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Yu Darvish Faces Hiroki Kuroda in Tonight’s All-Japan Yankees/Rangers Matchup

Tuesday night in Texas, two natives of Japan will match up when the Yankees’ Hiroki Kuroda takes the mound against the Rangers’ Yu Darvish. Here’s Kuroda (via The LoHud Yankees Blog):

“This is not a one-on-one game,” he said. “It’s the Rangers against the Yankees. I’m going to do as much as possible so that our team is going to win. … I try not to think about (the hype in Japan). I don’t want to make it any bigger than it is.”

And it’s not that big. It isn't any more novel than two pitchers born in Newark, New Jersey matching up, or Joe Niekro squaring off against Phil Niekro or any game that might be a playoff preview. Mostly though, it’s a matchup of two pitchers who ...

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