Yu Darvish,

05.21.12 

Oakland A’s Vs. Texas Rangers

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Collection of images of Yu Darvish from 06.26.12 : Rangers vs. Tigers

1. Darvish on the mound.

2. Darvish doing some long toss with Torrealba before heading into the pen.

3. Darvish with the Rangers bullpen coach Andy Hawkins and his translator Joe Furukawa.

4. Darvish looking at Josh Frasier, bullpen catcher of Texas Rangers.

5. View of bullpen from my seat- his control was pretty good, my buddies and I had good feelings about his game.

6. another view of Yu’s bullpen session

7. Darvish heading out to the dugout before the game. He gave a knuckle to Tanner Scheppers, the rookie.

8. First pitch of the game.

9. First of 10 Strikeouts he threw the night.

10. Yu hit Cabrera on the head…. 

1. A young fan admiring BP from Detroit Tigers.

2. A Fan trying to fish few baseballs from the gap with her homemade ball grabber.

3. Couple of Darivsh Fans getting interviewed by Japanese media. The person facing the camera was the guy who performed a worm after catching a home run ball from last week’s game.

4. View from home plate entrance, another fan sporting a Darvish shirt.

5. Mr. Santa is also a fan of Texas Rangers, he told me he was on a vacation in warm Texas and enjoying some Rangers ball game.

6. Family outing at the ball park- yes it was very hot…

7. A cart full of reddy-ice being carried into concession stands- 

8. Buddy Joel covered in sweat.

9. Nathan, 5 years old, it was his first rangers game and a big fan of Josh Hamilton. Behind him are his older sisters who brought this little boy to the baseball game. He was awarded with rangers certification and received next years season pass with signed baseball and a signed bat. 

10. Nathan’s older sister enjoying her ice cold beer… yes that’s her little bro’s glove.

Oh man. March went by too fast- I was swamped by so many different assignments and working at the restaurant- But it was definitely a good month! 

Got to kick start on my other series of portraits- having lots of fun doing it. 

Anyhow, I’ve been neglecting this blog- felt really bad- I am back at now! with the start of the 2012 MLB season. LOL

I was able to goto the game and watch Darvish’s debut game. It was tough to see him struggle in first inning- throwing 42 pitches- with 4ERs, but thanks to powerful line up he received a W. A long season has started, but for sure going to be fun!

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