplus/1232328800/

This is not legit.

Look at the intentionally vague wording of the article. "Irabu was reported as saying through a translator..." Reported by whom? Why wouldn't this article provide the source?

Or "several baseball insiders who identified themselves as Yankees officials"? Who phrases a sentence that way unless they're making it up?

Moose, I think you've got your April Fools' hat trick on BRob51-- he fell for the other article once, and this article twice.

[Moose Milligan]

Moose, I think you've got your April Fools' hat trick on BRob51-- he fell for the other article once, and this article twice.

And I didn't even have to try! Job well done, PaulFolk :beerchug1::beerchug1:

[BRob51]

I hate April Fools so so so much...

[GnatsFan]

I hate April Fools so so so much...

No you were right... don't listen to those guys... they don't read Japanese, but I do and can verify its true... it said he had to retire from a leg injury and has been living in LA for the last 4 years, but he has recovered and wants to return to the MLB... He is currently vying for a spot with the Yankees AAA team right now in their Minor League camp... Here, its verified in a Japanese newspaper:

http://www.asahi.com/sports/bb/index.html

So don't listen to those other guys... they didn't get you.... you were wrong on the Yu Darvish thing (I had a good laugh), but this one is real. Nice find. :thumbsup1:

[BRob51]

http://www.npbtracker.com/2009/04/irabu-comeback-in-the-works/#content

Thanks gnatsfan, I was/might be right.

[BRob51]

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/04/hideki-irabu-signs-with-long-beach-armada.html

mmm...Being right tastes so good!

[ChrisAF79]

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/04/hideki-irabu-signs-with-long-beach-armada.html

mmm...Being right tastes so good!

Don't mean to burst your bubble, but that original article was and still is an April Fool's joke.

He was never working out for the Yankees, nor will he be playing in their minor league system. He will be playing in an independent league, and the chances of him appearing in a major league uniform again are abut .0000001%.

[BRob51]

Don't mean to burst your bubble, but that original article was and still is an April Fool's joke.

He was never working out for the Yankees, nor will he be playing in their minor league system. He will be playing in an independent league, and the chances of him appearing in a major league uniform again are abut .0000001%.

Link?

[Leitch]

Hey.

Don't call it a comeback.