Former MLB Player Hideki Irabu reported dead (suicide)

[muldoon]

http://www.asahi.com/sports/bb/TKY201107290004.html

You'll need to turn on google translate unless you can read Japanese.

[Brock Landers]

Hideki Irabu...steinbrenner called him a fat toad

[doublej95]

Wow. Pretty sad

[bill2266]

thats sads, he had to take his own life

[spankie]

Lotte professional baseball, including Hideki Irabu, who played in Major League Yankees and the Hanshin (42) January 27, showed that some died in their home near Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles, investigators said, Mr. Irabu has been found in the neck cramped conditions at home, death is seen as suicide.

　Mr. Irabu is a high-round draft 尽誠学園 nomination in 1987 in Kagawa joined from Lotte. MLB Yankees since 1997, Expos, playing in the Rangers, joined Hanshin in 2003. Did not play the last 04 years. Career statistics, the Japanese professional baseball has over 69 wins in 11 save 72 save over 35 wins in 16 Major 34. (Takashi Murakami, New York =)

[Br0nxer]

Shame

[OTL]

Sad story. The guy had so much to live for

[tanner40]

Roids?

[LockPickMaster]

You gotta read the comments section on cbs about Hideki

http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22297882/30946579

[zeron]

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110728&content_id=22428090&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb

RIP