This past weekend I’ve been helping Aaron set up a new blog called “East . . . a windup chronicle of Baseball, Culture, Art, and Politics from the Pacific Rim.”
He posted today about Yu Darvish, a new 20-year-old hotshot Japanese pitcher who has an Iranian father and a Japanese mother. He’s the ace for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.
He’s got his own site, and his own fan site.
I think he just might be the first pro baseball player of Iranian ancestry ever!
Related posts:
If he makes makes it to the US he will probably be the first player of Iranian decent. According to the Basball Almanac, there has Never been an Iranian-Born player in MLB.
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/firsts/first13.shtml
-Noah