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New report casts doubt on claim ex-Yankees ace Masahiro Tanaka feared anti-Asian racism in U S
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Masahiro Tanaka opted for Japan after shunned by Yankees: ‘I wanted to sign another contract’
Updated Jan 30, 2021;
Posted Jan 30, 2021
Former Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka s return to the Japanese Pacific League s Rakuten Eagles was celebrated Saturday during in a news conference in Tokyo.AP
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That was the plan until the Yankees ignored him all winter.
“When I became a free agent, honestly I wanted to sign another contract with Yankees and play there,” Tanaka said Saturday at a news conference in Tokyo. “Then as I heard different things, I thought I might have to take a different road and considered various things.”
Ranking 15 Yankees greats not in Hall of Fame, including Don Mattingly, Roger Maris, Alex Rodriguez, John Sterling
Updated Feb 03, 2021;
Posted Jan 10, 2021
Yankees greats not in the Baseball Hall of Fame include (clockwise from top left) Don Mattingly, Bernie Williams, Roger Maris, Alex Rodriguez and Thurman Munson. A-Rod will be on the ballot for the first time in 2022, while the weren t voted in by the BBWAA but still could be enshrined via Veterans Committee or Modern Era ballot.AP
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The doors to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y., opened for the first time in 1939, three years after baseball writers elected an inaugural four-player class that included Babe Ruth, the first of many iconic Yankees. In the summer of 2021, pandemic permitting, 2020 Hall of Famer Derek Jeter finally will be inducted, running the Yankees’ total to 57 Hall of Famers counting players, managers, coaches, owners and general managers.