First Iranian in Major League Baseball (MLB) ?

[EKBATAN]

half iranian-japanese Yu Darvish might be coming to US to play in MLB



possibly the highest signing of the year and he's only 25 but has been playing for years

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7329764/japanese-pitcher-yu-darvish-reportedly-wants-play-major-league-baseball-next-season

[Darvish11]

yea i remember a bunch of teams going after him HARD a few years back...hopefully he actually comes this time. And hopefully he'll be good and not another dice k.

[persianfire]

Yu Darvish Bid Goes to the Toronto Blue Jays: Report

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/985370-yu-darvish-bid-goes-to-the-toronto-blue-jays-report

His transfer fee is reported to be $40~5 million!!

[footballcrazy10]

this guy is nasty!!

[Abbas85]

Yes, he definitely didn't get his looks from his Iranian side.

[arash123]

Yes, he definitely didn't get his looks from his Iranian side.

i have 2 cousins who are half japanese half iranian and they look much more japanese as well

[EKBATAN]

i have 2 cousins who are half japanese half iranian and they look much more japanese as well

thats with every asian mix, they have very strong genes so majority of half east asian kids come out looking more east asian

[persianfire]

But Darvish's height comes from his Iranian father.
He is listed as 196cm and even taller than Daei.

[Spyder]

This is the same guy that pretty much denounced being half Iranian or having anything to do with Iran. Hmmmm....yeh....dun give a flying fvck about him.

[Darvish11]

rangers got him
im definitely gonna check him out since im only a few hours from arlington. and im buying a jersey


spyder where did u see that

[EKBATAN]

This is the same guy that pretty much denounced being half Iranian or having anything to do with Iran. Hmmmm....yeh....dun give a flying fvck about him.

where did he say that?

his last name is clearly iranian and ive seen articles and sports announcers always say he's half