Hideki Irabu came out of retirement last season to pitch for the Long Beach Armada in the independent Golden Baseball League and looked decent enough to sign on with another independent league team in ...

The talking is over. Hideki Irabu finally will get his wish _ to pitch for the Yankees. The 27-year-old right-hander agreed to terms Thursday, getting the richest deal ever given a major-league rookie ...

"Hideki Irabu- A One-Baseball Sensation Meets a Sad End (TIME) On Wednesday, former New York Yankees pitcher Hideki Irabu was found dead in his apartment outside Los Angeles. Authorities are calling ...

NEW YORK, NY - JULY 1: Hideki Irabu #57 of the New York Yankees before a baseball game on July 1, 1997 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) On Wednesday, ...

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Hideki Irabu, a hard-throwing Japanese pitcher who never came close to fulfilling sky-high expectations with the Yankees, was found dead inside his suburban Los Angeles home Wednesday afternoon, ...