2008.03.30
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Pirates' Kuwata to retire this afternoon
By Dejan Kovacevic, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
BRADENTON, Fla. --- Masumi Kuwata, a baseball superstar in his native Japan, will announce his retirement after the Pirates' game this afternoon, sources said.
Kuwata, 40, pitched well this spring -- 1.80 ERA, five hits in five innings -- but he had not pitched since March 18, and it had become clear he would not make the 25-man roster. That being the case, he privately informed management yesterday of his decision.
The Pirates offered him a chance to pitch today against the Detroit Tigers, one final time, but respectfully declined and said he preferred to simply watch the game from the bullpen.
General manager Neal Huntington also offered him a coaching job , and he turned that down, too.
Kuwata, a 20-year veteran in the Japanese Central League and 1994 most valuable player, fulfilled his dream of pitching in Major League Baseball last year when the Pirates promoted him June 9 for a game at Yankee Stadium. He would make 19 appearances and have a 9.43 ERA.（以下略）…
←開幕メジャー以外は何も要らなかったということか
By Dejan Kovacevic, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
BRADENTON, Fla. --- Masumi Kuwata, a baseball superstar in his native Japan, will announce his retirement after the Pirates' game this afternoon, sources said.
Kuwata, 40, pitched well this spring -- 1.80 ERA, five hits in five innings -- but he had not pitched since March 18, and it had become clear he would not make the 25-man roster. That being the case, he privately informed management yesterday of his decision.
The Pirates offered him a chance to pitch today against the Detroit Tigers, one final time, but respectfully declined and said he preferred to simply watch the game from the bullpen.
General manager Neal Huntington also offered him a coaching job , and he turned that down, too.
Kuwata, a 20-year veteran in the Japanese Central League and 1994 most valuable player, fulfilled his dream of pitching in Major League Baseball last year when the Pirates promoted him June 9 for a game at Yankee Stadium. He would make 19 appearances and have a 9.43 ERA.（以下略）…
←開幕メジャー以外は何も要らなかったということか
◇パイレーツの地元紙「ピッツバーグ・ポストガゼット」には、タイガース戦の最終登板の機会だけじゃなく「a coaching job」も断ったと書かれている。コーチ職のオファーを断ったんですか？ 本当なんでしょうか。… それほどまでに「開幕メジャーだけが目標」だったという意味だ。
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