Champ Kind Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Former New York Yankees pitcher Hiroki Kuroda returned to Japan's Hiroshima Carp on Monday after seven years in Major League Baseball and having taken a whopping 80 percent pay cut. "But I feel like I'm home," added Kuroda, who accepted a huge reduction in wages to re-sign for the Japanese Central League club after a successful three-year spell in New York. "I felt like this was the right time to come home, and if I was coming back to Japan I wanted it to be with the Carp. "In order to keep my edge I hope to be able to keep the form I showed in the majors and hopefully I can get my fans excited." Kuroda, who pitched for Hiroshima from 1997 to 2007 before joining the Los Angeles Dodgers, has signed a one-year deal worth an estimated $3.3 million. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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