Dec 22, 2020
Former Yomiuri Giants great Warren Cromartie won’t be returning to the team as an adviser for the 2021 season, he announced on Tuesday.
“It was a great opportunity to get back in a Giants uniform,” Cromartie told The Japan Times. “I wish them the best of luck for 2021 and beyond.”
Cromartie, who played with the Montreal Expos from 1974-1983 before becoming a three-time All-Star and the 1989 Central League MVP with the Giants in Japan, also released a statement to express his gratitude to the club.
“I wish to express my heartfelt thanks and appreciation to the Yomiuri Giants organization and especially Hara-kantoku for the opportunity and privilege of once again donning a Giants uniform,” Cromartie said in the statement, referencing Yomiuri manager Tatsunori Hara. “From my first time, over 26 years ago in 1984 as a player under my mentor and sensei Sadaharu Oh-kantoku and Hara-kantoku for the chance this past year to live out a second life wit