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As a lifelong Yankee fan, and even more as a lifelong fan of the game of baseball, the shocking revelation that now-former Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka recently announced, upset me; in fact, it should concern us all deeply. Various press reports have indicated that one of the pitcher’s considerations in deciding to return to play for his original team in Japan this season was the anti-Asian bias that his family had experienced in the United States over the past few months.