Yankees Signed Tanaka, Phils Still Justifying Abreu

Published: Jan 22nd, 2014 · 11:39 AM EST

Here's an exclusive image taken by quasi-CB photograph Dan, who watched Tanaka win the series while living with monks (who apparently own flatscreen TVs) in the hills of Koyasan. Really. We're international like that. And not to be insensitive, but I believe this is actually a pre-ported screenshot from Mario Superstars Baseball. — Here’s an exclusive image taken by quasi-CB photograph Dan, who watched Tanaka win the Japan Series while living with monks (who apparently own flatscreen TVs) in the hills of Koyasan. Really. We’re international like that. And not to be insensitive, but I believe this is actually a pre-ported screenshot from Mario Superstars Baseball.

Just in case you thought the Phillies had any chance at signing Masahiro Tanaka, the Japanese pitching sensation, think again. The Yankees (of course) have reached an agreement with Tanaka for seven years, $155 million, the fifth largest contract ever for a pitcher.

Meanwhile:

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From Philly.com:

“There aren’t a lot of lefthanded bats sitting out there, and not a lot of lefthanded bats that have the ability like Bobby, frankly,” Amaro said. “And when he started playing, we started watching. And as he continued to play, he got better and better. Clearly, he was dominating in Venezuela. Yeah, it was Venezuela, but it’s pretty competitive baseball and he continued to perform in the playoffs there, too.”

The same Venezuela team with criminal machete-wielder Ugueth Urbina. Good job, Rube.

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